Frequently used commands

In this section, we will look at some typical tasks and give examples of the SDK scripts you can use. The following topics are covered:

Creating a New Plugin from Scratch

Say you want to create a new Confluence plugin skeleton. Simply open a command window, go to the directory where you want to create the plugin and type:

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 atlas-create-confluence-plugin

Similarly, you would enter one of the following to create a plugin for JIRA, Bamboo or the RefApp:

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atlas-create-jira-plugin
atlas-create-bamboo-plugin
atlas-create-refapp-plugin

Running a Plugin in an Application

Say you want to install and run your plugin in your host Atlassian application. Go to the plugin's project directory (where you created the plugin) and type:

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atlas-run

Note that the above shell script will work for any host application, including Confluence, JIRA, etc. The script will determine the application, based on your plugin's specifications.

Specifying a Version of the Application

Say you want to run your plugin with Confluence 2.10.3. Go to the plugin's project directory (where you created the plugin) and type:

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atlas-clean
atlas-run --version 2.10.3

Say you want to run your plugin with JIRA 4.0 snapshot. Go to the plugin's project directory (where you created the plugin) and type:

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atlas-clean
atlas-run --version 4.0-SNAPSHOT

Note: Running atlas-clean will clear the previous version of the host application from your build output directory. You only need to do this if the previous application version was different from the one you need now.

Specifying an Application Server (Container)

Say you want to run your plugin with Confluence 2.10.3 and JBoss 4.2.x. Go to the plugin's project directory (where you created the plugin) and type:

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atlas-run --version 2.10.3 --container jboss42x

Specifying a Version of SAL

Say you want to run that plugin but with Confluence 2.10.3 and SAL 2.0.5:

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atlas-run --version 2.10.3 --sal-version 2.0.5

Running Integration Tests against a Different Application

Say you have a RefApp plugin but want to run your integration tests against Confluence:

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atlas-integration-test --product confluence

Running your Plugin in Multiple Applications

Say you want to run that RefApp plugin in multiple applications simultaneously. In three separate tabs in your terminal (command window):

Type the following to run the plugin in the RefApp:
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atlas-run
```

Type the following to run the plugin in Confluence:

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atlas-run --product confluence --version 3.0-m9

Type the following to run the plugin in JIRA:

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atlas-run --product jira --version 4.0-SNAPSHOT

Using the Maven Command Line Interface

The SDK bundles the Maven CLI plugin and pre-configures it properly with the pi and pu commands. To use it with your plugin's host application, go to the plugin's project directory (where you created the plugin) and type:

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atlas-cli

Generating Test Data for Re-Use

Use the atlas-create-home-zip command to create a zip file of your application's home directory, and then load the contents of the home directory into the application every time you start it up.

For example, let's assume you want to prepopulate JIRA with a few projects and issues for testing on every clean startup. First, run JIRA using atlas-run and add your projects and issues. Stop JIRA, go to the project directory (where you created the plugin) and type:

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atlas-create-home-zip

Copy the generated-test-resources.zip file to the test /src/test/resources/ directory. Then add the following element to the configuration of the jira-maven-plugin in your POM:

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<productDataPath>${basedir}/src/test/resources/generated-test-resources.zip</productDataPath>

See atlas-create-home-zip.