When
Spotfire
releases updates, or if your company creates custom tools or other software
elements, the administrator adds these to a deployment area so that they can be
uploaded to
Spotfire Server.
Then the server distributes the new software to the appropriate groups, as
selected by the administrator.
About this task
For general information, see
Deployments and
deployment areas.
Procedure
-
Log in to the
Spotfire Server
web administration pages and click
Deployments & Packages.
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In the
Deployment areas pane, click the deployment area
where you want to add packages.
Note: It is
recommended that you first test the software on a deployment area that is not
in production.
- Optional:
If the deployment area contains any software packages that are not
currently needed, delete them. (For instructions, see
Removing
packages from a deployment area.)
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In the
Software packages pane, click
Add packages.
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In the
Add packages dialog, click
Browse, locate and select the file you want to
add, and click
Open.
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In the
Add packages dialog, click
Upload.
The added packages are displayed in the
Software packages pane. Package validation is
automatically triggered and you can only add valid packages.
Tip: If
you want to start over again, you can return to the last saved version of the
deployment area by clicking
Revert all changes.
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To save the new packages, click
Save area.
You can only save the area if the distribution is valid.
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In the
Save area dialog, if you want the
Spotfire
clients to automatically accept the update when they are opened (rather than
having the user decide when to accept the update), select the
Force client update check box.
-
Click
Save area.