create_package – The create package module lets you create a package in Endevor

Synopsis

The create package module lets you create a package in Endevor.

Parameters

package (type: str)

Name of the Endevor package.

from_file (type: str)

Use this input to provide source file.

from_dataset (type: str)

Use this input to provide source data set name.

from_member (type: str)

Use this input to provide source member name in the data set.

from_package (type: str)

Directs the Create/Update action to copy the SCL from the package you specify into the package you are creating or updating.

from_text (type: str)

Provides a string to use as input SCL.

description (required, type: str)

Allows you to associate a 50-character description when creating or updating package.

from_date_time (type: str)

Specify the beginning of time frame within which the package can be executed. Use yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or see ISO 8601 standard for syntax.

to_date_time (type: str)

Specify the end of time frame within which the package can be executed. Use yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm or see ISO 8601 standard for syntax.

backout (type: bool, default: True)

Set this option to false (or specify –no-backout) if you don’t want to have the backout facility available for this package. By default backout is enabled.

notes (type: str)

Notes for package.

notes_from_file (type: str)

Local file of notes for package.

emergency_package (type: bool)

Specify if the package should be an emergency package. When not specified, the package is a standard package.

sharable (type: bool)

Specify this option if the package can be edited by more than one person when in In-edit status.

promotion (type: bool)

Specify this option to define the package as a promotion package.

validate_scl (type: bool, default: True)

Set this option to false (or specify –no-validate-scl) to skip validion of the package components while creating a package. By default the SCL is validated.

maxrc (type: int, default: 8)

The maximum value of the return code of a successful action. When the return code is greater than the maxrc value, the module fails.

host (type: str)

Specifies the base host name.

port (type: str)

Specifies the port number.

instance (type: str)

Specifies Endevor Web Services dataSource name.

protocol (type: str, default: https)

Specifies the protocol used for connecting to Endevor Rest API.

Choices:

  • http

  • https ←

user (type: str)

Specifies the user name.

password (type: str)

Specifies the user’s password.

reject_unauthorized (type: bool)

Specify this option to have the server certificate verified against the list of supplied CAs.

base_path (type: str)

Specifies the base path used for connecting to Endevor Rest API.

suppress_messages (type: bool)

Suppress all [INFO]/[WARN] messages from terminal output.

report_file (type: str)

File name for saving reports from Endevor SCM locally.

report_dir (type: str)

Directory for saving reports from Endevor SCM locally, if wasn’t specified. Defaults to current directory.

write_report (type: bool)

Write the endevor reports to a file. By default, when return code is 0, no report will be written, unless this option is specified. When return code is bigger than 0, reports will be written to a file, unless this option is specifed to be false.

cert_file (type: path)

The file path to a certificate file to use for authentication.

Note: The CLI does not support certificate files that require a password. For more information, search Troubleshooting PEM Certificates in Zowe Docs.

cert_key_file (type: path)

The file path to a certificate key file to use for authentication.

Examples

- name: Create package from local file with endevor profile set up
  broadcom.endevor.create_package:
    package: packageName
    from_file: localfile.txt
    description: package description
    instance: ENDEVOR

Return Values

data (type: list, when returned data is a dictionary)

Data from the module execution (a data structure). The items of this dict are set as individual return values on the top level as well.

error (type: complex, error)

More details about why the action has failed. If the failure is when calling an API service, the response contains the connection parameters.

additional_details (type: str)

Detailed message about the failure.

msg (type: str)

Short description of the result or failure.

request (type: str, API request failed)

HTTP method used to invoke API service request.

resource (type: str, API request failed)

URI of the resource of the API service request.

failed (type: bool, always)

A boolean that indicates if the task was failed or not.

list (type: list, when returned data is a list)

Data from the module execution (a list of data structures).

msg (type: str, sometimes)

Short description of the result or failure.

rc (type: int, always)

Exit code of the module, successful exit code is 0, failure is typically 1 or higher.

stderr (type: str, error)

Details of the error.

stdout (type: str, success)

Summary of the result.

Status

  • This module is maintained by Broadcom.