Category:Updater

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The Updater type is useful for coordinating end-to-end build and deployment processes. Updater coordinates the build phase by calling all Builder resources. It then calls the Deploy workflow to all configured Site resources.

Contents 1 Reference 2 Definition 2.1 Project XML 2.2 Querying

Reference

• Updater Reference

Definition

Project XML

An Updater can be registered in XML using the project.xml format. Here is an example.

File listing: updater.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//ControlTier Software Inc.//DTD Project Document 1.0//EN" 
    "project.dtd">
<project>
  <!--
      **
      ** Define the Updater 
      **
  -->
  <deployment 
      type="Updater"
      name="qaSimpleApp" 
      description="Coordinates the simple app build and deploy in QA" 
      startuprank="1">
    <resources>
      <resource type="Builder" name="simpleApp"/>
      <resource type="Site" name="simpleApp"/>
    </resources>
  </deployment>
</project>

You can load this XML file using the ProjectBuilder load-objects command like so:

ctl -p project -m ProjectBuilder -c load-objects -- -filename updater.xml

Querying

Use the ProjectBuilder find-objects command to list all "Updater" instances:

 $ ctl -p demo -m ProjectBuilder -c find-objects -- -type Updater
 |
 |--(Updater) qaSimpleApp

For a graphical alternative, you can use the Graphical resource editor and view the updaters there.

Go to the Updater list. You will see it list all updaters.

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