Managing Lifecycle

The Lifecycle Management(LCM) acts a major role in SOA Governance. The default LCM supported by WSO2 Governance Registry allows users to promote, demote life cycle states of a given resource. Furthermore, it can be configured to use checklists as well.

New lifecycles can be added, while existing lifecycles can be edited or deleted.

Adding a Lifecycle

1. To add a lifecycle, click on the "Add Lifecycle" link.

2. In the "Add Lifecycle" panel, define the type of a lifecycle to enable.

3. Click on the "Add" button to add a lifecycle.

4. Once a lifecycle is associated to the resource, user is allowed to promote once all checklist items are clicked, if available. Check the box in the checklist.

The following options are available:

• Code Completed
• WSDL, Schema Created
• QoS Created

5. Click on the "Promote" button.

6. Click on the "OK" button in the "WSO2 Carbon" window.

7. Check the box in the checklist.

The following options are available:

• Effective Inspection Completed
• Test Cases Passed
• Smoke Test Passed

8. Click on the "Ok" button in the "WSO2 Carbon" window.

Deleting a Lifecycle

1. To delete a lifecycle, click on the "Delete" icon of a certain lifecycle.

2. Confirm your request in the "WSO2 Carbon" window. Click "Yes."