Entry Points

CDAF Entry Scripts

CDAF providers 4 entry scripts for different purposes.

• ci : Build and Package only, i.e. Continuous Integration, mandatory argument is BUILDNUMBER
• cd : Release, i.e. Continuous Delivery or Deploy (depending on gating or not), mandatory argument is ENVIRONMENT
• cdEmulate : Executes ci and then cd, generates BUILDNUMBER if not supplied and uses configurable ENVIRONMENT
• entry : Executes ci and then cd, generates BUILDNUMBER if not supplied and uses configurable ENVIRONMENT(s)

The CI entry point (ci.bat/ci.sh) will perform the build and package process. Recommended configuration is to produce a self extracting deployable artefact (release.ps1/release.sh).

sequenceDiagram
  ci ->>+ buildPackage: BUILDNUMBER
  buildPackage ->>- ci: release

CD Emulation

The CD Emulation (cdEmulate.bat/cdEmulate.sh) is a simple wrapper which performs the CI process, and then executes the CD process, using the configured or default environment.

sequenceDiagram
  cdEmulate ->>+ buildPackage: BUILDNUMBER
  buildPackage ->>- cdEmulate: release
  cdEmulate ->>+ release: ENVIRONMENT
  release ->>- cdEmulate: deployment results

Entry

The entry wrapper (entry.bat/entry.sh), similar to cdEmulate, performs the CI process and CD process. The CD process however supports additional, optional, configuration for releases based on branch name (substrings).

sequenceDiagram
  cdEmulate ->>+ buildPackage: BUILDNUMBER
  buildPackage ->>- cdEmulate: release
  loop for each matching branch name
    cdEmulate ->>+ release: ENVIRONMENT
    release ->>- cdEmulate: deployment results
  end