Support deployment descriptors for JS7 components

Feature

• Support for mass deployment of JS7 components from a single deployment descriptor:
  • Deployment descriptors hold installation options and configuration items required to install and to operate JOC Cockpit, Controller and Agents from a single source.
  • Deployment descriptors are stored in a JSON document and can be managed from the JOC Cockpit GUI.
• Packaging of JS7 components:
  • Any JS7 component can be installed, configured and packaged in a deployment area.
  • Deployment packages can be rolled out to any servers.
• Automated installation and updates:
  • Deployment from deployment descriptors can be automated for execution
    • targeted at
      • initial installation,
      • updates and upgrades.
    • from
      • scripts in the deployment area,
      • workflows in an existing JS7 infrastructure that allows to parallelize deployment.
• The JOC Cockpit REST API and GUI support managing deployment descriptors
  • from individual folders including folder operations such as to copy, paste, rename descriptors.
  • based on inventory folder permissions.
• The JOC Cockpit GUI supports bulk operations on deployment descriptor items.
• Consider details from the linked article.