Using Commands to Deploy a Model Package
Host Integrator provides deployment commands that you can use from the command line or in a script to deploy a model to multiple servers. With this capability you can combine model files with any event handler files they use, and also with configuration information that tells a Host Integrator Server how to provide access to the model (for example, using a session pool of a certain size, or by using specific requests for a new session).
To learn more about model packages, see About
Model Packages.
How to Create a Model Package
To create a model package for deployment, the only item you must have is a model file. If your model uses event handlers, then the event handler .JAR files must also be present. If you're using session pools, or if your model uses model variable lists, you will also need to create configuration descriptor .xml files.
For each model that you intend to deploy using the new deployment commands, do the following:
- Create a model.
- Optional: Create event handler .JAR files.
- Optional: Write descriptors: either just a configuration descriptor or a configuration descriptor and a model variable list descriptor. A configuration descriptor is required if you want to use session pools, or if you have multiple configuration targets. A variable list descriptor is required if your model uses one or more model variable lists. Because model variable lists contain model variable values for all sessions in a session pool, you cannot have a model variable list descriptor file unless you also have a configuration descriptor file.
- Use the packagemodel command to create a model package. On a Windows platform, you can open a command window set to the appropriate path from the Start menu: click Start > Programs > Attachmate Verastream > Host Integrator > Deploy Models.
To find the location of this command and its target, right-click the Deploy option on the Start mention and then select Properties. You can change these settings if necessary.
How to Deploy a Model Package
- Use the activatemodel command to
activate the model. To deactivate an activated model, use the deactivatemodel
command. On a Windows machine, you can open a command window set to the
appropriate path from the Start menu: click Start > Programs > Attachmate Verastream
> Host Integrator > Deploy Models.
- If your integration solution includes a web application created with Verastream's
Web Builder, you must
also deploy the web application files. See Deploying
a Verastream Web Application for more information.