#InterSystems Package Manager (IPM)

Hi developers!

There is a very neat variable in IPM ${ipmdir} that lets packages be installed on a particular IRIS server and ensures that the data and resources they bring don't mess around as ${ipmdir} variable during the installation transforms into:

iris installation dir/ipm/package_name/version/whatever_you_install_here

It is very convenient, e.g., to bring some data and resource files that can be useful during the installation setup, e.g., via FILECOPY. Indeed, suppose you bring some csv_file, e.g. titanic.csv via FILECOPY as:

<FileCopy Name="data/titanic.csv" Target="${ipmdir}data/titanic.csv"/>

or even the whole folder of data in the source code repo into the package:

<FileCopy Name="data/" Target="${ipmdir}data/"/>

And in the case of Iris in Docker it resides in:

/usr/irissys/ipm/package_name/1.0.0/data/titanic.csv

This is all great, but is there any way for the installed code to determine the location of the data files? It'd be neat to let the installed app know somehow where is the data that came with it? Could it be the method in the IPM client that will resolve ${ipmdir} for the app? 

Hello Community,

What is the correct way to import and compile .dfi files when using zpm load? Do .dfi files need to be defined in module.xml?

I have code that imports the .dfi file successfully; however, when I run
zpm "load /home/irisowner/dev/ -v"

I get the message: Unknown file type. Skipping file: .pivot.DFI

    zpm "install isc-dev"do

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I’m working with an existing InterSystems IRIS server that hosts several web applications and namespace-specific code and data. I’d like to reverse-engineer the current environment into a %Installer.Manifest file so I can store it in Git and manage its changes.

My goal is to:

• Track the application setup and configuration in version control
• Rebuild environments consistently (namespaces, CSP apps, security roles, etc.)
• Possibly automate deployments later on

I understand that %Installer is declarative and wasn’t necessarily designed to reflect a running system.

I am trying to set up a web application with Delegated Authentication via IPM. It is possible to give a specific application Delegated Authentication:

<WebApplicationName

with the AutheEnabled field. This will display the authentication as "delegated" in the SMP Web Applications display, but when one enters the settings page for this application, there is no checkbox for Delegated. This also doesn't seem to function -- ZAUTHENTICATE is never called.

Hi colleages!

This is very easy to setup a FHIR server in InterSystems IRIS for Health.

It could be even one IPM command with this package:

USER>zpm "install fhir-server"

But which FHIR portal could you recommend to use?

I used to work with this one, which is very easy to install too:

USER>zpm "install fhir-portal"

 but it doesn't work at the moment and I'm not sure if its main contributors @José Pereira and @Henrique Dias plan to support it.

What do you use? What do you recommend? Ideally installable with IPM package manager. Thanks!

I'm playing with ZPM. Accidentally dropped a production. How can I recreate it programmatically? I see Ens.Director.StartProduction, StopProduction, and even DeleteProduction but I don't see CreateProduction anywhere. Please help 😊 

Motive

Am just plain curious about how people may be approaching this area.

The Question

The %SYSTEM.License API wraps an IRIS key that is specific to a range of InterSystems products with

•  Platform features
•  Platform behaviors
•  Expiry date
•  Capacity / Usage limits

If a company is implementing deployed products that:

• run on top of IRIS
• optionally support other vendor IRIS products

For example:

• a "plug-in" API
• a knowledge-base

And they have an IPM deployed solution.

Hi all,

I'm trying to install ZPM into a new instance of IRIS to download packages of utilities in our develop server.

When I'm loading the file zpm-0.5.3.xml it is throwing the following error:

Any help?

Thanks in advance

Hello,

I am getting the following error , and not sure how to get passed this.
We have removed storage on the classes , did a clean compile and still we get the error below on some of the classes
 Compile FAILURE
ERROR! Storage on class [ MyClass] modified by storage compiler, developer should have run ^build to make sure all storage is updated correctly and saved to Perforce

Any Idea how to resolve this or what to look for ?

Regards

Hello,

We have read the installation guide to get started with zpm package manager:

https://openexchange.intersystems.com/package/ObjectScript-Package-Mana…

We wonder what means the second step:

"Import the zpm.xml into IRIS and compile via any desired way (Management Portal, Studio or Terminal)"

We have thought that it means to place the zpm-0.2.2.xml file inside "C:\InterSystems\HealthShare_2\opt\contenedor"

Then in the terminal, go inside one namespace:

zn "esbsscc"

After that we load and compile the .xml:

write $SYSTEM.OBJ.Load("C:\InterSystems\HealthShare_2\opt\contenedor\zpm-0.2.2.

Hi,

I am getting below message while generating package from ZPM

ERROR! ObjectScript error: <CLASS DOES NOT EXIST>zGenerateModuleXML+21^%ZPM.PackageManager.1 *%ZPM.PackageManager.Developer.ModuleTemplate

Thanks

Hi community,

Do you have docker automl docker image with zpm?

I'm just starting off with ZPM and noticed that examples of library-type packages and full applications abound, but I have not unearthed any that demonstrate packaging an interop production. It doesn't seem like it would be too big of a jump from a full application to an interop production, but that is likely ignorance speaking.

So, does anybody know if this is possible/advisable -- or if I am just way off on the intent of ZPM?

Thanks!

NigelTSalm — Today at 23:45

Hi, I am loading zpm for the first time. I downloaded the %ZPM.Installer xml file and then tried to import it trough the Cache Studio. It threw up 4 errors Compilation started on 04/22/2021 23:41:53 with qualifiers 'cukb /checkuptodate=expandedonly' Compiling class %ZPM.Installer Compiling routine %ZPM.Installer.1 ERROR: %ZPM.Installer.cls(ExtractPackage+2) : MPP5610 : Referenced macro not defined: 'FileTempDir' TEXT: Set pFolder = ##class(%File).NormalizeDirectory($$$FileTempDir) ERROR: %ZPM.Installer.

Hi folks!

Each IRIS installation has a /lib folder which is intended for 3rd-party libraries being used in the solution.

For IRIS installation the typical path is:

/usr/irissys/lib/

In ZPM the shortcut is ${libdir}.

What is the macro or internal function to obtain it programmatically?

ZPM is a fantastic package management product. I have 7 apps published and these apps not using zpm because it need install external products using apt-get install.

Is it possible do apt-get install using ZPM?

Hello,

We're considering adopting the ZPM solution as a way to manage many of our customer updates. However in order to do so we need to know a few things.

• Is ZPM client compatible with Caché 2017.x versions?
• Can we configure a self-hosted registry that doesn't require a GitHub repository link?
• Could the ZPM client zip and upload the whole package (all classes, routines, includes) instead of downloading it from a Github link?
• Can we declare a module that specifies classes themselves instead of their package counterpart? e.g. My.Class.CLS instead of My.PKG.

We received the following error while publishing your package declarative-objectscript:
ERROR #6901: XSLT XML Transformer Error: unable to determine file base pathname in at line 0 offset 0
InterSystems OpenExchange Team

Anyone faced with?

Hi!

I am wondering how I can test that my application can be installed through ZPM before I publish it to Open Exchange. How can I accomplish this?

Peter