Configuring the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server#

You must configure the IBM® MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server before you can run the process steps to deploy mobile application artifacts.

For each MobileFirst Platform Foundation project, you must configure the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server. The one time MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server setup and configuration options for the MobileFirst Platform Foundation project WAR file are described in the MobileFirst Platform Foundation product help. See Deploying a project WAR file and configuring the application server

You can use any of the following methods to configure the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server:

• Use Ant tasks to configure the server:
  • Use the command line to run the Ant script.
  • Use the Ant process step within UrbanCode™ Deploy to run the Ant script with the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Ant tasks. To use the Ant process step, you must download and install the Ant plug-in for UrbanCode Deploy.
• Use the Server Configuration Tool to configure the server.
• Manually configure the server.

Tips:

• Sample scripts are available for configuring the MobileFirst Platform Foundation server and are in MobileFirst_installation_directory/Worklight/WorklightServer/configuration-samples. The sample script combines the two steps in the following procedure by creating a database and deploying the project WAR file.

• For information about configuring a secure MobileFirst Platform Foundation Console for HCL® WebSphere® Application Server Liberty Profile and required values, see Testing the Worklight® Console login screen.

• To configure the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server for a MobileFirst Platform Foundation project:

• Creating and configuring the databases:

  Option	Documentation
  Use Ant tasks to create and configure the databases	Creating and configuring the databases with Ant tasks
  Use the Server Configuration Tool to create and configure the databases	Deploying, updating, and undeploying a Worklight Server by using the Server Configuration Tool
  Manually create and configure the databases	Creating and configuring the databases manually

• Deploying a project WAR file and configuring the application server:

  Option	Documentation
  Use Ant tasks to install the MobileFirst Platform Foundation project	Deploying a project WAR file and configuring the application server with Ant tasks
  Use the Server Configuration Tool to install the MobileFirst Platform Foundation project	Deploying, updating, and undeploying a Worklight Server by using the Server Configuration Tool
  Manually install the MobileFirst Platform Foundation project	Deploying a project WAR file and configuring the application server manually

  Important: If you are configuring multiple projects on a single MobileFirst Platform Foundation server, then see the MobileFirst Platform Foundation topic Configuring multiple HCL Worklight projects. If you run multiple projects on a single MobileFirst Platform Foundation server, install the .war files from multiple MobileFirst Platform Foundation projects in the same application server, and then have them operate in parallel and independently.

  Note: The MobileFirst Platform Foundation project WAR file deployment that is described in this step is a one time configuration. When you deploy your mobile application, update the WAR file on the application server by using the plug-in process steps.

Parent topic: Building and deploying mobile applications