Add content
You can use
VMware Aria
Suite Lifecycle
to add content from an
existing content endpoint. Verify that you have added a
content endpoint.
- On theMy Servicesdashboard, clickContent Management.
- UnderContent, clickADD CONTENT.If a version has already been captured, a content can be added either with theAdd Contentbutton or with an inline capture.
- Select, test, or deploy the content package in addition to capturing it, and clickPROCEED.
- Enter the capture details for the content package.
- From theSelect Capture Endpointdrop-down menu, select one or multiple content types to capture.
- Enter a tag name and selectInclude all dependenciesto capture any dependencies associated with the content.You can search for content by tag name.
- Enter theVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage name.Any spaces in the name are replaced with an _ underscore character and aVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage name.TheVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage name is applicable only forVMware Aria Automation OrchestratororVMware Aria Automationcontent having someVMware Aria Automation Orchestratordependencies.If theIf you provide a new name, all theVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorcontents are merged into one package. If you select an existing name from the drop-down menu, then a new version of the package is created and merges allVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorcontents to the version. If a package version already exists for the endpoint, the new package version will contain old and new content.VMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage is not captured prior, a new version is created but the content might not be the same as the previous version. Deploy the addedVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage to theVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorcontent endpoint first to append the content. If you do not enter any package name, then the name of theVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage matches to the content that is captured with an added-vroas part of the name. All the discovered and capturedVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorcontent, including individual workflows in the content files, appear in the createdVMware Aria Automation Orchestratorpackage.
- If the content is ready for production, selectMark this version as production ready.
- Enter a description for the content version in theCommentsfield.
- ClickNext.
When you list the content for the first time for an endpoint, the system retrieves the content from the endpoint. After the content is captured, it is cached and the captured content is automatically refreshed every 30 minutes. You can select theGet latest contentoption to retrieve the content in between this 30 minute interval. - If prompted, enter test details for the content endpoint.
- Select one or more content endpoints to specify the environments to run tests on.
- SelectDeploy Contentto deploy the content in the endpoint before running tests.
- SelectStop test deployment on first failureto stop the test deployment when it encounters an error.
- SelectRun unit teststo run available unit tests on the content.
- SelectStop unit tests on first failureto stop testing if any unit test fails.
- Select a server to run unit tests on from theSelect a Unit Test Serverdrop-down menu.You must have aVMware Aria Automation Orchestratortest package imported to use a unit test server.
- ClickNext.
- If prompted, enter the check-in details for the content package.
- Select one or more content endpoints from theSelect Release Endpointsdrop-down menu to specify the production environments where the system releases the content.
- ClickSUBMIT.If you have selected a single content capture, you can view a single content pipeline. If you have selected multiple content captures, individual capture pipelines are deployed.