Installing an application template
This topic describes how to install an application template on a target station.
Prerequisites:
- Application templates only installs to a station where the platform has all required modules installed, including modules containing required PX pages or images.
- Target stations must have the Job and Template services already installed.
- The WB (-wb) runtime profile is required to install templates.
CAUTION: Be aware that this is a destructive operation. Existing station components will be deleted.
Perform the following steps:
- Expand in the Nav tree and right-click the Config.
- Select from the option.An Install Application Template window opens.
- Click the Folder icon and click the
File Chooseroption.A File Chooser window opens. - Click the application template file you want to install and click Open.
The File Chooser closes and a second Install Application Template window opens. The option to create a backup of the existing station before the application template is installed is selected by default. - If you do not want a backup, deselect the Perform Station backup... checkbox to remove it. Click Next to proceed.
The third Install Application Template window opens. - Click Finish to confirm the installation.
The fourth Install Application Template window opens, showing updates of the deployment progress.
- A Configuration Properties station window opens to allow you to change any default configuration value for the application template and click OK to continue.
- Once the installation is complete, click Close in the progress window.
The installation runs via the Job Service on the target station, so the installation log can be reviewed through the Job Service Manager view on the Job Service.
NOTE: The current application template implementation does not provide advanced template version management. There is no version
or change tracking for installed application templates, but there is added support for application template upgrade.