In the realm of HCL Domino application development, Teamstudio CIAO! has consistently been recognized as a premier tool for version management. At first glance, its foundational features indeed center around this function. However, what many may not realize is that CIAO! transcends mere version control.

HCL Domino 12.0.1 introduced a new set of templates to help facilitate application design comparison. The Database Compare tool in HCL Domino 12.0.1 is great for assembling basic differential reports expressed in DXL—it's got you covered for many scenarios. But sometimes, you need something that's a notch or two above.

In this post, our focus will be:

1. Gaining an understanding of Build Manager's command line features.

2. Extending Build Manager capabilities with Ansible integration for automated HCL Domino application releases.