Use the DevOps view to search for assets such as deliverables,
packages, and environments. Additional information and functionality
is available on the search results page when you search in the DevOps
view.
Before you begin
Before you can use the DevOps view, a repository administrator
must enable the DevOps library. To learn more about enabling the DevOps
library, see
Enabling the DevOps library.
About this task
Typically, when searching for DevOps
assets, you use a keyword search and filters. To learn more about
keyword searching, see
Searching for assets. The
Type filters
available in the DevOps view are
Component,
Package,
and
Environment. You can also use the
State and
Community filters
in the main DevOps view. As you drill down while searching for a particular
DevOps asset type, other filters are available. To learn more about
using filters in searches, see
Finding assets with filters.
- Component
- A component is an asset that represents a complete deliverable.
A component is made up of binary packages, installation packages,
and documentation packages. The packages that make up a component
are separate assets that are related to the component asset. Even
though the packages are separate assets, you can work with the packages
that make up a component in the DevOps search view or in the Content section
of the General Details view of the asset.
- Package
- Packages can be binaries, installation files, or documentation.
For example, Ruby gems and RPM files are packages.
- Environment
- An environment is a snapshot that represents a deployable set
of specific packages or build outputs.
Procedure
- In the IBM Rational Asset Manager web
client, click Assets.
- Under the search field, for the Search Type select DevOps.
- Type keywords into the search field; then, click Search
for assets
. Results
for your search query are displayed.
- Optional: To filter your search results using
filters, in the sidebar, click the name of a filter. As
you click filters or tags, the results will update. For example, if
you click the Environment filter, the results
will show only environment assets.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to an entry in the search
results to expand the entry and to see information related to the
asset. For example, when you expand a deliverable in
the search results, information about the deliverable asset and the
related packages is displayed in tree format. You can hover your mouse
over assets to download them or mount them using NFS. You can expand
the tree view and download a particular file contained by a package.