To deploy an application, create an application definition
in the CICSPlex® SM data
repository. An application definition is an APPLDEF resource that
locates the deployed application in zFS and identifies the target
platform for the application.
Before you begin
The projects for the application bundle, the application binding,
and the CICS® bundles for the
application must exist in the home directory for the platform on zFS.
Procedure
- Open the CICS Cloud
perspective. In the Cloud Explorer view, right-click and select to open the New Application Definition wizard. You can also access this wizard from the CICS SM perspective. Right-click the CICSplex
you want to work with and click New . Expand the CICS
Definitions folder and click Application Definition.
- Click Next. The CICSplex field
is automatically populated with the name of the CICSPlex you are working with.
- In the Name field, enter a name
for the application definition, which is the name of the APPLDEF resource
in the data repository.
- In the Platform Definition field,
select the name of the platform where you want to install the application.
- Enter a description for the application, and supply a version
number that matches the version number that you specified for the
application project, such as 1.0.0 for the
original version.
- Optional: In the FTP connection field,
choose an active FTP connection. If you are not connected to zFS the Browse button
that is used in steps 7 and 8 is disabled.
- In the Application
Directory field, click Browse and
locate the home directory for the platform on zFS, to which you exported
the application project.
- In the Binding
Directory field, click Browse and
locate the subdirectory with the name of the application binding in
the home directory for the platform on zFS.
- Click Finish to create the application
definition. The application definition is created.
Refresh the view, and the application definition name is displayed.
Results
The application definition is created in the data repository
of the CMAS.
You can edit the application definition
before it is installed, but you cannot edit it after it is installed.
Double-click the application definition in the Cloud Explorer view
to edit it.
What to do next
Install the application definition and enable the application
to create a running application in the target platform.