Overview

The WhereScape GIT Enablement Pack is a tool designed to automate and integrate WhereScape 3D and RED with Git-based version control systems. It enables the creation of customisable deployment pipelines, allowing teams to efficiently manage, track, and deploy metadata and configuration changes across environments in a consistent and collaborative manner. 

As part of the GIT Enablement Pack, an audit function within the PostgreSQL database is created which will monitor changes made to the metadata within the PostgreSQL Repository. This will help to reduce the amount of time needed to publish changes to get from the WhereScape Metadata repository.

Architecture

This diagram illustrates how WhereScape 3D and RED integrate with a GIT-based CI/CD workflow using the WhereScape GIT Enablement Pack. 

• The GIT Repository serves as the central source of truth for the version-controlled metadata and configuration. 
• The GIT Enablement Pack acts as a bridge, connecting GIT to WhereScape's automation tools. 
• It interfaces with both RED CLI and 3D CLI, which are command-line tools for WhereScape RED and 3D. 
• These tools interact with their respective PostgreSQL metadata repositories. 
• Both RED and 3D repositories are connected to a target database, where data models and transformations are deployed. 
• An API web service also connects to RED CLI and the RED repository, enabling external systems to trigger or interact with the deployment process. 

Benefits

The WhereScape GIT Enablement Pack provides the following key benefits: 

Automate the integration of WhereScape 3D and RED with GIT for CI/CD workflows reducing manual steps and chance of human error. 

Enable version control of metadata and configuration files ensuring auditability, traceability and recoverability of work. 

Simplify repository setup and environment configuration. 

Improve collaboration and consistency across development and deployment environments. 

Support for branching, merging and deployment workflows, aligning with modern DevOps practices. 

Customisable Workflow Integration allowing tailored automations for each team and project.