Extending product functions#
Learn how to extend the function of HCL™ Accelerate
HCL Accelerate is designed to be easily extended. You can enhance existing functions or add entirely new ones by configuring plug-in integrations. Plug-ins are software add-ons that extend HCL Accelerate functionality by integrating with external tools. In general, each plug-in manages one external application. The HCL™ Launch plug-in, for example, enables you to run HCL Launch applications.
If you cannot find a plug-in for your environment, you can create plug-ins by using the plug-in software development kit (SDK).
HCL Accelerate supports several plug-in types:
- Value stream plug-ins are supported by default. To create an integration with these plug-ins, you simply configure an integration in the value stream JSON file.
- Quality data plug-ins integrate test and metrics data into reports and value streams. To create an integration with these plug-ins, you use external clients to post data to HCL Accelerate API endpoints.
- Dedicated plug-ins provide external data to value streams, pipelines, and releases. Plug-ins of this type include: HCL Launch, and Jenkins. Use the Integrations page to configure integrations for these plug-ins.
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Task-based integrations provide external data to deployment plans. Use ServiceNow tasks to manage ServiceNow change requests.
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Introducing plug-ins
Extend HCL Accelerate by configuring plug-in integrations to external tools. - Creating plug-in integrations
Work with external tools by defining integrations. - Creating plug-ins with the plug-ins SDK
You can create your own plug-ins and install them in HCL Accelerate. After installing custom plug-ins, you can integrate them in your releases, reports, and value streams. - Managing native integrations
Native integrations add external functionality to releases, deployment plans, and pipelines. - Uploading custom data to the API
Upload metrics data by using an external client to access API endpoints.