Version Control (on-prem)
Audience:
System/Security Administrators
Skill Prerequisites:
System Administration and Maintenance
This section covers the setup and usage of the Version Control
feature for the self-hosted version of Plant an App.
Version Control
through the Multi-Environment Orchestrator
For the on-prem/self-hosted deployment type of Plant an App, the Version Control
feature requires the installation of the MEO (Multi-Environment Orchestrator) server as a prerequisite.
MEO allows you to push and pull changes in an environment or move them to a second environment (e.g. development or QA) by leveraging the use of a GIT-based Version Control System such as GitHub.
Installing MEO for the SaaS version of Plant an App is not necessary, as it comes directly integrated into the platform; you can directly start using the Version Control
feature. See the "Version Control (SaaS) - Configuration and Usage" page.
The Multi-Environment Orchestrator is currently marked as experimental and in the 1.24 release it can only do a (clean) push from your environment to GIT. Other features will follow in upcoming releases.
To use Version Control, you will also need to setup a GIT or GitHub account.
Setup
We have devised the following documentation sections to describe how to install and use MEO as part of the Version Control
function of Pant an App:
- What is MEO? (Multi-Environment Orchestrator) - a general description and overview of the server.
- **MEO Prerequisites and Setup** - a list of technical prerequisites for deploying the server.
- **MEO Server Setup and Installation** - covers the installation steps of the server.
- **MEO Server Configuration** - provides details on how to configure the server.
- **Using MEO** - a guide on how to use MEO within the Plant an App **`Version Control`** interface.