| Talend 8 CI/CD sandbox environments | A CI/CD sandbox is an environment dedicated to automating
CI/CD tasks. Here are some properties to remember: - It is called sandbox, because it's a local and isolated
replica of a CI/CD environment, but simplified for Talend.
- It does exactly what Talend Studio can do in terms of migration, build, and
publication.
- It does not use Talend Studio for these tasks; instead, it uses Talend CommandLine, which is Talend Studio without the graphic user interface.
Qlik Talend Cloud Migration Toolkit automates the local installation of the required tools: - Java JDK
- Git client: Used to clone the Git repository.
- Maven with additional plugins: Maven is a build automation
tool for Java projects.
- Talend 8 CommandLine
Multiple environments can be installed based on the monthly
release of the Talend CommandLine.
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| CI/CD manifest | A manifest is a list of configurations that defines the CI/CD
implementation. In Qlik Talend Cloud Migration Toolkit, you can configure manifests to: - Upgrade your source project in a new version of Talend Studio.
- Build selected Jobs and Routes and publish them to Talend Cloud or your artifact repository.
- Generate reports.
A CI/CD manifest is composed of four sections:- The CI/CD environment version that will be used for the
CI/CD execution.
- The source project: It can be a Git repository information
(URL and credentials) or a local workspace path where the
Talend project is located.
- The targets for the CI/CD process: Currently, Qlik Talend Cloud Migration Toolkit supports several types of targets:
- Talend Cloud: Target used to request the
publication of project asset artifacts and the
creation of the associated tasks. The target
configuration references the Talend Cloud Environment and Workspace names, where the
artifact will be published, the task name,
description templates and engine used by the
task.
- Artifact Repository: Target
used to request the publication of project asset
artifacts to an Artifact Repository (Nexus3, JFrog
Artifactory). The configuration contains all the
requested parameters: Repository type (Nexus3 or
Artifactory), URL, credentials and repository
name.
- CVE Report: Target used to
request the generation of a CVE (Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures) report of the
Talend project.
- Project Upgrade Report:
Target used for the generation of the Talend project upgrade reports based on the version of
Talend 8 used by the current CI/CD environment.
- A list of assets to be processed: Once upgraded, the project
opens in a Web version of Talend Studio, where you can select the Jobs and Routes you want to
deploy.
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| CI/CD pipeline | A pipeline is the translation of a manifest into a series of
steps to be executed by the CI/CD sandbox. Each step is
the execution of a CI/CD order: Git commands - Maven commands
- Report generation (CVE and upgrade)
Based on the requested targets and list of assets in the
manifests, Qlik Talend Cloud Migration Toolkit optimizes the number of steps in the pipeline as well as the
Maven command parameters used in the steps. |
