The document outlines a DevOps process for fixing and deploying OSGi applications within IBM CICS environments. It includes steps for developers, build engineers, and release engineers, such as checking out project files, automating builds, and deploying applications. The process culminates in testing the deployment success and closing related support tickets.

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Practical CICS application
deployment with DevOps
Mark Cocker
Senior Software Engineer, CICS Development

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Fix an OSGi application, check-in change,
automate build and deployment to development
User
Run application suffer bug raise ticket→ →

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automate build and deployment to development
Help desk
Use URL host name & IP tools to find server = CICS APPLID IYK3ZMC4
Pass ticket to application help team

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automate build and deployment to development
Application support team
Find application in server APPLID search for URI map /dev/demo→
Program JVM server =→ → JVMSDEV, Service name = examples.Web.Sample1
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automate build and deployment to development
Developer
Check out project files, Fix source, Check in changes

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automate build and deployment to development
Build engineer
Download & unzip
the CICS Build Toolkit
Understand requirements
and options
Work with developer to
understand which Eclipse
projects need to be checked
out in order to build

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automate build and deployment to development
Build Engineer
Create build definition including properties...

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automate build and deployment to development
Build Engineer
Create build definition including properties, command line...

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automate build and deployment to development
Build Engineer
Create build definition including properties, command line / scripts, build engine, and
work with friendly build engineer to setup a post-build deploy to create a new
version of a component in IBM UrbanCode Deploy

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automate build and deployment to development
Developer
Automated build starts or submit manually if impatient wait to complete→
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automate build and deployment to development
Developer
Check log
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automate build and deployment to development
Developer
If interested, can check built artefacts by following build external links to new version
of the component in IBM UrbanCode Deploy
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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineering
Downloads CICS TS plug-in, and uploads to server

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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineer
Works with z/OS system programmer to install agent on z/OS (unzip / SMP/E) and
connect to UCD server

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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineer
Works with z/OS system programmer and CICS systems programmer to define
resource tree and properties that enable reusable / flexible processes

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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineer
Work with the CICS system programmer, DBAs, developers, application architect, …
to define components, applications, gates, permissions, notifications...

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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineer
Automates the deployment of the application, ...

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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineer
Automates the deployment of the application, or manually deploy to test / if urgent

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automate build and deployment to development
Release engineer
Check the deployment step logs to diagnose issues.

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automate build and deployment to development
Developer / Tester / ...
Once notified the deployment is successful, fix can be verified and similar process
used to deploy into QA, then to production, an the ticket put into verify with the user
User
Checks the fix works for them closes the ticket→
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