Namespaces

Extension steps and resources are defined within a namespace, to ensure that all steps and resources in a set have unique names. Namespaces are specified through the repository path of the step or resource model definition.

• Extension step definitions must be stored in a subdirectory path of the form: steps/<namespace>/<stepTypeName>. 
• Extension resource definitions must be stored in a subdirectory path of the form: resources/<namespace>/<resourceTypeName>.

Example

The sample extensions in our tutorial are in a tutorial namespace, as defined in the repository's directory structure:

You can define as many steps or resources under a namespace directory as you need. For example:

When used in a Pipelines DSL file, the extension must be referenced with its namespace to be recognized. For example:

resources:
  - name: MyResource
    type: mycompanyname/ResourceTypeX	# <-- extension resource
    configuration:
    ...

pipelines:
  - name: MyPipeline
    configuration:
      environmentVariables:
        readOnly:
          my_env_var: "hello"
    steps:
      - name: MyStep_1
        type: mycompanyname/StepTypeA	# <-- extension step
        configuration:
        ...
      - name: MyStep_2
        type: mycompanyname/StepTypeB	# <-- extension step
        configuration:
        ...

Versioning

All Pipelines extension steps and resources may be individually versioned through  in their source control repository. These versions can then be released for general use through the Pipelines extensions management UI.

Tagging Extension Versions

A Git tag for versioning a step or resource must be of the form:

<namespace>/<TypeName>@<semver>

Where <TypeName> is the name of the extension step or resource type. The format of <semver> must be compliant with the  (Major.Minor.Patch).

For example, to bind the currently committed version of the tutorial's HealthCheck step to version 1.0.0, you would  and assign it a tag tutorials/HealthCheck@1.0.0. 

Releasing Extension Versions

When the respository is added as an extension source, each extension loaded is the Latest version of that extension step or resource.

To release a properly Git tagged resource or step, hover over the rightmost region of its row to reveal the Release icon, then click it.

In the subsequent Release Extension dialog, select the release tag from the dropdown, then click Confirm.

Once confirmed, the version will be listed among the Released extensions. 

The released version of the resource will now always be available to users by that version number, even afer a newer version is synced from the extension source. 

Extensions can be retired from use on a specific date. Details of this procedure are described in Managing Pipelines Extensions.

Using Extension Versions

By default, a reference to an extension step or resource type always uses the latest synced version (listed in Latest).

To use a specific version (for example, one that is known to be good), you may qualify the type declaration to use a specific version by following it with the optional syntaxVersion tag.

For example, to use version 1.0.0 of the example tutorial/HealthCheck step:

steps:
  - name: Step_1
    type: tutorials/HealthCheck
    syntaxVersion: 1.0.0           # Use a specific version
    configuration:
      ...

Similarly, you can use the syntaxVersion tag to qualify the type of a resource for a specific version.

resources:
  - name: MyResource
    type: tutorials/test
    syntaxVersion: 0.2.0           # Use a specific version
    configuration:
      ...

Version numbers that do not exist or that have been retired will result in an error when the pipeline is run.