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.

Control-M for Astronomer Compatibility

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

Component	Version
Control-M/EM	9.0.21.100
Control-M/Agent	9.0.21.100
Control-M Application Integrator	9.0.21.100
Control-M Automation API	9.0.21.100

Control-M for Astronomer is supported on Control-M Web and Control-M Automation API, but not on the Control-M client.

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

Setting up Control-M for Astronomer

This procedure describes how to deploy the Astronomer plug-in, create a connection profile, and define an Astronomer 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 Astronomer plug-in from the Control-M for Astronomer download page in the EPD site.
3. Install the Astronomer plug-in using the Automation API Provision service:
   1. Log in to the Control-M/EM Server machine as an Administrator and store the downloaded zip file in the one of the following locations (within several minutes, the job type appears in Control-M Web):
      • Linux: $HOME/ctm_em/AUTO_DEPLOY
      • Windows: <EM_HOME>\AUTO_DEPLOY
   2. Log in to the Control-M/Agent machine and run the provision image command, as follows:
      • Linux: ctm provision image Astronomer_plugin.Linux
      • Windows: ctm provision image Astronomer_plugin.Windows
4. Create an Astronomer connection profile in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: Creating a Centralized Connection Profile with Astronomer Connection Profile Parameters
   • Automation API: ConnectionProfile:Astronomer
5. Define an Astronomer job in Control-M Web or Automation API, as follows:
   • Web: 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.