webMethods Private Cloud Factory

General information

A template repository for kick-starting Private Cloud CI/CD creation for webMethods products.

Prerequisites

• 📦 Container registry for pushing your customized image(s)
• ☁️ Kubernetes cluster for deploying your solution(s)
• 🔑 Define the following secrets for accessing the webMethods services:
  • WM_CR_USER (secret) - Username for https://containers.webmethods.io/
  • WM_CR_PASSWORD (secret) - Password/token for https://containers.webmethods.io/
  • WM_WPM_TOKEN (secret) - Token for https://packages.webmethods.io/
• 🔑 Define the following secrets/vars for accessing your organization services:
  • DOCKER_REGISTRY (var) - Your container registry server
  • DOCKER_USER (secret) - Username for your container registry
  • DOCKER_PASSWORD (secret) - Password/token for your container registry
  • KUBE_CONFIG (secret) - The kubeconfig file content for accessing your Kubernetes cluster

Usage

• Use the template by clicking "Use this template" at the top and specify the new repository name
• Actions -> CI/CD -> Run workflow -> Provide container and/or deployment specifics -> Run workflow
• Alternatively, edit the .github/workflows/cicd.yml workflow for embedding the container and/or deployment specifics, specify triggers or add extra configurations.

Result

flowchart LR;
    subgraph Deploy
      G[Solution Deployment] -->|pull chart| H([charts.webmethods.io])
      G[Solution Deployment] -->|deploy to| F([Organization Kubernetes Cluster])
    end
    subgraph Push
      E[Solution Image] -->|push image| K([Organization Container Registry])
    end
   
    subgraph Build
      B[Solution Image Build] -->|pull image| A([containers.webmethods.io]);
      B[Solution Image Build] -->|pull packages| C([packages.webmethods.io]);
      B[Solution Image Build] -->|pull packages| D([Organization custom packages in github.com]);
    end
    G[Solution Deployment] -->|pull image| K
    B[Solution Image Build] -->|produces| E[Solution Image]

    style A fill:#9ACD32
    style C fill:#9ACD32
    style H fill:#9ACD32

    style F fill:#FFFF00
    style K fill:#FFFF00
    style D fill:#FFFF00

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Used webMethods services and tools

• https://containers.webmethods.io/ - webMethods Container registry
• https://packages.webmethods.io/ - webMethods Packages registry
• https://charts.webmethods.io - webMethods Helm charts registry
• https://github.com/wm-private-cloud/wm-build-image - webMethods GitHub action for building customized webMethods container images
• https://github.com/wm-private-cloud/wm-helm-add-repo - webMethods GitHub action for adding the webMethods Helm charts registry
• https://github.com/wm-private-cloud/wm-helm-deploy - webMethods GitHub action for deploying webMethods Helm charts
• https://github.com/wm-private-cloud/private-cloud-factory - This template repository as a kick-starter for workflow orchestration