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How do I set the Alt.link to collect data from RubyGems?

Updated: 2025-01-23 SBOM Central

Read here about how Vcs, Homepage and Alt.Link is used

Alt. link is an alternate and manually inserted link address to a component source, superseding Vcs and Homepage. When adding the Alt. link, all versions registered in MAIA, current, previous and future, will have the Alt. link activated.

Example:

  • Pages referenced in this example:

    • actioncable 6.5.1 (component/version) show page.
    • actioncable component index page.
    • actioncable component edit dialog.

  • The component is actioncable 6.1.5.

  • Weblink is set to rubyonrails.org with no usable API for MAIA/SBOMC.

  • No update information available.

  • Action 1: open the component index page by clicking the actioncable link in the top the information section.

  • Action 2: find the actioncable component on a repository service integrated with MAIA/SBOMC.
  • actioncable is a Gem so it can be found on the RubyGems web.
  • RubyGems API is integrated with MAIA.
  • Action 3: copy the actioncable web address, https://rubygems.org/gems/actioncable

  • The actioncable component index page is opened.
  • Action 4: click the Edit button to change component information.

  • Action 5: paste the weblink into the Alt weblink section.
  • Action 6: save and close

  • The component index page is updated.
  • The Alt. link in the information section is updated.
  • All weblinks, for each version, in the table are updated.

  • Data in the actioncable 6.5.1 show page is updated.
  • Later, when the externa artifact update job is executed, the MAIA/SBOMC services will update the version status for actioncable 6.5.1.