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CentraSite EE Lifecycle Management Add-Ons Plug-In
 
The benefits of this Plug-In
This Plug-In provides an administrative User-Interface to configure and customize the Lifecycle Management (LCM) functionality provided with CentraSite. The plug-in provides the management of the LCM Registry/Stage/State relationships prior to activating the LCM. 
Technical Requirements
CentraSite Enterprise Edition, plus the Lifecycle Management package. This Plug-In maintains LifecycleRegistry instances - the LifecycleRegistry concept comes from the Lifecycle Management package. This package requires configuring after the CentraSite installation. Please see the Lifecycle Management installation guide.
 
How to Install
To install please:
 
  • Stop - Software AG Common Tomcat service
  • Unzip to …webapps/PluggableUI as is, keep folder structures
  • Start - Software AG Common Tomcat service

Once installed:
 
  • From CentraSite Control, navigate to Lifecycle Management topic
    1. New..
      1. Right click LifecycleRegistry and select ‘new LifecycleRegistry’, this should present the ‘ItemEditor’ used by the Plug-In
    2. Update..
      1. Click LifecycleRegistry, this should list all available instances of LifecycleRegisty, double-click any instance and the Plug-In should present itself
The screen shot below shows the configuration of LCM Stages in the user interface. 
 
Lifecycle_Management01.jpg
 
LCM Registry Help
A Lifecycle Registry requires that a two level category scheme be available in the registry, one category of Stage and one or more sub-categories of State for that Stage. The Stage category will reside under the Classification scheme 'LifecycleStates', the State categories will reside under the Stage category.
 
Additional Usage Notes
This Item editor will maintain the Stage and State relationships in the GUI, upon pressing the 'Save' button, the Stage/State relationships in the GUI will then replace the existing set (delete and save).
You may rename the Lifecycle Registry name, and the Stage name. Deleting the Lifecycle Registry will not delete the Stage/State relationship as this must be done manually.
 
Adding States
Once a Lifecycle Registry has been added, you can add 'state' categories for the stage. Enter the name of the state and press the 'Add' button.
 
Deleting States
Select the state from the list and press 'Delete selected state' button.
 
Initial State
All stages must have an InitialState association. Select the 'Initial state' for stage from the pulldown.
 
Setting NextState Association
Select a state from the list, all other states will be listed in the 'Available states' list. Next select a state from the 'Available states' list and press the '>' arrow to move it to the Next state list.
 
A state may have a NextState association with the IntialState state of the Next Stage, as this is available for selection once the Next Stage is selected from the pulldown.
 
At least one state must have a 'Next' association. To do this, select a state from the 'Next State' list, and press the '>' button to move it the 'Logical next state' field.
 
Any Questions?
 
Plug-In Provided By: Chris Tribe
 
Download Life Cycle Management Add-Ons Plug-In here