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Forrester names IBM UrbanCode a Continuous Delivery and Release Automation leader

June 15, 2020

I’m excited to announce that IBM UrbanCode has been positioned as a Leader in “The Forrester Wave™: Continuous Delivery and Release Automation, 2020” report. This is wonderful news and is based on IBM’s scores in the Current Offering, Strategy and Market Presence categories. Forrester guides its readers that “IBM’s solution is…

UrbanCode Deploy

Upgrade UrbanCode Agents

June 8, 2020

Last week I was asked if there is another way to upgrade UrbanCode Agents then selecting them on the GUI and running the upgrade action. There are several ways to upgrade the agents automatically. In this blog, I will show you how you can achieve that with Python. But first,…

UrbanCode Velocity

Swim Lanes in UrbanCode Velocity 1.5.1

June 4, 2020

Our value stream management tool, UrbanCode Velocity, has a unique swim lanes view that takes out the status updates and replaces that time with strategy and alignment. Swim lanes let you get rid of the famous line “Please make sure your card is up to date before stand up” and…

UrbanCode Deploy

TeamCity with UrbanCode and Jira

May 21, 2020

Several weeks ago a client asked me about the integration capabilities of UrbanCode Deploy. Especially the integrations with Jetbrains TeamCity and Atlassian Jira was asked. So I started a small project to integrate them and make a short video. Next, I needed TeamCity and Jira. I choose Dockerhub (Jira on…

UrbanCode Deploy

Compression in UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.5

May 4, 2020

UrbanCode Deploy is a powerful tool for auditing compliance due to the fact that we store a new version of configurable objects such as processes, properties, and templates whenever they are modified. This allows the server to accurately show all information about past deployments, but also means that those records…

UrbanCode Deploy

Moving Codestation to S3

April 28, 2020

Version 7.0.5.0 of UrbanCode Deploy includes a few solutions that aim to address the growing storage footprint that comes with extended usage of the Deliver server. The two areas that will see the most growth over time are the versioned database tables used to preserve information about past deployments should…

UrbanCode Velocity

DevOps Research Assessment (DORA) Key Software Metrics

April 20, 2020

Software delivered with speed, stability, and maximized organizational/operational availability offsets fluctuating customer demands and expectations, competition, security, regulatory compliance, and a host of other external challenges in dynamically paced business markets. In order for the software market to establish holistic industry-standard measurements and assess the aforementioned technological capabilities in accordance…

UrbanCode Deploy

Deployment Triggers in UrbanCode Deploy

April 16, 2020

One of our goals with UrbanCode Deploy 7.1.0.0 has been to address a number of high priority RFEs. In this post, I'll go over our rework and enhancement of the feature formerly known as “Run Process after a Version is Created” and now called "Deployment Triggers." Deployment Triggers play a major role…

UrbanCode Velocity

Adding Properties to UrbanCode Deploy Tasks in Velocity

April 10, 2020

UrbanCode Velocity 1.5.1 introduces the ability to pass properties to an UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) task as part of a deployment plan. The UCD task is executed by UCD with application process request property values being passed from Velocity according to property name. Usage An UrbanCode Deploy (UCD) integration is required. Create a deployment…

UrbanCode Velocity

UrbanCode Velocity Value Stream Metrics: Key Insights

April 8, 2020

“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it.” ~ William Thomson Kelvin, physicist, mathematician and engineer In Agile and Lean software development environments, the numbers and data are metrics used to understand, control, and improve what we do and…

UrbanCode Velocity

Shell Script Tasks with UrbanCode Velocity

April 8, 2020

A new “Shell” plugin in UrbanCode Velocity 1.5.1 brings the powerful flexibility of containerized shell execution as part of deployment plans. Simply add the plugin and integration to Velocity and you will be able to configure deployment plan templates with a new type of task to “Run a Shell Script”. …

UrbanCode Build

How to customize the UrbanCode Build Agent Docker image

March 24, 2020

Agents are light-weight processes that are installed on hosts and communicate with the UrbanCode Build server. Agents run commands on the host, move files to and from it, and work with other tools installed on the host. Agents are responsible for running builds and driving third-party tools. After an agent…

UrbanCode Build

How to run UrbanCode Build Server in a Docker container

March 24, 2020

UrbanCode Build is a continuous integration and builds management server optimized for the enterprise. It is designed to make it easy to scale the configuration and management of your build infrastructure and seamlessly plug into development, testing and release tooling. Running UrbanCode Build, as containers, make installation of the server…

UrbanCode Build

Execute builds on Mainframe with UrbanCode Build

March 24, 2020

Starting from version 6.1.5, UrbanCode Build agents can run on IBM z/OS through Unix System Services (usually abbreviated as USS), which is a required component of IBM z/OS that is included by default. Since the initial introduction of UrbanCode Build to z/OS, the installation procedure has gone through several changes.…

10 Minute Tips: Leveraging the UrbanCode Deploy REST Client Libraries

UrbanCode Deploy REST API – The udclient is your friend

UrbanCode Release 6.2.4 Released

UrbanCode Deploy 7.1.0 Delivers New Features and Updates

Forrester names IBM UrbanCode a Continuous Delivery and Release Automation leader

Upgrade UrbanCode Agents

Swim Lanes in UrbanCode Velocity 1.5.1

TeamCity with UrbanCode and Jira

Compression in UrbanCode Deploy 7.0.5

Moving Codestation to S3

DevOps Research Assessment (DORA) Key Software Metrics

Deployment Triggers in UrbanCode Deploy

Adding Properties to UrbanCode Deploy Tasks in Velocity

UrbanCode Velocity Value Stream Metrics: Key Insights

Shell Script Tasks with UrbanCode Velocity

How to customize the UrbanCode Build Agent Docker image

How to run UrbanCode Build Server in a Docker container

Execute builds on Mainframe with UrbanCode Build