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StackPack configuration file

The StackPack configuration file is responsible for how StackState interprets the StackPack. The configuration file holds information like the StackPack version, or its category, but also defines what is presented to the user during installation and what input user is asked for. Find more details on fields in or follow the instructions below.

StackPack configuration file structure is as follows:

name = example
displayName = Example stackpack
version = "1.0.0"
isNew = yes
logoUrl = "http://url.to.the.logo"
categories = ["Infrastructure"]
overviewUrl = "overview.md"
detailedOverviewUrl = "detailed-overview.md"
configurationUrls = {
    INSTALLED = "installed.md"
    NOT_INSTALLED = "notinstalled.md"
    ERROR = "error.md"
    PROVISIONING = "provisioning.md"
    DEPROVISIONING = "deprovisioning.md"
    WAITING_FOR_DATA = "waitingfordata.md"
}
faqs = []
steps = [
  {
    name = "text"
    display = "Text"
    value {
      type = "text"
      default = "value"
    }
  },
  {
    name = "password"
    display = "Password"
    value {
      type = "password"
    }
  }
]
provision = "ExampleProvision"

URLs in StackPack configuration

  • Any relative/absolute path is considered as a resource inside the resources directory in the StackPack.

  • Any absolute URL with a scheme (http/https) refers to an externally hosted resource with the given URL.

Configuration input

During installation, a StackPack can prompt for some input from the user. The prompt can be configured in steps part of the StackPack configuration file. Each step is rendered as an input field. There are two different types of inputs currently supported, a text, and a password input field.

Text input

The text input field is described as below:

{
    name = "text"
    display = "Text"
    value {
        type = "text"
        default = "value"
    }
}

StackState assumes all the input fields in the StackPack are mandatory, and to circumvent that, an optional field could be provided with a default value.

Password input

The password input field is described like the text input field except that there are no default values, as it's presented below:

{
    name = "password"
    display = "Password"
    value {
      type = "password"
    }
}

If the user doesn't enter any value to any of the input fields defined in the steps, StackState will raise a validation error and prompt the user to enter the values. The input values of the entered fields are provided as an un-modifiable map to the provision function of the ProvisioningScript which can be used for further provisioning. The map is indexed by the names of the fields provided for each field.

Customize Components and Relations

Component and Relation types

Component types and Relation types can also be created automatically by StackState using the getOrCreate functionality described in the Component + Relation Templates section below. Auto-generated components types will be created without an icon.

Component and Relation Templates

The Custom Synchronization StackPack installed as an integration prerequisite, creates a Component Template called autosync-component-template. Similarly, Custom Synchronization StackPack, creates a Relation Template called autosync-relation-template.

Once you have completed all the changes, you can click UPDATE and confirm the popup dialog to unlock this Template from the Custom Synchronization StackPack.

Configuration URLs are representing that reside in the resources directory in the StackPack.

If you haven't completed this step during StackPack, then you need to configure Components and Relations with icons now.

There are some default component and relation types in StackState. Component types are used to visualize components with a given icon - you can change it to reflect the context of your environment; describe relations between components.

You can go ahead to Settings page section Topology Synchronization and rename it, add a description if needed. It's recommended to change the default value of the ComponentType from Auto-synced Component to something that represents a generic component in your data source. The same goes for Layer, Domain and Environment which defaults to Auto-synced Components, Auto-synced Domain,Auto-synced Environment respectively. As this template is using the getOrCreate functionality, these values are auto-created by StackState if they don't already exist. Find more on .

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