Deploying mobile applications#

You can use the process steps in the IBM® MobileFirst Platform Foundation (formerly Worklight®) plug-in to deploy mobile applications to MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server.

In the process editor, you can modify component processes to include steps to deploy the following mobile application artifacts to your MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server:

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 MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server.
  2. The following artifacts can be deployed in parallel or in either order:

    • Deploy the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Adapter (.adapter) file to the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server Console by using the Deploy Adapter to Worklight Server step.
    • Deploy the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Application (.wlapp) file to the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server Console by using the Deploy Worklight Application to Worklight Server step. For more information about the steps in the MobileFirst Platform Foundation plug-in, see MobileFirst Platform Foundation 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.

The following simple example process deploys a mobile application to the MobileFirst Platform Foundation 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 WebSphere Application Server - Deploy plug-in (not the MobileFirst Platform Foundation plug-in).

  3. In parallel, the .adapter and .wlapp files are deployed to the MobileFirst Platform Foundation 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 MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server.

Parent topic: Building and deploying mobile applications