{"id":25997,"date":"2021-12-18T10:27:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T10:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/?p=25997"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:57:12","slug":"xl-deploy-related-faqs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devopsschool.com\/blog\/xl-deploy-related-faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"Top XL deploy interview questions and answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the XL release used for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>XL Release is an enterprise release coordination software solution that allows you to\u00a0<strong>Plan, track, and execute release plans from code drop to end-user<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Proactively<\/strong>\u00a0avoid release delays and failures by tracking pending tasks, risks, and dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is XL release in DevOps?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>XL Release is&nbsp;<strong>an end-to-end pipeline orchestrator for DevOps and continuous delivery<\/strong>. XL Release helps you automate and orchestrate your release processes and gives you visibility across your entire software release pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is XLR in deployment?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The xlr-xldeploy-plugin is an\u00a0<strong>XL Release plugin<\/strong>\u00a0that allows to start a control task, start a deployment, migrate a deployment package to another server or get the latest version of an application on XL Deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is XLR in Jenkins?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>xlrCreateRelease: Create and invoke an XLR release<br><br>Adds a step to create and start a release on an XL Release server using Jenkins. server credentials. XL Release server credentials are used to connect to the XL Release server. This must be configured under Manage Jenkins &gt;&gt; Configure System &gt;&gt; XL Release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does XL release support the configuration of SMTP servers?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>XL Release sends notifications to users of the system by email. To configure the email server that is used to send notifications,&nbsp;<strong>select Settings &gt; SMTP server from the top menu<\/strong>. The SMTP server page is only available to users who have the Admin global permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are XL release and XL deploy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The XL Deploy plugin for XL Release allows\u00a0<strong>you to start a control task or to start deployment of an application on XL Deploy<\/strong>. It also provides the functionality to trigger undeployment of an application already deployed on XL Deploy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is XL deploy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>XL Deploy is the\u00a0<strong>only application release automation solution<\/strong>\u00a0that is agentless across all target platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the XL release tool?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>XL Release is&nbsp;<strong>an end-to-end pipeline orchestrator for DevOps and continuous delivery<\/strong>. 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