When you have created the CICS® Bundle
projects and a CICS Application
project and Application Binding project, you deploy the application
by exporting the CICS Application
project to the z/OS® UNIX file system. When you export
the CICS Application project,
the CICS Explorer® also
exports the Application Binding project and all the CICS bundles associated with the application
bundle and application binding.
Procedure
- Open the CICS Cloud
perspective.
- In the Project Explorer view, right-click your Application
project and click Export Application Project to z/OS UNIX
File System. The Export Application dialog
opens.
- Select the application to export. The field is pre-filled
with the current selection if applicable.
- Select the destination platform for the export. Verify
that you have a connection to the target CICSplex, using the dropdown
box to select the correct connection if necessary. The
files for the application will be exported to the home directory for
this platform on zFS.
- Select the correct application binding for the application,
then click Next.
- Select the FTP connection to use for the export. When you
make a selection the connection is established, and the wizard uses
the connection to check the subdirectories of the installed platform
home directory.
- Click Finish.
Results
The application and its associated CICS bundles, and the application binding, are
exported to the home directory of the installed target platform. The
home directory defaults to
/var/cicsts/cicsplex_name/platform_name,
or is the alternative home directory name that you specified when
you set up the platform. Within the home directory, the following
directories hold the different project resources:
- applications holds the application bundles
exported from CICS Explorer.
- bindings holds the application bindings exported
from CICS Explorer.
- bundles holds the CICS bundles exported from CICS Explorer. These might be used
in applications, or as part of the platform.
What to do next
Create an application definition, which is a CICSPlex® SM resource called APPLDEF, to
deploy the application to the platform. Install the application definition
to dynamically create the resources from the bundles across the region
types in the platform.