Procedure

1. Download the installation files for one or more plug-ins from the following site: https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugins/ibm-urbancode-deploy/
2. Load the plug-ins:
   1. For automation plug-ins, click Settings > Automation Plugins, then click Load Plugin.
   2. For source plug-ins, click Settings > Source Config Plugins, then click Load Plugin.
   3. Enter the path to the compressed plug-in file, and then click Submit.

Results

The plug-in is listed on either the Automation Plugins pane or the Source Config Plugins pane. After the plug-in is installed, it is available immediately.

Uninstalling a plug-in

To uninstall a plug-in, click Settings > Automation Plugins, find the plug-in, and then click Delete.

Note: Before uninstalling a plug-in, verify that it is no longer in use. Deleting a plug-in which is being used by existing processes causes those processes to be invalid.

Rolling back plug-ins

You cannot roll back a plug-in version to a previous version. If you have mistakenly deleted a version of a plug-in being used in processes, the step will display “PLUGIN DELETED”. The server retains the pertinent steps to avoid breaking persistent processes and snapshots, but the configuration should be updated according to intention. If the intention is to use an earlier version of the plug-in, perform the following steps:

1. 1. Uninstall (Delete) the later version of the plug-in. Now, in all processes, steps from that plug-in are shown with the text “PLUGIN DELETED”. These steps should never be left in this state.Note: The server retains the later version steps to avoid breaking snapshots. However, you cannot add these steps to processes after you delete the plug-in. All deleted steps should be updated immediately.
   2. Install the earlier version of the plug-in (if not already installed).Note: If an earlier plug-in version was installed and previously upgraded, this step is not necessary, as the previous version will be now be usable again.
   3. In each process that used steps from the later plug-in, re-create and delete the steps that are labeled “PLUGIN DELETED.” This will “roll back” the step from the later to earlier version. The process steps cannot be changed until you re-create them, even if you installed another version of the plug-in.

Note: Re-installing the later version of the plug-in will restore the processes.

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Procedure

1. Download the installation files for one or more plug-ins from the following site: https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugins/ibm-urbancode-build/. Do not extract the compressed files.
2. Load the plug-ins:
   1. From the IBM UrbanCode Build user interface, click the System tab.
   2. In the Server group, click Plug-ins.
   3. On the Plugins page, Browse and locate the plug-in installation file and then click Open.
   4. On the Plugins page, click Load.

Results

After the upload to the server is complete, the plug-in is listed on the Plugins page and available for immediate use.

Uninstalling a plug-in

To uninstall a plug-in, click System > Plug-ins, locate the plug-in, and then click the Delete icon.

Note: Before uninstalling a plug-in, verify that it is no longer in use. Deleting a plug-in which is being used by existing processes causes those processes to be invalid.

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1. Download the installation files for one or more plug-ins from the following site: https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/plugins/ibm-urbancode-build/. Do not extract the compressed files.
2. Load the plug-ins:
   1. From the IBM UrbanCode Build user interface, click the System tab.
   2. In the Server group, click Plug-ins.
   3. On the Plugins page, Browse and locate the plug-in installation file and then click Open.
   4. On the Plugins page, click Load.

Results

After the upload to the server is complete, the plug-in is listed on the Plugins page and available for immediate use.

Uninstalling a plug-in

To uninstall a plug-in, click System > Plug-ins, locate the plug-in, and then click the Delete icon.

Note: Before uninstalling a plug-in, verify that it is no longer in use. Deleting a plug-in which is being used by existing processes causes those processes to be invalid.

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Before starting your upgrade, you should do the following:

1. Shut down your IBM uBuild or IBM UrbanCode Build server
2. Download the latest IBM UrbanCode Build release
3. Extract the IBM UrbanCode Build .zip file
4. Navigate to extracted directory
5. Navigate to the agentupgrade directory
6. Copy the air-agentupgrade.jar file to your existing server’s opt/tomcat/webapps/ROOT directory
7. When prompted, replace the existing file
8. Start your IBM uBuild or IBM UrbanCode Build server
9. Navigate to the Agents tab
10. Select all existing agents and tell them to upgrade

Upgrading the agents ahead of time prevents an issue where old agents are no longer able to connect to the IBM UrbanCode Build server because they try to use SSLv3. If you do not upgrade proactively the agents will be unable to communicate with the server, requiring manual upgrades. Once all of your existing agents have been upgraded, proceed to upgrade your server as you normally would.

Once you have upgraded your server, you must also upgrade any plugins that upload any information back to the server. This would include any issue tracking, reporting, or SCM plugins. If the plugins are not upgraded, you will see an SSL Handshake Exception whenever step from the plugin tries to upload anything to the server.

