Devtron CD Trigger
Introduction
The Devtron CD Trigger plugin allows you to trigger the PRE-CD, CD, or POST-CD stages of target Devtron App from within your current application workflow. This plugin offers flexibility in managing application dependencies and deployment sequences. For example, by incorporating this plugin at the pre-deployment stage of your application workflow, you can deploy another application that contains dependencies required by your current application, ensuring a coordinated deployment process.
Prerequisites
Before integrating the Devtron CD Trigger plugin, you need to properly configure the target Devtron App to ensure smooth execution.
Steps
Go to Applications → Devtron Apps.
Click your application.
Go to App Configuration → Workflow Editor.
Click New Workflow and navigate to the Build and Deploy from Source Code.
Fill the required fields in the Create build pipeline window and navigate to the Create deployment pipeline.
Fill the required fields in the Deployment Stage window and navigate to the Post-Deployment stage.
If you have already configured workflow, edit the deployment pipeline, and navigate to Post-Deployment stage.
Under 'TASKS', click the + Add task button.
Select the Devtron CD Trigger plugin.
Enter the following user inputs with appropriate values.
User Inputs
Task Name
Enter the name of your task
e.g., Triggers CD Pipeline
Description
Add a brief explanation of the task and the reason for choosing the plugin. Include information for someone else to understand the purpose of the task.
e.g., The Devtron CD Trigger plugin is integrated for triggering the CD stage of another application.
Input Variables
DevtronApiToken
STRING
Enter target Devtron API token.
abc123DEFxyz456token789
DevtronEndpoint
STRING
Enter the target URL of Devtron.
https://devtron.example.com
DevtronApp
STRING
Enter the target Devtron Application name/ID
plugin-demo
DevtronEnv
STRING
Enter the target Environment name/ID. Required if JobPipeline is not given
preview
StatusTimeoutSeconds
STRING
Enter the maximum time (in seconds) a user can wait for the application to deploy. Enter a positive integer value
120
GitCommitHash
STRING
Enter the git hash from which user wants to deploy its application. By default it takes latest Artifact ID to deploy the application
cf19e4fd348589kjhsdjn092nfse01d2234235sdsg
TargetTriggerStage
STRING
Enter the Trigger Stage PRE/DEPLOY/POST. Default value is Deploy.
PRE
Trigger/Skip Condition
Here you can set conditions to execute or skip the task. You can select Set trigger conditions for the execution of a task or Set skip conditions to skip the task.
Output Variables
Devtron CD Trigger will not be generating an output variable.
Click Update Pipeline.
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