A Guide to Deploying Web Apps

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See Also

Deploying to Local Directory, Understanding Live Preview in Lianja

Overview

  1. Generate HTML5 code from Web App View
  2. Deploy Apps, databases and Library files

Web App View

Web App View gives you options to Deploy your App for your local Lianja Cloud Server (this generates the HTML5 index file and copies the App's files to the deployment path) and to Preview the App running in your default browser.

Deploy and Preview


Click the toolbutton in the header to access Web App View.

Click Deploy in Web App View to generate the HTML5 index file and copy the App's files to the deployment path.

For testing purposes, you can click Preview to preview your App live in your default browser.


Deploy

Deploy Apps, databases and Library files...

Quick Deploy

Quick Deploy can be run while the App is open. Quick Deploy automatically saves and restores the environment, closing the database and tables for the deployment then reopening them when the operation is complete.

Quick Deploy defaults to using the App Deployment Settings:

Attribute Description
Publisher The way to publish the Apps (Copy | SFTP | Custom).
Publisher path The optional full path of the publisher program, e.g. /usr/bin/rsync.
Publisher arguments The optional arguments to the publisher program, e.g. -avc for rsync.
Server The server IP address or nodename where the App will be deployed, e.g. localhost or myserver.mydomain.com.
Directory The root lianja directory on the LAN or server where the Apps will be deployed.
Build an installer Build an installer for Windows desktop deployment (True | False).
Username The optional username to authenticate with the remote server.
Password The optional password to authenticate with the remote server.
Private key (.pem file) The (optional) private key (.pem file) to authenticate with the remote server.
App Deployment Settings: COPY




For example, here the files will be deployed:

- using Copy (Publisher)

- to the networked drive location G:\lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\ (Directory)


App Deployment Settings: SFTP




And here the files will be deployed:

- using SFTP (Publisher)

- to the server on 192.168.80.133 (Server)

- to the server location /opt/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/ (Directory)

- logged in as root (Username)

- the password (Password) is not specified, but a prompt dialog will be displayed


Note that the Directory location is the root location. Files will be deployed to the sub-directories of this location. The trailing directory separator ('\' or '/') should be included.

Publisher path and Publisher arguments are only required when using a Custom Publisher.

Setup

Quick Deploy




Click the Quick Deploy toolbutton in the headerbar to open the dialog.

The first step in using Quick Deploy is Setup.


Clicking the Setup button takes you into the Deploy workspace. Here you can select the databases, Apps and Library files that will be included in your deployment.

Quick Deploy Setup: Deploy Workspace



Check the box next to the databases, Apps and Library files to be deployed.

While in the Deploy workspace, you can change the Deployment Settings to specify an alternative location or additional options as required.

Then switch back to the Pages workspace and reopen the Quick Deploy dialog using the toolbutton in the headerbar.

Note that while this Lianja App Builder session is running your deploy setup will remain active until you change it.


Preview

Quick Deploy: Preview



Clicking Preview will allow you to check the files and destination location of the files to be deployed.


Commit

Quick Deploy: Commit


When you are ready to deploy, click the Commit button and confirm when prompted by clicking Yes.

Then click Close.


Deployment Settings

System Database

Deploy System Database



The system database holds the definitions for Users and Roles, Row Level Security and Dynamic Data Masks.

Make sure the system database is included in the deployment.


Deployment Directories

Using the standard installation settings, these are the Lianja Cloud Server default directories for Web/Mobile Apps:

Windows

Files Location
App C:\lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\wwwroot\apps
Databases C:\lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\data
Library C:\lianja\cloudserver\tenants\public\wwwroot\library

Linux

Files Location
App /opt/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/wwwroot/apps
Databases /opt/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/data
Library /opt/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/wwwroot/library

Mac

Files Location
App /usr/local/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/wwwroot/apps
Databases /usr/local/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/data
Library /usr/local/lianja/cloudserver/tenants/public/wwwroot/library
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