Import applications from Git

Learn how to import an existing application from a Git repository into another Bonita UI Builder account. This process allows you to manage multiple instances of the same application for tasks such as feature development, testing, and deployment.

  • Difficulty: Beginner

  • Estimated time: 15 minutes

  • Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Git

Bonita UI Builder allows you to connect to any Git provider using a remote SSH URL. The steps below detail the process for popular Git providers such as GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Azure.

If the workspace already has a datasource with the same name but a different type, the import will fail due to naming conflicts. For example, if a Git-connected application has a RestAPI datasource named "movies" and you try to import it into a workspace that already has an API datasource of the same name, the import will fail.
Import an application from GitHub

  1. Go to the Bonita UI Builder Workspace home page, then click on the Create New button in the top right corner and select Import.

  2. Select Import from a Git repository from the Import menu.

  3. Select GitHub as the service provider, then click on Configure Git.

  4. Navigate to your repository’s landing page on GitHub, click on the Code button, and copy the SSH URL.

  5. Paste the URL into the Generate SSH Key section in Bonita UI Builder.

  6. Click on the Generate SSH Key button to generate unique ECDSA 256 or RSA 4096 keys. Select the appropriate key based on your specific security requirements and system limitations.

  7. Copy one of the keys, go to your Repository settings on GitHub, navigate to Deploy keys, click Add deploy key, paste the copied key, and give it a meaningful title to identify it.

  8. Check Allow write access and add the key.

  9. Back in Bonita UI Builder, click the Connect Git button.

  10. After importing, you will need to reconfigure the datasource as Bonita UI Builder does not export configuration values used for connecting datasources. This can be done in the Reconnect Datasources modal or later.

Import an application from GitLab

  1. Go to the Bonita UI Builder Workspace home page, then click on the Create New button in the top right corner and select Import.

  2. Select Import from a Git repository from the Import menu.

  3. Select GitLab as the service provider, then click on Configure Git.

  4. Navigate to your repository’s landing page on GitLab, click the Code button, and copy the SSH URL.

  5. Paste the URL into the Generate SSH Key section in Bonita UI Builder.

  6. Click on the Generate SSH Key button to generate unique ECDSA 256 or RSA 4096 keys. Select the appropriate key based on your specific security requirements and system limitations.

  7. Copy one of the keys, go to your Repository settings on GitLab, navigate to Deploy keys, click Add deploy key, paste the copied key, and give it a meaningful title to identify it.

  8. Check Allow write access and add the key.

  9. Back in Bonita UI Builder, click the Connect Git button.

  10. After importing, you will need to reconfigure the datasource as Bonita UI Builder does not export configuration values used for connecting datasources. This can be done in the Reconnect Datasources modal or later.

Import an application from Bitbucket

  1. Go to the Bonita UI Builder workspace home page, then click on the Create New button in the top right corner and select Import.

  2. Select Import from a Git repository from the Import menu.

  3. Select Bitbucket as the service provider, then click on Configure Git.

  4. Navigate to your repository’s landing page on Bitbucket, click on the Clone button, select SSH, and copy the SSH URL.

  5. Paste the URL into the Generate SSH Key section in Bonita UI Builder, removing the git clone part of the URL.

  6. Click on the Generate SSH Keys button to generate unique ECDSA 256 or RSA 4096 keys. Choose the appropriate key based on your specific security requirements and system limitations.

  7. Copy one of the keys, go to your Workspace settings on Bitbucket, navigate to SSH keys, click the Add SSH key button, paste the copied key and give it a meaningful title to identify it.

  8. Back in Bonita UI Builder, click the Connect Git button.

  9. After importing, you will need to reconfigure the datasource as Bonita UI Builder does not export configuration values used for connecting datasources. This can be done in the Reconnect Datasources modal or later.

Import an application from Azure

  1. Go to the Bonita UI Builder Workspace home page, then click on the Create New button in the top right corner and select Import.

  2. Select Import from a Git repository from the Import menu.

  3. Select Others as the service provider, then click on Configure Git.

  4. Navigate to your repository’s landing page on Azure, click on the Clone button, select SSH, and copy the SSH URL.

  5. Paste the URL into the Generate SSH Key section in Bonita UI Builder.

  6. Click on the Generate SSH Key button to generate unique ECDSA 256 or RSA 4096 keys. Use the RSA 4096 key to connect to Azure Repos.

  7. Copy the RSA 4096 key, navigate to User Settings in the top right corner, open SSH public keys, click + New key, add a key name, and paste the copied key into the Public Key Data field.

  8. Back in Bonita UI Builder, click the Connect Git button.

  9. After importing, you will need to reconfigure the datasource as Bonita UI Builder does not export configuration values used for connecting datasources. This can be done in the Reconnect Datasources modal or later.