The full list of plugins that need to be upgraded is as follows:

• AccuRev
• AccuWork
• Checkstyle
• ClearQuest
• Cobertura
• CodeStation
• CppUnit
• CVS
• FileSystem
• FindBugs
• Git
• HP Fortify
• HP Quality Center
• JaCoCo
• JIRA
• JUnit
• Mercurial
• MSTest
• NUnit
• Perforce
• PMD
• Rally
• Rational Team Concert SCM
• Rational Team Concert Work Items
• Report Publisher
• Reporting
• Sonargraph
• SonarQube
• Team Foundation Server
• TFS Work Items

Reference

https://developer.ibm.com/urbancode/docs/upgrading-ibm-ubuild-5-0-1-3-earlier/

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Recently, IBM Acquires UrbanCode with the following statement…

“I am pleased to announce that IBM has acquired UrbanCode Inc. UrbanCode offers capabilities for application release automation (ARA), complementing IBM’s DevOps solutions, enabling clients to more rapidly deliver mobile, cloud, big data analytics and traditional applications.

Innovation is increasingly being driven by software, but the rapidly changing software development landscape means that any changes an organization makes to its software environment needs to happen smoothly and without disruption to the creation and delivery of products and services. IBM delivers first class DevOps solutions enabling organizations to continuously deliver software so they can seize new market opportunities and gain competitive advantage.

Acquiring UrbanCode strengthens IBM’s DevOps strategy and capabilities. With UrbanCode’s ARA solution, IBM will help improve our clients’ ability to deliver software, enabling continuous release and deployment by:

• Driving down cost by reducing the amount of manual labor, resource wait-time, and rework.
• Speeding time to market by increasing frequency of software delivery.
• Reducing risk by delivering higher quality application releases with increased compliance

This acquisition complements IBM’s leadership in DevOps, enabling greater business agility by rapidly and more frequently delivering applications to market with reduced cost, risk and increased quality.

UrbanCode’s award winning software can help reduce software deployment time from months to minutes, and has helped save some clients two million dollars annually.

Together, we offer the most complete solution available today for continuously delivering software. UrbanCode’s application release automation capabilities will help our customers accelerate their delivery of business critical software with improved quality, and at a lower cost and risk to the business.

“

Some Key Inputs about acquisition based on google searches

What are IBM’s plans for UrbanCode products?

UrbanCode technology will be a strategic part of the IBM DevOps solution. In addition to further integrating UrbanCode technology with IBM’s offerings and consistent with our ongoing commitment to innovation and leadership in the DevOps domain, we continue to engage and gather input for potential future product enhancements from IBM, UrbanCode and our ecosystem of partners, integrators and customers.

I am an UrbanCode customer today, what should I expect?

The UrbanCode product portfolio will be backed by IBM resources. IBM plans to make UrbanCode an important component of its DevOps portfolio, complementing existing DevOps capabilities and solutions. IBM also currently plans to continue to grow and enhance the functionality of UrbanCode’s technology.

Why IBM Acquires UrbanCode?

As per the expert and official statement, IBM wants to leverage UrbanCode product to Mobile and Could Apps to make a powerful DevApps Application.

Reference:

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/ibm-acquires-urbancode-114623

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/welcome/urbancode/

http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/welcome/urbancode/answers/

What is IBM DevOps?

Read more here…

http://www.ibm.com/ibm/devops/us/en/

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A message from Kristof Kloeckner:

I am pleased to announce that IBM has acquired UrbanCode Inc. UrbanCode offers capabilities for application release automation (ARA), complementing IBM’s DevOps solutions, enabling clients to more rapidly deliver mobile, cloud, big data analytics and traditional applications.

Innovation is increasingly being driven by software, but the rapidly changing software development landscape means that any changes an organization makes to its software environment needs to happen smoothly and without disruption to the creation and delivery of products and services. IBM delivers first class DevOps solutions enabling organizations to continuously deliver software so they can seize new market opportunities and gain competitive advantage.

Acquiring UrbanCode strengthens IBM’s DevOps strategy and capabilities. With UrbanCode’s ARA solution, IBM will help improve our clients’ ability to deliver software, enabling continuous release and deployment by:

• Driving down cost by reducing the amount of manual labor, resource wait-time, and rework.
• Speeding time to market by increasing frequency of software delivery.
• Reducing risk by delivering higher quality application releases with increased compliance

This acquisition complements IBM’s leadership in DevOps, enabling greater business agility by rapidly and more frequently delivering applications to market with reduced cost, risk and increased quality.

UrbanCode’s award winning software can help reduce software deployment time from months to minutes, and has helped save some clients two million dollars annually.

Together, we offer the most complete solution available today for continuously delivering software. UrbanCode’s application release automation capabilities will help our customers accelerate their delivery of business critical software with improved quality, and at a lower cost and risk to the business.

For more information about this news, please read the press release.

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