Creating install packages to deploy entire applications - Documentation for BMC Helix Platform 20.08

On dedicated or shared systems, administrators and developers can create install packages. You use the install package to deploy entire codeless applications in test or production environments. An install package contains all the codeless application's data, which is, the JAR files, definitions, and configuration data of an application. You cannot choose to include specific data, such as only JAR files, definitions, or configuration data in an install package. 

You can share the install package with administrators, who can use it to deploy an entire application to a test or production environment. 

Workflow of creating install packages 

The following image shows the workflow for promoting an install package from development or tailoring environments to production environment: 

Before you begin

Ensure that you complete the following actions:

• You have created a codeless application.
• You are logged in to a development or tailoring environment where the Developer ID is configured.
  For more information about downloading and installing BMC Helix Platform SDK, see Setting up your IDE and installing BMC Helix Platform SDK.
• If you are creating the third version of an application (by changing the major and minor version numbers), uninstall the oldest version from Workspace > application bundle name > Actions > Uninstall Application.