Usage

The IBM MobileFirst Platform plugin for HCL Launch is part of a complete process for building and deploying mobile applications.

Step palette

To access this plugin in the palette, click Mobile > IBM MobileFirst.

Important properties in the plugin steps

Step properties are described briefly in the properties table for each step. This section provides more information about the details and implications of selected important properties.

Application Center Ant JAR File Path

The path to the Application Center Deploy Tool Ant JAR file, applicationcenterdeploytool.jar. It is used to interact with the Application Center.

The version of the Ant JAR file you use must match the version on the target server. An Ant JAR file is included in this plugin for deploying artifacts to the Worklight Version 6.0.0 Server. The default path to use this file is ${PLUGIN_HOME}/lib/applicationcenterdeploytool.jar.

Disable SSL Security Checking

The Security Risk option allows you to publish on secure Application Center hosts without verification of the SSL certificate.

Disabling the security checking can be helpful when testing localhost with temporary self-signed certificates. It should never be done on production or public systems.

JSON4J JAR file path

The path to the JSON4J JAR file, json4j.jar. The version of the JSON4J JAR file you use must match the version on the target server. An Ant JAR file is included in this plugin for deploying artifacts to the Worklight Version 6.0.0 Server. The default path to this file is ${PLUGIN-HOME}/lib/json4j.jar.

Label

This property is in the Upload Application to Application Center step. Normally, the label is taken from the application descriptor that is stored in the file to be uploaded. If the application descriptor does not contain a label, the fallback label is used.

Secure

The Security Risk option determines whether to communicate with the Worklight server in a secure way. The default is No.

Set this value in accordance with your security policies. Transmitting without security is a security risk, especially outside a firewall.

Worklight Ant JAR File path

The path to the Worklight Ant Deployer JAR file. The file to use differs by Worklight server version.

• For Versions 6.2 and 6.1 use worklight-ant-deployer.jar.
• For Version 6.0.0 use worklight-ant.jar.

The version of the Ant JAR file you use must match the version on the target server. An Ant JAR file is included in this plugin for deploying artifacts to the Worklight Version 6.0.0 Server. The default path to this file is ${PLUGIN_HOME}/lib/worklight-ant.jar.

Steps

The following process steps are available in the IBM MobileFirst plugin.

• Change Application Configuration
• Delete Adapter
• Delete Application
• Deploy Adapter
• Deploy Application
• Deploy Web Resource
• Remove Application from Application Center
• Upload Application to Application Center

Change Application Configuration

Changes an applications configuration on IBM MobileFirst. Note: This step is for server 6.2 or later.

Delete Adapter

Deletes the adapter from the IBM MobileFirst server. Note: This step is for Worklight and IBM MobileFirst servers 6.2 and later.

Delete Application

Delete an application from IBM MobileFirst.
Note: This step is for Worklight Server 6.2 or later.

Deploy Adapter

Deploys the adapter to IBM MobileFirst.

Deploy Application

Deploys an application to IBM MobileFirst.

Deploy Web Resource

Deploys a web resource compressed file (.zip) for a specific application version. Note: This step is for MobileFirst 8.0 or later.

Remove Application from Application Center

Removes the native application from the IBM MobileFirst Application Center.

Upload Application to Application Center

Uploads the application to the IBM MobileFirst Application Center.