Skills and Automation

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Automate further with Skills

Skills are pre-built script templates that combine Solsta CLI commands to handle common studio workflows.

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Nightly Build Sync

Queue an update for all environments across all machines before the workday begins.

# Adds all updates to the network queue
solsta_cli local update --all --queue

# Executes the queue
solsta_cli queue run

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Set as a scheduled task (e.g. 2:00 AM) so builds are ready when the team arrives.

Notes: 

• The queue arguments assume the machines are part of a throttled network. See Orchestration Service for details.
• The solsta_cli needs to be on each machine and each machine needs to execute the arguments

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CI/CD Pipeline Install

Trigger installs or updates in Jenkins, TeamCity, GitHub Actions, or any CI system using M2M credentials.

solsta_cli login client_credentials \  
--client_id=$CLIENT_ID \  
--client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRETsolsta_cli local install \  
--product_name=LlamaCraft \  
--env_name=dev-daily \  
--location=c:/builds/lc/dev/ \  
--debugfile

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Store CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET as secure environment variables in your CI system. M2M tokens expire after 24 hours, so authenticate at the start of each job.

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Multi-Machine Rollback

Roll every machine in a lab back to a specific snapshot using the orchestration queue.

solsta_cli local install --product_name="LlamaCraft" --env_name=dev-daily --history_id=b55b42a6-481d-4c92-b3d6-ad1cb1fc68f8 --location=c:/ssn/solsta/cli/installs/llamacraft/dev-daily/

Snapshot history IDs are available in the Solsta GUI under the History tab for any environment.

Token Keep-Alive

User tokens expire if the CLI is not used for 30 days. On machines that sit idle, schedule a lightweight local read to keep the token refreshed.

solsta_cli local read

This reads local install data without making any changes and keeps the session token active.

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Optional Repositories

When working with optional repositories, be explicit in every session. Optional repositories not named in a command string will be removed.

solsta_cli local install \  
--product_name=LlamaCraft \  
--env_name=dev-daily \  
--repository_name=dev-tools \  
--release_version=latest \  
--location=c:/builds/lc/dev/

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