Build & Deploy Applications

Build & Deploy Applications

To build or deploy an application you must first open the application by double-clicking or right-clicking on it in the Project Explorer and selecting Open.



On the Execute tab you will see two sections titled Current State of Application Deployments and Application Activity.


The Current State of Application Deployments indicates which environments contain which application requests. If an application has not been deployed to an environment it will not appear in the list. This provides an easy to access summary of this application's current deployment state across all environments.


The Application Activity identifies all build and deployment requests along with the execution status for each request, whether completed/failed or in progress. The Request Status column provides details pertaining to the build or deployment request that was submitted. The table below describes the status lifecycle of an application request.



Object Type

Status

Description

Object Type

Status

Description

Application Request









Initiated

The initial status that a request receives when it has first been submitted.

Pending Approval

Indicates that one or more approvals are required before the request will be sent for execution.

Scheduled

Indicates that the request has been scheduled for execution at some time in the future.

Rejected

Indicates that an approval task or scheduled task for the request has been rejected/cancelled.

Aborted

The request was aborted by the user for one or more of the projects in the application.

Ready

Indicates that request is has received any required approvals or reached any scheduled time and is ready to begin execution.

Completed

The request has successfully executed.

Failed

The request failed for one or more of the projects in the application.



Building an Application

From the Execute tab, click the Build button. This action will execute a build on every build/deploy project that is contained within this application, utility projects will not be executed during the build.



Enter values in the Build Request Form as described in the table below.

Field

Required

Description

Field

Required

Description

Environment

Yes

The environment to execute the build on.

Force Build

No

If selected, this option forces the build even though no changes detected in the source. By default you can only build if there is any change from last build. Currently this option only appears when a SCM is configured on Project Configuration.

FlexFields

Depends

Change # above is an example of a FlexField configured on the Administration Tab. Any FlexFields that are configured for a Build Request will display here.

Related Tickets

Depends

Issue tracking tickets related to the build.

Stream

Yes

Select Stream for each project. Defaults to main stream (trunk). You can select any branch stream configured for the project.

Workflow Inputs

Depends

Enter values for any inputs that are configured for the contained projects build workflows.


Click the Submit Request button to submit the build request for this application.



Deploying an Application

From the Execute tab, click the Deploy button. This action will execute a deploy operation on every build/deploy project and it will also execute every utility project that is contained within this application. 



Enter values in the Deployment Request Form as described in the table below 

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