Setup

Requirements

Make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• Python (3.8, 3.9 or 3.10) is installed
• Docker is installed
• The latest release of Poetry is installed

Bootstrap a new project

Start working with your extension by creating a pyproject.toml file with general information on your extension project:

$ mkdir chart_extension
$ cd chart_extension
$ poetry init --name tshirt-extension --description "T-Shirt extension" --author "Globex corporation" --python ">=3.8,<3.11" --dependency="connect-eaas-core>=27.15,<29" --no-interaction

Use the poetry init command to create a pyproject.toml file with the following data:

[tool.poetry]
name = "tshirt-extension"
version = "0.1.0"
description = "T-Shirt extension"
authors = ["Globex corporation"]
readme = "README.md"
packages = [{include = "tshirt_extension"}]

[tool.poetry.dependencies]
python = ">=3.8,<3.11"
connect-eaas-core = ">=27.15,<29"


[build-system]
requires = ["poetry-core"]
build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

Next, create a root python package for your project, a readme file and a changelog file:

$ mkdir tshirt_extension
$ touch README.md
$ touch CHANGELOG.md

Add a descriptor file

Create a descriptor file with essential information on your extension project. Use the following command to create an empty JSON file inside your extension root package:

$ touch tshirt_extension/extension.json

Note

The name of your descriptor file must always be extension.json. It also must be located inside the root package of your extension project.

Next, open your created extension.json file by using your favorite code editor and provide the following data:

{
    "name": "tshirt",
    "description": "This extension automates fulfillment processing for a t-shirt product.",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "audience": ["vendor"],
    "readme_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/myaccount/tshirt_extension/master/README.md",
    "changelog_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/myaccount/tshirt_extension/master/CHANGELOG.md"
}

Warning

All attributes of the extension.json descriptor file are mandatory!

The provided example assumes that your extension code will be hosted on github.com within the myaccount account and that your repository is called tshirt_extension.

The audience attribute represents a list of account roles in Connect. Thus, it is required to specify which roles are supported by your extension. For instance, fulfillment automation extensions should include ["vendor"] within this attribute.

The readme_url and changelog_url attributes will be presented in the Connect UI DevOps module as a reference for teams that will work with your extension.

Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml

Create a dockerfile and a docker-compose.yml and to run your extension locally. First, add a new docker-compose.yml file to your project root folder:

$ touch docker-compose.yml

Populate your docker-compose.yml with necessary data as follows:

version: '3'

services:
  tshirt_dev:
    container_name: tshirt_dev
    build:
      context: .
    working_dir: /extension
    command: cextrun -d
    volumes: 
      - .:/extension
    env_file:
      - .tshirt_dev.env

  tshirt_bash:
    container_name: tshirt_bash
    build:
      context: .
    working_dir: /extension
    command: /bin/bash
    stdin_open: true
    tty: true
    volumes:
      - .:/extension
    env_file:
      - .tshirt_dev.env

  tshirt_test:
    container_name: tshirt_test
    build:
      context: .
    working_dir: /extension
    command: extension-test
    volumes:
      - .:/extension
    env_file:
      - .tshirt_dev.env

Next, create an empty dockerfile by using the following command:

$ touch Dockerfile

Add the following code to your dockerfile:

FROM cloudblueconnect/connect-extension-runner:27.25

COPY pyproject.toml /install_temp/.
COPY poetry.* /install_temp/.
WORKDIR /install_temp
RUN poetry update && poetry install --no-root
COPY package*.json /install_temp/.
RUN if [ -f "/install_temp/package.json" ]; then npm install; fi

Create .tshirt_dev.env

Make sure to add a new env file with your environment variables:

$ touch .tshirt_dev.env

Enter the following variables within your created env file:

API_KEY="<< replace with a Connect API key >>"
ENVIRONMENT_ID="<< replace with your DevOps environment ID >>"
SERVER_ADDRESS="api.connect.cloudblue.com"