FlexDeploy is a Java-based web application which requires an Application server (WebLogic or Tomcat) and an Oracle database. FlexDeploy uses built-in File System based Artifact Repository to store build artifacts like jar, ear, war, zip etc. Build artifacts are versioned and used during deployment. FlexDeploy connects to target servers using SSH protocol and only requires Java for execution on target servers. SSH connectivity to Windows servers is established using Cygwin, i.e. Cygwin must be installed on Windows targets.

Database Tier

FlexDeploy requires one of the following Oracle databases, and any required license is not included with your FlexDeploy subscription.

• Oracle XE, version 11.2 (although supported for production use, XE is generally used for trials and proof of concepts)
• Oracle Standard, version 11.2
• Oracle Enterprise, version 11.2
• Oracle Standard, version 12.1
• Oracle Enterprise, version 12.1
• Supported platforms
  • Any platform supported by Oracle Database

Application Tier

FlexDeploy requires one of the following application servers. You must install FlexDeploy on only one application server process, i.e. cluster is not supported.

• WebLogic 12.1.3 (license is not included with your FlexDeploy subscription)
• Tomcat 8.x
• Supported platforms
  • Microsoft Windows

  • Unix/Linux (and its variants, such as Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, Solaris, etc.) 

  • VM Image (ova) file with FlexDeploy is also available to quickly start trial of FlexDeploy. If you are interested in a FlexDeploy VM Image, please contact us through our website or download it here.

Target Endpoints

FlexDeploy requires SSH connectivity using User and Password or SSH Key. Additionally, some minor items are required on target endpoints.

• Working folder for temporary files..
• JDK 6 or higher.
• Supported platforms
  • Microsoft Windows

  • Unix/Linux (and its variants, such as Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat, Solaris, AIX etc.) 

  • Mac OS

High Availability Considerations

Here are some guidelines on Active Passive configuration for FlexDeploy, as running more than one server process for FlexDeploy is not yet supported. You can choose to setup Cluster for Application or Database or Both.

• Install FlexDeploy application on two separate Physical Server or Virtual Machines.
• Setup RAC Database cluster for FlexDeploy.
• Make sure to use JDBC connect string for RAC cluster nodes.
• Use Shared File System for Artifact Repository directory. There is no need to setup Working directory on Shared File System.
• Configure Load Balancer to route all FlexDeploy users to Active Application Server.
• Make sure that only one of the Application Server process is running. This is absolutely necessary even when Load Balancer is routing traffic to only one of the server.
  • This can be achieved by leaving out some configuration details on the Passive node. For example, you can omit Data Source configuration on Passive node, so that it does not start processing request if it is started by mistake.