deploy-content-using-the-generic-application-content-deployer-07c6796.md

Deploy Content Using the Generic Application Content Deployer

Deploy content from the HTML5 Application Repository using the Generic Application Content Deployer (GACD).

Prerequisites

• cf CLI is installed locally, see Download and Install the Cloud Foundry Command Line Interface.

• The multitarget application (MTA) plug-in for the Cloud Foundry command-line interface to deploy MTAs is installed locally. For more information, see Install the MultiApps CLI Plugin in the Cloud Foundry Environment.

• The Cloud MTA Build Tool (MBT) is installed, see Cloud MTA Build Tool: Download

Context

You can deploy your content to the HTML5 Application Repository using the GACD (Generic Application Content Deployer) module. The GACD module has the module type com.sap.application.content. This module type enables the deploy plug-in generic application content deploy support. It means that when a module is processed in the cf deploy flow, the deploy service locates the service resource that is required as a target for the deploy and deploys the corresponding content.zip file.

Procedure

1. Create a nested content.zip file that contains a zip file for each HTML5 application.

   Example of a nested content.zip file

   Sample Code:

   content.zip
       app1.zip
          manifest.json
          xs-app.json
          …..
       app2.zip
       …..
   
   

2. Create an MTA development descriptor (mta.yaml file).

   See Defining Multitarget Application Development Descriptors.

3. In the MTA development descriptor (mta.yaml file), define the deployer module:

   Sample Code:

   ID: testdeployer
   _schema-version: '3.1'
   modules:
    - name: ui_deployer
      type: com.sap.application.content
      path: deployer/ 
      requires:
       - name: uideployer_html5_repo_host
         parameters:
           content-target: true
   resources:
    - name: uideployer_html5_repo_host
      parameters:
         service-plan: app-host
         service: html5-apps-repo
      type: org.cloudfoundry.managed-service
   version: 0.0.1
   

4. To create an MTA archive (mtar file), build your content with theMTA Build Tool (MBT).

   Run the following command:

   Sample Code:

   mbt build
   

   For more information on MBT build options, see: How to build an MTA archive from the project sources

5. Deploy the MTA archive (mtar file) using the CLI command cf deploy.

   Run the following command:

   Sample Code:

   cf deploy <path-to-mtar-file>
   

   For example, from the directory where your mtar file is located, run cf deploy myapp_0.0.1.mtar.

Related Information

Deploying Content with Generic Application Content Deployment