Scenario 4: Promotion of a PingOne DaVinci flow policy (early access)
The goal of this scenario is for you to promote a PingOne DaVinci flow policy so that you can understand how flow versioning and dependencies are handled during promotion, and how the promotion of a flow policy differs from promoting the flow itself.
In this scenario, you’ll promote the PingOne Sign On and Registration flow policy from the Promotion-Source environment to the Promotion-Target environment. This flow policy is associated with the PingOne SSO Connection application, which doesn’t exist in the Promotion-Target environment.
If you click the application to open it, you’ll see that it references two flow policies:
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PingOne - Sign On and Registration (latest version)
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New flow policy (version 1)
Configure and run the promotion in the source environment
To configure the promotion, you’ll confirm the target environment, select the resource to promote (the PingOne Sign On and Registration flow policy) and determine how to manage several dependencies. Then you’ll run the promotion.
Steps
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In the PingOne admin console for the Promotion-Source environment, go to Promote > Promotions.
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Click Run a Promotion.
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On the Confirm Target Environment modal, ensure that Promotion-Target is selected in the Target Environment list.
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Select The correct environment is selected and I want to continue and click Confirm.
After you confirm the target environment, PingOne takes snapshots of both environments, compares configuration resources, and lists the resources that you can promote.
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On the Select Resources to Promote page, search for the PingOne - Sign On and Registration flow policy and select it.
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Click Next.
The Map Resources page displays. Because no versions of the flow policy exist in the target environment, the promotion service indicates that the flow will be created as a new resource.
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Click Confirm and Continue.
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On the Auto-Selected Dependencies page, determine how to map the dependent resources and click Continue.
Notice the absence of the PingOne SSO Connection application in the list of dependencies.
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Verify the promotion details on the Confirm Promotion page and enter release notes.
The PingOne SSO Connection application is now listed as part of the promotion, even though it wasn’t listed as a dependency. Because the flow policy can’t exist without the application, the promotion service automatically includes it in the promotion.
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Click Run Promotion.
Result
You’re returned to the Promotions page and the current promotion is listed with a status of In Progress. After about 30 seconds, refresh the page. The status will change to Success for a successful promotion.
Verify the promotion
To verify the results of the promotion, first confirm the details of the promotion in the source environment, then ensure that the flow policy now exists in the target environment.
Steps
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In the PingOne admin console for the Promotion-Source environment, go to Promote > Promotions.
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Locate the promotion in the list, click the More Options icon (⋮), and select View.
Promotions are listed in reverse chronological order, so the most recent promotion appears at the top of the list.
Verify that the promoted resources match what you configured.
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On the Overview tab, click View Target Environment.
You’re taken to the PingOne admin console for the target environment so that you can confirm that the promoted resources exist and match what you expect.
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For this scenario, go to DaVinci and click Applications in the sidebar for the DaVinci admin console.
The PingOne SSO Connection application is now listed on the Applications page in the target environment.
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Click the PingOne SSO Connection application to open it.
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Click the Flow Policies tab.
Result
Only the PingOne - Sign On and Registration policy displays because that’s the resource you promoted to the target environment. If you had promoted the application, then the New flow policy would also have been promoted.
