Deploying mobile applications

You can use the process steps in the IBM® Worklight® plug-in to deploy mobile applications to IBM Worklight Server.

Before you begin

About this task

In the process editor, you can modify component processes to include steps to deploy the following mobile application artifacts to your Worklight Server:
  • Native applications (Android .apk or iOS .ipaWorklight Adapters (.adapter)
  • Worklight Applications (.wlapp)
  • Worklight project (.war)

The following sequence is a suggested order for deploying the mobile application artifacts:

  1. Deploy the .war file to the application server by using a process step from the corresponding plug-in for the type of application server that is running the Worklight Server.
  2. The following artifacts can be deployed in parallel or in either order:
    • Deploy the Worklight Adapter (.adapter) file to the Worklight Server Console by using the Deploy Adapter to Worklight Server step.
    • Deploy the Worklight Application (.wlapp) file to the Worklight Server Console by using the Deploy Worklight Application to Worklight Server step.
    For more information about the steps in the Worklight plug-in, see IBM Worklight plug-in - documentation.
  3. Deploy the Android application package (.apk) or iOS application (.ipa) file to the Application Center by using the Upload Application to Application Center step.

Example

The following simple example process deploys a mobile application to the Worklight Server Console and Application Center.
  1. The Download Artifacts step retrieves the binary files.
  2. The Install or Update Application step deploys the .war file to WebSphere Application Server (the application server that is used in this example).
    Note: The Install or Update Application step in this example is provided by the Application Deployment for WebSphere plug-in (not the Worklight plug-in).
  3. In parallel, the .adapter and .wlapp files are deployed to the Worklight Server Console by the Deploy Adapter to Worklight Server step and the Deploy Worklight Application to Worklight Server step.
  4. The .apk (Android) or .ipa (iOS) file is deployed to the Application Center by the Upload Native Application to the Application Center step.
A simple process for deploying the WAR file, adapters, and native application to the Worklight Server.

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