z/OS External Artifact Repository - Overview

The zOS External Artifact Utility plug-in includes steps to integrate with external repositories like Nexus or JFrog for zOS.

This plug-in includes the following steps:

• Download Artifacts for zOS External Repo
• Create a Merged Version for JFrog Artifactory
• Create a Merged Version for Nexus

Step palette

To access this plug-in in the palette, click Utilities > zOS External Artifacts Utility

Compatibility

This plug-in requires 7.0.4 or later of DevOps Deploy.

Installation

No special steps are required for installation. See Installing plug-ins in DevOps.

History

Version 13

• Fixed download issue occurring on server versions 7.2.X
• Added steps to create a merged version for JFrog and Nexus
• Renamed plugin from zOS Utility to download external artifacts to zOS External Artifacts Utility
• The plugin has been moved from tag Repositories/Artifact/zOS ExternalArtifactsDownload to Utilities/zOS External Artifacts Utility

Version 12

• Added support for Token for Artifactory as API Key is deprecated. Read api-key-deprecation-and-the-new-reference-tokens for more details.

Version 11

• Validate checksum for zOS component versions created on server version 8.1.0 or higher

Version 10

• Added support to handle AT_TLS configuration for external repository servers
• Fixed Jettison Vulnerability
• Enhancement to Download artifacts without credentials

Version 9

• Minor Improvements and upgraded log4j

Version 8

• Added support to run with insecure connection

Version 7

• Added support to run this from non zOS agent
• Minor improvements for new package format

Version 6

• Added support to run this from non zOS agent

Version 5

• Enhancement to extract files for package format v2

Version 4

• Implemented the proxy changes for artifactory server

Version 3

• Implemented the api key changes for artifactory server

Version 2

• PH20336 – Fixed the default value for extRepoURL and changed the plugin to fail when it is not able to download artifacts

Version 1

• Initial release.

Plugin is used to download artifacts from external repository like NEXUS/ARTIFACTORY then we can use Deploy Data Sets step for zOS deployment.