JBE questions and best-practices
Using 1.0Beta2.
Some questions about the JBE and building" 1) Jazz assigns a label to each build which (I believe ) can be overridden using buildResultsPublisher. If I don't override the Jazz assigned build label, is there a way for the build to find out what label has been assigned ?? (perhaps there's a property that can be queried). Why ? because I'd like to encode the Jazz assigned label into the Artifact file names that my build publishes. 2) The JBE needs a userid and password and each ANTTask also appears to need a user id and password. Is there a way for the ANT Tasks to just use the userid that was passed to the JBE ? 3) Similar to Q2 .. must I provide a password on the JBE command line ? What best-practices exist for setting up builds and the JBE so that real passwords are not coded within build files and on the JBE command line ?? 4) I know the documentation discusses creating a special 'Build' user. But even so, doesn't the password still need to be coded in the JBE command line and within the build.xml file. Any help appreciated |
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Hi David,
Regarding the build label being available in an ant property. There is currently no way to get it in ant. But, this is a good idea. Please create a work item for this, category = Build. Regarding passwords in the jbe command line and in the ant tasks. I understand this approach is not sufficient. We have a work item where we are investigating alternatives. I would like to keep the current behavior since it is simple, but also provide an alternative that does not have passwords in clear view. Follow along in work item 39649 https://jazz.net/jazz/web/projects/Jazz%20Project#action=com.ibm.team.workitem.viewWorkItem&id=39649 In the meantime, it is recommended to keep the user/password in a separate properties file that is not in source control (it is only accessible to the build machines) and read that into your build script. For example, create auth.properties with contents: userId=build password=abc Then in your build script: <property file="auth.properties"/> Reference these properties when using jazz ant tasks: <startBuildActivity userId="${userId}" password="${password}" It is also recommended to use a special build user. The password will still be visible, but at least it is not "your" password. Ryan Manwiller Jazz Team Build Lead |
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Thanks for the advice
Opened Defect 41192 for access to Jazz assigned build label. I'm presently using your suggested technique for coding the userid/password as build properties. I'll follow your advice and create a special build user for now.. Cheers David Ward wrote: Using 1.0Beta2. |
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