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Description

Rally is an Agile project management tool for planning, scheduling, and tracking iterations and releases. The Rally plug-in provides for integration with a Rally server. It imports Rally artifacts into the HCL Accelerate server.

Quick Info

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Product

DevOps Velocity (HCL Accelerate)
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Type

plugin
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Compatibility

HCL Accelerate version 2.0 or later
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Created by

HCL Software
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Rally

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Summary

The Rally plugin provides for integration with a Rally server. This plugin imports work items from a Rally server and saves them as HCL Accelerate issues. The plugin uses the Rally REST API to import data from a Rally server. Data between the Rally server and the HCL Accelerate server is synchronized every five minutes.

History

The following table describes the changes made in each plugin version.

Plugin history details
Version Description
1.0.41 Clarifying delimitation problem for properties used. ( Example: Comma separated list )
1.0.34 User access key related changes.
1.0.17 Added HTTP proxy support
1.0.16 Improve history data

Usage

To use the Rally plugin, the plugin must be loaded and an instance created before you can configure the plugin integration. You define configuration properties in the user interface or in a JSON file.

Integration type

The Rally plugin supports scheduled events integration. There is only one scheduled event which is described in the following table.

Scheduled events
Name Description
syncRallyDataEvent Queries the Rally server for stories and defects to import into HCL Accelerate issues. If the Rally data already exists as an issue, the issue is updated.

Integration

There are two methods to integrate the plugin:

  • Using the user interface
  • Using a JSON file

The tables in the Configuration properties topic describe the properties used to define the integration.

Using the user interface

  1. From the Plugins page, click Settings > Integrations > Plugins.
  2. Under the Action column for the plugin, click Add Integration.
  3. On the Add Integration page enter values for the fields used to configure the integration and define communication.
  4. Click Save.

Using a JSON file

The JSON file contains the information for creating a value stream. Within the JSON file is a section for integrations. It is in this section that plugin properties can be defined.

  1. From a value stream page, download the value stream map. The value stream map is a JSON file used to define integrations.
  2. Edit the JSON file to include the plugin configuration properties.
  3. Save and upload the JSON file. This replaces the current JSON file with the new content.
  4. View the new integration on the Integrations page.

Configuration Properties

The following tables describe the properties used to configure the integration. Each table contains the field name when using the user interface and the property name when using a JSON file.

  • The General Configuration Properties table describes configuration properties used by all plugin integrations.
  • The Rally Configuration Properties table describes the configuration properties that define the connection and communications with the Rally server. When using the JSON method to integrate the plugin these properties are coded within the properties configuration property.

Some properties might not be displayed in the user interface, to see all properties enable the Show Hidden Properties field.

General Configuration properties
Name Description Required Property Name
NA The version of the plugin that you want to use. To view available versions, click the Version History tab. If a value is not specified, the latest version is used. No image
Integration Name An assigned name to the value stream. Yes name</td
Logging Level The level of Log4j messages to display in the log file. Valid values are: all, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, off, and trace. No loggingLevel
NA List of configuration properties used to connect and communicate with the Rally server. Enclose the properties within braces. Yes properties
  The name of the tenant. Yes tenant_id
NA Unique identifier assigned to the plugin. The value for the Rally plugin is ucv-ext-rally Yes type
Rally Properties
Name Type Description Required Property Name
API Token Secure The API token used to authenticate with the Rally server. You must specify a value for either this property or username and password properties. No apiKey
Projects Array Comma seperated list of Rally project names to import data. No projects
Password Secure The password used to authenticate with the Rally server. Specify either the username and password properties or the apiKey property. No password
URL String The URL of the Rally server. The default is https://rally1.rallydev.com. Yes baseUrl
User Name String The user name used to authenticate with the Rally server. Specify either the username and password properties or the apiKey property. No username
ucvAccessKey Secure The user access key used to authenticate with the HCL Accelerate server. Yes ucvAccessKey
Workspace String The name of the Rally workspace to use on request. This property is required if you are not using a default workspace. No workspace
Proxy Server String The URL of the proxy server including the port number. No proxyServer
Proxy User Name String The user name used to authenticate with the proxy server. No proxyUsername
Proxy Password String The password used to authenticate with the proxy server. No proxyPassword

JSON code sample

The following sample code can be used as a template to define the integration within the JSON file for a value stream. Copy and paste the template into the JSON file Integration section and make the appropriate changes.


"integrations": [
    {
      "type": "ucv-ext-rally",
      "name": "my-rally",
      "tenant_id": "5ade13625558f2c6688d15ce",
      "logginglevel": "log_level_value",
      "properties": {
        "baseUrl": "https://rally1.rallydev.com",
        "username": "my_username",
        "password": "my_password",
        "workspace": "Workspace1",
        "projects": [
          "Sample Project"
        ],
        "logLevel": "info",
        "proxyServer": "proxy_server_url_with_port",
        "proxyUsername": "proxy_server_user_name",
        "proxyPassword": "proxy_server_password"
      }
    }
  ]

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