Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager

The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Deployment Manager service automates the creation and management of Google Cloud resources. It enables you to write flexible templates and configuration files and use them to create deployments that have a variety of Google Cloud services, such as Cloud Storage, Compute Engine, and Cloud SQL, configured to work together

Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager enables you to do the following:

• Connect to any GCP Deployment Manager endpoint from a single computer with secure login, which eliminates the need to provide authentication.
• Integrate GCP Deployment Manager jobs with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the status, results, and output of GCP Deployment Manager jobs in the Monitoring domain.
• Attach an SLA job to your GCP Deployment Manager jobs.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.

Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager Compatibility

The following table lists the prerequisites that are required to use the GCP Deployment Manager plug-in, each with its minimum required version.

Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on Control-M client.

To download the required installation files for each prerequisite, see Obtaining Control-M Installation Files.

Setting up Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager

This procedure describes how to deploy the GCP Deployment Manager plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an GCP Deployment Manager job in Control-M Web and Automation API.

Before You Begin

Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Automation API Installation.

Begin

1. Create a temporary directory to save the downloaded files.

2. Download the GCP Deployment Manager plug-in from the Control-M for GCP Deployment Manager download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the GCP Deployment Manager plug-in via one of the following methods:
   • Versions 9.0.21 or Higher: Use the Provision service of Automation API, as follows:
     1. As an administrator on the Control-M/EM Server, store the downloaded zip file in the following location.
        Within several minutes, the zip file is available in all Control-M interfaces associated with the Control-M/EM.
        
        • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
        • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
     2. As an application user on the Agent machine, run the provision image command, as follows:
        • Linux: ctm provision image GCP_Deployment_Manager_plugin.Linux
        • Windows: ctm provision image GCP_Deployment_Manager_plugin.Windows
   • Versions Lower than 9.0.21: Use the Deploy service of Automation API, as described in deploy jobtype.
4. Create an GCP Deployment Manager connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with GCP Deployment Manager Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:GCP Deployment Manager
5. Define an GCP Deployment Manager job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Job with GCP Deployment Manager Job parameters.
   • Automation API: Job:GCP Deployment Manager