Installing and Configuring the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in

As a CA administrator, use the instructions here to install the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in provided by CA Automic as a content pack on your Apache Tomcat installation for CA Service Catalog.

This page includes the following:

Prerequisites

Before installing the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in, ensure that you have the compatible versions of Automic Automation and CA Service Management. To find out which versions are compatible with your version of the plug-in, go to our marketplace at https://marketplace.automic.com/. Search for and open the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in, and then click the Compatibility tab.

Installation Steps

  1. Download the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in from https://marketplace.automic.com/ .
  2. Extract all files from the ZIP file.
  3. Copy the JAR  file to the following folder in your Tomcat installation for CA Service Catalog:

    <CA Service Catalog>\view\webapps\usm\WEB-INF\lib

    Where <CA Service Catalog> is the location of your installation for CA Service Catalog.

  4. Restart the Windows service for the web server for CA Service Catalog so that the contents of the JAR are added to the CA Service Catalog library.
    1. Open your Windows Services manager.
    2. Stop and restart the Windows service.

    Note: The JAR file contains a Java Class that can create and send REST calls for a service requests to the specified AE instance.

Configuration

After installation, the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in is ready to use. You, as a Service Catalog Administrator, can start by configuring the connection to the Automation Engine (AE). For more information, see Defining a Configuration for the AE Connection

Contents of the Plug‑in Package

When you download the CA Service Catalog Plug‑in, you get a ZIP file. This contains the following:

This JAR file adds a Java Class to the CA Service Catalog library. The Java Class can create and send REST calls for a service requests to the specified AE instance.