Importing YAML configuration file using user interface

You can import the YAML configuration file into HCL™ Accelerate using user interface if it is not hosted in a GitHub repository.

Procedure

  1. Log in to HCL™ Accelerate.
  2. Click Settings > External Config Pipeline.
  3. Click Download sample yaml to download the sample YAML file.
    The sampleYamlFile.yaml file is downloaded.
  4. Edit the sample file with the actual values of your configuration.
  5. Click Add new config file.
    Add New Config dialog opens.
  6. Click Choose file to select the modified file.
  7. Click Confirm to upload the file.
    The modified YAML configuration file is displayed in the configuration files list.
  8. To modify the existing YAML configuration file, perform the following steps:
    1. Click the overflow menu for the required YAML configuration file and select Edit.
      Note: You cannot make changes to YAML configuration file that is imported through GitHub integration from UI, to make changes you can update the file in GitHub repository and it is automatically synced to HCL™ Accelerate.
      The existing YAML configuration file is downloaded.
    2. Edit the downloaded YAML configuration file.
    3. Click the overflow menu for the YAML configuration file which you have edited and then click Update.
      Update config dialog opens.
    4. Click Choose file to select the edited file.
    5. Click Confirm to upload the file.
      The uploaded YAML configuration file is displayed in the configuration files list.

Results

You have successfully imported the YAML configuration file into HCL™ Accelerate form user interface.