Creating snapshots

To create a snapshot, you specify which version of components and processes to include in the snapshot. Typically, to create a snapshot you copy the components and processes from an environment where you deployed the application without errors.

Procedure

  1. From the IBM® UrbanCode Deploy dashboard, click Applications, and then select an application.
  2. On the application page, click Snapshots, and then click Create New Snapshot.
  3. Type the name of the snapshot in the Name field, and type a description in the Description field.
  4. Click Save. The Component Versions page opens for the new snapshot. All the components in the application are listed.
  5. Add component versions to the snapshot.
    • Typically, you create a snapshot by copying versions of components from an environment in which you deployed and tested the application without errors. To copy the component versions in an environment, click Select For All, and then click Copy from Environment. Select the environment from which to copy component versions and processes. This procedure copies the currently deployed versions of the components from that environment.
    • To create a snapshot that includes the component versions from another snapshot, click Select For All, and then click Copy from Snapshot.
    • To select component versions individually, for each component click Add in the Versions column. After you click Add, click the Versions field to select a version of that component that is available in Codestation. To select all the latest versions or to select all versions that match a name pattern, click Select For All and then select the appropriate option from the list.
  6. Optional: To refine the versions of the component processes in the snapshot, click Configuration > Advanced Settings. By default, the most recently defined version of each component process and property is used. Latest is displayed in the Versions column, with the actual version in parentheses. For each process and property in the list, you can select a specific version by clicking Set Version in the Actions column. You can also reset all processes and properties to use the latest versions by clicking Reset All to Latest. Conversely, you can set all processes and properties that are set to Latest to their current specific values by clicking Lock Loose Entries.

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