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Application deployment

Application Deployment enables you to automate application deployment throughout the application life cycle (for example: Development ® QA ® Pre-Production ® Production). It enables you to deploy applications more frequently, more consistently, at lower cost, and with higher quality.

To open the Application Deployment user interface (UI), log in to the SA Client, and select Tools > Application Deployment.

To get started, see one of the following topics:

  • Overview
  • (a “quick start” tutorial)

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Application Deployment pertains to the following audience:

  • Application experts understand precisely how their multi-tiered applications work and how the various parts of the application (for example, code and scripts) should be deployed for optimum results.
  • Operations experts understand the hardware in the data center and how it is used to run multi-tiered applications most effectively.
  • Environment owners are responsible for the hardware and software in a specific deployment environment (for example: Development, QA, User Acceptance Testing, Pre-Production, or Production).
  • Deployment specialists are responsible for deploying applications into environments in the pertinent lifecycle.
  • Application Deployment administrators are responsible for specifying the environments, tiers, lifecycles, scripts, and the Code component source types that can be used to deploy applications.

The following stakeholders also benefit by understanding howApplication Deployment works:

  • SA administrators are responsible for all HPE Server Automationadministration tasks. They control the privileges and permissions available to each user role, and they decide which servers are managed by SA. They may also be responsible for installing and updating SA.
  • Development team members and managers design and implement applications that are eventually deployed in the Production environment.
  • QA team members and managers must understand how applications are flowing through the lifecycle and how the QA environment is affected. They can use Application Deployment to deploy and test applications.

Prerequisites

Application Deployment is part of Server Automation (SA). Refer to the SA Install section for information about prerequisites for SA.

To perform the various operations described in this guide, you must have the proper permissions. See Set permissions for more information.

The Application Deployment user interface requires Adobe Flash Player version 9.0 (or later).