Deployments

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Deployments are used to sequence a set of application installations during the imaging process of both virtual and physical devices. For more information about starting or enabling deployments, see Agent Configuration for the Liquit Workspace Agent and Agent Configuration for the Application Workspace Agent.

Notes

After a deployment runs, it is disabled and the Agent configuration file is reverted to the previous state.
The launcher is not available while deploying.

Deployments list

This list displays all deployments currently available in the Application Workspace System.

Selecting multiple rows from the table

  • To select multiple adjacent rows, click on the first row, then hold down the Shift key and click on the last row in the range; all rows between will be selected.
  • To select multiple non-adjacent rows, hold down the Ctrl key (or "Command" on Mac) and click on each row you want to select individually.
  • To select multiple adjacent rows using the mouse only, click and hold the left mouse button on the first row, then drag the cursor up or down across the rows to highlight the desired ones.
  • Selecting rows using only the keyboard is not possible.

Table toolbar

To create a new deployment, click on the AW43_enlarge Create button; to view the details of a deployment or edit it, double-click its entry or select the deployment and click the AW43_edit.png Edit button.

AW43_views.png Views gives you control on how the table is displayed.
The default view contains all your deployments in alphabetic ascending order, and only a few columns: Name and Enabled.
You can create your own personalized view of the table, by filtering the deployments or adding/deleting columns and clicking Save as in the drop-down menu of views.png Views.

Detailed view of a deployment

See below the description of each screen in the detailed view of a deployment, and what actions you can perform in each of them.

Overview screen

This screen provides a few basic options to configure the deployment.

The AW43_copy.png Copy button in the main menu of this screen gives you the option to create a duplicate of the current deployment.

Assignments screen

This screen displays a list of identities like contexts, devices and device collections associated to the deployment.
To add an identity, simply start typing in the lookup field for the desired identity and select it from the results lists. Or select the browse button AW43_browse.png at the right of the lookup field to open the Identity dialog box and view all the corresponding identities available. When you assign a context, device or device collection you can choose which stage of a package needs to be assigned to the selected identity.

To view the details of an assignment or edit it, double-click its entry.

Events screen

Displays all events that are associated with the deployment.
The following columns are available:

Type - The type of the event associated with the deployment.
Status - Shows whether or no the event was completed successfully.
Identity - The user that triggered the event. For example, the user who initiated a deployment.
Device - The device the user was logged on when the event was triggered.
Package - The name of the deployment associated with the event. This column is hidden by default.
Time - The date and time the event was triggered.

Filters screen

Filters allow you to define when a deployment is available for a device based on certain requirements. For example, only enable the deployment if a certain file is available on the device to which the deployment is assigned.

Filters are grouped by filter sets, and you can use the 'AND' or 'OR' operators between sets of filters and within sets.

For more information about the filters used for deployments, see the Package filters article.

Packages screen

View, add or remove packages from the deployment. To add a package, simply start typing in the lookup field for the desired one and select it from the results lists. Or select the browse button AW43_browse.png at the right of the lookup field to open the Package dialog box and view all the available packages.

Add package dialog box

Overview tab

Package - The name of the selected package becomes a link after you click on the Confirm dialog box button, so you can easily go to the package and view it.
Action - The type of action set defined within the selected package, that should be executed by the deployment.

Filters tab

Here you can define conditions which determine if the deployment will be executed. For more information, see Filters.

Auditing screen

View a comprehensive log of changes to this deployment, displaying the identity behind each modification.
This screen is available only if the auditing is enabled in the Database Event Collector. For more information, see Auditing.