Deployment Framework

By default, TIBCO Business Studio includes deployment to the iProcess engine. This section describes how to use the deployment framework to create a server so you can deploy your own artifact (Module) on a remote server other than iProcess.

Warning: You should be proficient in Eclipse and Java development before using the deployment framework. Recommended reading: Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins, by Eric Clayberg and Dan Rubel.

The deployment framework allows you to deploy a resource (represented in TIBCO Business Studio as a Module) on a local or remote system (represented in TIBCO Business Studio as a Server). The Module can be a resource or set of resources, but it must be located using a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

The deployment framework assumes that the physical machine referred to by the Server is running; you cannot start and stop the Server from within TIBCO Business Studio. However, you can connect and disconnect from the Server. Once connected, you can manage Modules and other objects on the Server by interrogating their states and performing operations on them.

The typical way deployment is used is as follows:

  • The user creates a Server within TIBCO Business Studio that contains all the necessary connection parameters and details.
  • The user connects to the running Server, deploys Modules, interrogates server objects and performs operations on them.
  • The user disconnects from the Server.