Install the Solution Lifecycle Manager app

This article explains the steps to set up the Solution Lifecycle Manager (SLM) app, including installing it from Exchange and importing pipelines to connect to the Solutions APIs. 

The (SLM) app enables version control of your solutions. The app integrates with Quickbase’s Solution APIs using pipelines to create environments, such as development, testing, and production. Then when a user make changes to a solution, the SLM app automatically transitions the changes between environments in your implementation.

Requirements

Access to this feature can change based on your Quickbase plan. Learn more about feature availability and plans in Quickbase capabilities.

To install the app, you must have these account permissions:

• Ability to create apps
• Exchange access

To use the app, you must have these account permissions:

• Ability to create apps
• Ability to create solutions
• Ability to create pipelines, and access to the Quickbase channel

An account admin can set these permissions from the Admin Console:

Install Solution Lifecycle Manager from the Exchange

1. Navigate to Exchange from the global navigation menu.
2. Search for the Solution Lifecycle Manager App, and then select Install.
3. Name your app and select Install.

You can now open the app from the My apps page.

Import pipelines

Import 12 pipelines to allow data to flow between the app and the Solution APIs.

1. In the SLM app, navigate to Pipeline Templates in the table bar. You’ll see a table of 12 pipelines with associated YAML files.
2. For each pipeline, copy the YAML.
3. Navigate to Pipelines in the global bar to access your pipelines environment.
4. Select Import pipeline from the Create pipeline dropdown.
5. Paste the YAML into the code box. You can optionally update the name.
6. Select Import pipeline.
   Repeat this process for all 12 pipelines.