MettleCI - Component Connections
Component Connections
The following table describes which interactions take place between the software components listed above, and which functions those interactions support. Note that if a component or protocol isn’t specified then it’s either irrelevant to MettleCI, or MettleCI can re-use whatever your infrastructure dictates.
Connection | First Host - Application | Second Host - Application | Protocol(s) | Authentication | Related MettleCI Function(s) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DataStage Development Engine Tier - MettleCI Workbench Service | Git Host - Git service | SSH (default), HTTP(S) | Git user credentials. See relevant build tool pages here. | Commit | See Configuring MettleCI Workbench to communicate with Git over HTTPS |
2 | DataStage Development Engine Tier - MettleCI Workbench service | Work item Management Host - Work Item Management service | Work item Management service-dependent | Work item Management service’s API. See relevant pages here. | Dynamic Work item lookup during Commit | 'Work Item Management service' means Jira, Service Now, etc. The ports and protocols depend upon your selected tool. See these pages for more details. |
3 | Developer Workstation - Web browser | Git Host - Git service | HTTP(S) | Git user credentials | Git tasks | |
Developer Workstation - Web browser | Work item Management Host - Work Item Management service | HTTP(S) | Work Item Management user credentials | Work Item Management tasks | ||
Developer Workstation - Web browser | Build Host - Build Tool controller | HTTP(S) | Build tool user credentials | Build tasks | ||
4 | Developer Workstation - Web browser | DataStage Development Engine Tier - MettleCI Workbench Service | HTTP(S) | DataStage user credentials |
| Ports are configurable in the MettleCI configuration file. |
Developer Workstation - Web browser | DataStage Development Engine Tier - MettleCI Workbench Service | SSH | DataStage Development Engine Tier O/S user credentials |
| OPTIONAL | |
5 | Developer Workstation - Remote Desktop | MettleCI Agent Host - Microsoft Windows | RDP | MS Windows | Configuration and diagnostics | OPTIONAL Required during setup, but Developers shouldn’t require this access on a day-to-day basis. |
6 | Built Host - Build Tool Controller | MettleCI Agent Host - Built Tool Agent | Build tool dependent | Build tool dependent | Build Controller can execute pipelines requiring a ‘MettleCI Command Line Interface’ capability | See the documentation of your chosen build tool |
7 | MettleCI Agent Host - Built Tool Agent | DataStage Development Engine Tier | DataStage (IBM-specified), SCP, SSH | DataStage user credentials. Various authentication mechanisms required by each MettleCI Commands. See this page for details on each command. |
| This link will use the same ports and protocols that the customer uses for its standard installation of the DataStage Client on end-user hardware, as well as SCP and SSH for certain MettleCI Commands. |
MettleCI Agent Host - DataStage Client Tools | DataStage Development Services and Engine Tiers | DataStage (IBM-specified) | IBM-specified | Normal DataStage Client operations | This link will use the same ports and protocols that the customer uses for its standard installation of the DataStage Client on end-user hardware. | |
8 | MettleCI Agent Host - Built Tool Agent | DataStage Testing (and potentially Production) Services and Engine Tiers | DataStage user credentials. Various authentication mechanisms required by each MettleCI Commands. See this page for details on each command. |
| This link will use the same ports and protocols that the customer uses for its standard installation of the DataStage Client on end-user hardware. |
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MettleCI topology (simplified) Copy Copy (application/gliffy+json)
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MettleCI topology (simplified) Connections (application/gliffy+json)
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MettleCI topology (simplified) Connections (application/gliffy+json)
MettleCI topology (simplified) Connections.png (image/png)
MettleCI topology (simplified) Connections (application/gliffy+json)
MettleCI topology (simplified) Connections.png (image/png)
