Control-M for GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions enables you to automate workflows across the software life cycle.

Control-M for GitHub Actions enables you to do the following:

• Trigger GitHub Actions workflows and perform pull request actions directly from Control-M.

• Manage GitHub Actions credentials in a secure connection profile.

• Connect to any GitHub Actions endpoint.

• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for GitHub Actions, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, resource pools, lock resources, and variables.

• Integrate GitHub Actions jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.

• Monitor the status, results, and output of GitHub Actions jobs.

• Attach an SLA job to the GitHub Actions jobs.

Setting up Control-M for GitHub Actions

This procedure describes how to deploy the GitHub Actions plug-in, create a connection profile, and define a GitHub Actions job in Control-M SaaS and Automation API.

Before You Begin

• Verify that Java is installed, as described in Control-M External Java Installation.

• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting Up the API.

• Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.080 or higher is installed.

Begin

1. Do one of the following:

   • Install: Run one of the following provision image commands:

     • Linux: ctm provision image GitHub_Actions_plugin.Linux

     • Windows: ctm provision image GitHub_Actions_plugin.Windows

   • Upgrade: Run the following command:

     ctm provision agent::update

2. Create a GitHub Actions connection profile in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Centralized Connection Profile with GitHub Actions Connection Profile Parameters

   • Automation API: Connection Profile:GitHub Actions

3. Define a GitHub Actions job in Control-M SaaS or Automation API, as follows:

   • Control-M SaaS: Create a Job with GitHub Actions Job Parameters

   • Automation API: Job:GitHub Actions

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.00	Initial version