use-delta-deployment-7a4aba2.md

Use Delta Deployment

By using the delta deployment option, you can apply changes in a deployed application faster without uploading the entire set of files tо SAP BTP.

Context

Remember:

SAP Business Technology Platform, Neo environment will sunset on December 31, 2028, subject to terms of customer or partner contracts.

For more information, see SAP Note 3351844.

Tip:

This documentation refers to SAP Business Technology Platform, Neo environment. If you are looking for documentation about other environments, see SAP Business Technology Platform ↗️.

The delta parameter allows you to deploy only the changes between the provided source and the previously deployed content - new content is added; missing content is deleted; existing content is updated if there are changes. The delta parameter is available in two commands – deploy and hot-update.

Note:

Use it to save time for development purposes only. For updating productive applications, deploy the whole application.

Procedure

To upload only the changed files from the application WARs, use one of the two approaches:

• Deploy the application specifying the --delta parameter:

  neo deploy myapp.properties  --source <file_location> --delta 
  

  For the changes to take effect, restart the application.

• Upload the delta and apply the changes on an already running application process with the hot-update command:

  neo hot-update myapp.properties  --source <file_location> --strategy <update_strategy> --delta
  

Note:

With the source parameter, provide the whole set of files of your application, not only the changed ones.

Related Information

hot-update

deploy

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