AE - How to setup Version control with Github or Bitbucket

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

Version Control - A new feature in Automation Engine 12.2

As a developer and object designer, you create and manage multiple versions of an object, export and import these versions to and from a remote repository, rollback changes to a previous version and have access to the Client's commit history. You can synchronize repositories across multiple nodes of a system to access your data and, simultaneously, ensure a collaborative working environment for all developers and object designers.

You can access the Version Control functionality from the Process Assembly, you can carry out the following operations:

• Commit your changes to the remote repository
• Merge changes made in other branches to your Client
• Rollback to a previous version of your Client
• Create a new branch from an existing branch
• Pull changes that have been committed to your branch from another client.

Environment

Product: Automic Workload Automation
Release: 12.2 and superior

Version Control tools such as Github, Bitbucket

Resolution

1/ Set up a Github Repo
2/ Set up SSH key: Automation Engine will communication with Github via a SSH key
+ Double check your Github email: It will be used when you create your SSH key. 

+ (Additional Information 4) Create SSH key in your Automation Engine server 

Step 1:
When generating the ssh key, make sure it is in a supported format and leave the passphrase empty
$ssh-keygen -m PEM -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Step 2:
When you're prompted to "Enter a file in which to save the key," press Enter. This accepts the default file location.
Enter a file in which to save the key (/home/you/.ssh/id_rsa): [Press enter]

Step 3:
Start the ssh-agent in the background.
$eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

Step 4:
Add your SSH private key to the ssh-agent. If you created your key with a different name, or if you are adding an existing key that has a different name, replace id_rsa in the command with the name of your private key file.
$ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

The result if you choose default key name and folder:

Make sure the known_hosts file contains an entry for your github or bitbucket server

IMPORTANT: All the requests against the repository are sent by the JCP. This means the keys must be created in the home folder that starts the JCP process. For example in case of the user lamda, SSH keys must be created in the folder /home/lamda/.ssh, and these actions must be all executed by this user!

+ (Additional Information 4) Add the public key (id_rsa.pub content) to your Github account.

3/ Automation Engine side:
Open UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS Variable and add the following keys:
+  REMOTE_REPOSITORY_URL - Setup the Github URL:
[email protected]:githubusername/yourgithubrepo.git

 

 

In case you are using Bitbucket, please define it as follows:

ssh://[email protected]_server:bitbucket_port/username/yourbitbucketrepository.git

+ REPOSITORY_SSH_DIR - Setup the SSH directory that have your newly created SSH key:
If this parameter is not specified, the default SSH folder of the user that start Automation Engine will be used.
In this example it will be: /home/uc/.ssh

4/ Access the Version Control functionality from the Process Assembly and initialize your Automation Engine Client (Create Branch) 

5/ The result in Github repo after you initialize your Automation Engine Client 

 

Additional Information

1/ In case you are using Oracle Database, make sure that ojdbc8.jar, xmlparserv2.jar,xdb6.jar is present in your lib folder of the JWP.
For more information:
https://docs.automic.com/documentation/webhelp/english/AWA/12.2/DOCU/12.2/AWA%20Guides/help.htm#Installation_Manual/AE/InstalltheAE_JWP.htm?Highlight=ojdbc 

2/ Automation Engine Version Control Reference:
https://docs.automic.com/documentation/webhelp/english/ALL/components/DOCU/12.2/AWA%20Guides/help.htm#AWA/Versioning/Versioning.htm

3/ Automation Engine key for SSH key directory:
https://docs.automic.com/documentation/webhelp/english/ALL/components/DOCU/12.2/AWA%20Guides/help.htm#AWA/Variables/UC_CLIENT_SETTINGS.htm?Highlight=REPOSITORY_SSH_DIR

4/ Create SSH key - Github guide
https://help.github.com/articles/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent/#platform-linux
https://help.github.com/articles/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account/