Control-M for Astronomer

Astronomer is a workload automation service based on Apache Airflow that enables you to create, schedule, and manage your workflows.

Control-M for Astronomer enables you to do the following: 

• Connect to any Astronomer environment from a single computer with secure login, which eliminates the need for multiple authentications.
• Execute individual or template-based Astronomer workflows.
• Abort workflows and retrieve logs directly.
• Run multiple Astronomer jobs simultaneously per Agent.
• Introduce all Control-M capabilities to Control-M for Astronomer, including advanced scheduling criteria, complex dependencies, Resource Pools, Lock Resources, and variables.
• Integrate Astronomer workflows with other Control-M jobs into a single scheduling environment.
• Monitor the job status, results, and output of Astronomer workflows.
• Attach an SLA job to the Astronomer jobs.

Setting up Control-M for Astronomer

This procedure describes how to install the Astronomer plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Astronomer job in Helix Control-M and Automation API.

Before You Begin

• Verify that Automation API is installed, as described in Setting up the API.
• Verify that Agent version 9.0.21.080 or later is installed.

Begin

1. On the Agent host, set the Java environment variable by running one of the following commands through a command line:
   • Linux:
     • Bourne shell/bash: export BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME=<java_11_directory>
     • csh/tcsh: setenv BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME <java_11_directory>
   • Windows: set BMC_INST_JAVA_HOME="<java_11_directory>"
2. Run one of the following API commands:
   • For a fresh installation, use the provision image command:
     • Linux: ctm provision image Astronomer_plugin.Linux
     • Windows: ctm provision image Astronomer_plugin.Windows
   • For an upgrade, use the following command:
     ctm provision agent::update
3. Create an Astronomer connection profile in Helix Control-M or Automation API, as follows:
   • Helix Control-M: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with Astronomer Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Astronomer
4. Define an Astronomer job in Helix Control-M or Automation API, as follows:
   • Helix Control-M: Creating a Job with Astronomer Job Parameters
   • Automation API: Job:Astronomer

Change Log

The following table provides details about changes that were introduced in new versions of this plug-in:

Plug-in Version	Details
1.0.01	Rerun DAG action added.