View source for Exercise 10: Using Packages for Deployment

==Introduction==
===Deploying a webMethods AgileApps Application===
:* A webMethods AgileApps Cloud application can be deployed:
:** On the AgileApps public PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) cloud
:*** Where you have been executing the course exercises within your own (trial) Tenant
:** On-premise installation into an organization’s network environment
:*** The tenancy structure is still possible

:* To deploy an AgileApps Cloud application:
# Publish a Package (a zip file)
#:* The Package can contain an entire application, or parts of one
#:* The Package contains the structure of the application, NOT the data
# Make the Package available to others
#:* Add the application to the “Marketplace”, where other Tenants can install it
#:* Put the zip file on the Web or in an email

===Application Deployment Scenario #1 (of 2)===
'''Publishing Application to "Subscriber" Tenants'''

:* Applications can be shared with Subscribers (other Tenants) 
:* You publish, they install 
:* You update, they upgrade
[[File:Application_Deployment_Scenario1.png|800px]]

===Application Deplayment Scenario #2 (of 2)===
'''From "Dev" to "Test" to "Prod"'''

:* In this scenario, each Tenant environment represents a different stage in the application development and deployment lifecycle
:** New things are created in the development (“Dev”) environment
:** The “Test” environment is used to ensure that everything continues to work as expected
:** When fully tested, the application is rolled out to end-user’s production (“Prod”) environment

:* Sandboxes are designed for that purpose
:** Each “Sandbox” is a separate sub Tenant
:*** '''Configuration''' > '''Administration''' > '''Account Management''' > '''Sandboxes'''
:*** Sandboxes are not available by default - you request it from AgileApps Cloud support
:** A Package is directly deployed (rather than waiting for optional subscribe/update)
:** Distribution paths can be defined - so a development Tenant can deploy to the test environment, but cannot deploy directly to production

===Packages===
:* '''Features'''
:** Dependencies are automatically included
:*** A Package always contains what it needs to run
:** The packaging system was designed to allow a software provider to share an application with subscribers (scenario #1)
:*** Other Tenants who have installed an earlier version of the Package
:* '''Limitations'''
:** The design did not take into account the need to publish from a development system to a test system, and from test to production (Scenario #2)
:** Some things that need to be overwritten in that scenario are left intact, while some that should be left alone are overwritten. For example:
:*** Email Templates and Team definitions are not overwritten
:*** Web Services are overwritten (good, except for server targets and login details)
:*** Global Template Variables are not included in a Package
:* '''Compatibility between cloud and on-premise applications'''
:** To install a Package created on the cloud, you must make sure that the on-premise installation version is the same version as the one on the could when the application Package is generated
:* '''Learn More''':
:** http://agileappscloud.info/aawiki/Package_Items
:** http://agileappscloud.info/aawiki/Choosing_a_Deployment_Strategy_for_Development_Systems

==Exercise==
: In this exercise, you create a Package to back up your new Application and all the components that you have developed during this class.<br>
: To do so, you will use the Packages component of “Account Management” to enable packaging, versioning, and promotion of collections of Objects through the application development lifecycle.<br>

===Steps===
# Navigate to '''Configuration''' > '''Administration''' > '''Account Management''' > '''Packages''' and click '''New Package'''.
# Type a '''Name''' as '''<your_subdomain>MyOrdersApp''' and provide a '''Description''' as shown:<br><br>[[File:New_Package_ johnrichardsMyOrders_App.PNG|800px]]<br><br>
# Click '''Save'''.
# Click '''Add Item'''.
# Choose '''Item Type''' as '''Application''' and check the box next to the '''MyOrders''' application. Click '''Add to Package'''.<br><br>[[File:Add_Item_to_Package_johnrichardsMyOrdersApp.PNG|900px]]<br><br>
# Review the Objects that are part of the application:<br><br>[[File:Package_johnrichardsMyOrders_App.PNG|900px]]<br><br>
# Click '''Publish''' and click '''Save'''.<br><br>[[File:Packaged_App_johnrichardsMyOrders_App.PNG|800px]]

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