Import and manage LiveCycle applications

1. In Administration Console, click Services > Applications and Services > Application Management.

2. Click Import.

3. Click Browse and select the .lca file to import and click Preview. The Preview Application page displays information about the application.

4. (Optional) To see a list of the assets contained in the application, click View Assets.

5. (Optional) To deploy the assets to the runtime, select Deploy Assets To Runtime When Import Is Complete. If you do not select this option, you can deploy the assets later.

6. Click Import. The application appears on the Applications tab.

7. Log into the CRX repository with administrator credentials.

8. Navigate to content/dam/lcapplications

   Note: The imported applications display in the lcapplications node.

9. Click on one of the imported applications.

   The Properties tab on the right displays the properties of the selected CRX node.

   The syncState property indicates the state of synchronization of data between the LiveCycle server and the CRX repository. As soon as the import process begins this state is set to 0 (zero). This state indicates the data is currently not synchronized. When the data is synchronized, the state is set to 1.

You can deploy applications that you have imported, or that Workbench users imported from Workbench.

1. In Administration Console, click Services > Applications and Services > Application Management.

2. Select the checkbox next to the application that you want to deploy and click Deploy.

3. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears.

You can undeploy applications from the runtime.

1. In Administration Console, click Services > Applications and Services > Application Management.

2. Select the checkbox next to the application that you want to undeploy and click Undeploy.

3. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears.

Undeploy the application before removing it from the server.

1. In Administration Console, click Services > Applications and Services > Application Management.

2. Select the checkbox next to the application that you want to remove and click Remove.

3. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box that appears.

If an application administrator exported the runtime configuration for an application, you can import it into the deployed application. You can import it using either the Administration Console or via scripted LCA deployment.

1. In Administration Console, click Services > Applications and Services > Application Management.

2. Click the name of the application.

3. Click Import Runtime Config.

4. Click Browse and select the XML file that contains the runtime configuration.

5. Click Import.

You can export the runtime configuration information for deployed applications.

1. In Administration Console, click Services > Applications and Services > Application Management.

2. Click the name of the application.

3. Click Export Runtime Config and save the configuration file (XML) that is produced.

You can also use a scripted deployment tool to deploy application files, including a settings.xml file that specifies the following settings:

• service configuration settings

• pool configuration settings

• endpoint configuration settings

• security profiles

Scripted deployment eliminates the need to manually reconfigure settings in the production environment before starting deployed applications.

1. From a command prompt, navigate to [LiveCycle root]/sdk/misc/Foundation/ArchiveManagement.

2. Review the ReadMe.txt file for more detailed instructions.

3. Manually modify the scriptedDeploy.bat and sample-files/sample.xml files as described in the readme.txt file.

4. Run the scriptedDeploy.bat file. This action deploys the LiveCycle archive file with the override settings.