Component Deployment

How you deploy and set up platform components depends on factors you decided during your deployment planning: what type of environment, how many clusters, how the data tier supports the runtime, how many backends, and so on.

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Distribute components to different hosts on the network using the installer in iterations.
  • Single-node –not applicable.
  • Shared development – Required. See Sybase Unwired Platform Install Guide > Installing Developer Editions.
  • Multinode production – Required. See Sybase Unwired Platform Install Guide > Installing the Deployment (Production) Edition.
Enabling administrative logins for Sybase Control Center.
  • Single-node – Optional.
  • Shared development – Suggested.
  • Multinode production – Required.

See Security Administration.

Configure and enable security configurations to authenticate device users.
  • Single-node – Suggested.
  • Shared development – Required.
  • Multinode production – Required.

See Security Administration.

Configure Unwired Server.
  • Single-node – Optional. Defaults should be acceptable.
  • Shared development – Optional. Only if your environment requires something other than the defaults.
  • Required for the primary server. Configuration is then distributed to secondary servers.

See Server Environment Administration.
Set up relay servers and install relay server outbound enablers (RSOEs) as required.
  • Single-node – Optional. In a development environment, you can set up relay server environments to test applications with physical devices. Sybase recommends that you use Sybase Hosted Relay Service with the required number of RSOEs for this purpose.
  • Shared development – Optional.
  • Multinode production – Required.

See Relay Server Setup.
Create and assign security configurations for application security (authentication, authorization, and so on).
  • Single-node – Optional.
  • Shared development – Recommended, to test security features.
  • Multinode production – Required.

See Security Configurations.
Create data source connections.
  • Single-node – Required.
  • Shared development – Required.
  • Multinode production – Required.

See EIS Connections.

Install third-party software required by some MBO packages to allow them to connect to EIS sources.
  • Single-node – Optional.
  • Shared development – Optional.
  • Multinode production – Optional.

See Installing Third-Party Software .

Add Afaria to the Unwired Platform provisioning environment.
  • Single-node – Optional.
  • Shared development – Optional.
  • Multinode production – Recommended. Afaria automates many provisioning tasks and enhances the security of data stored on the device.

Afaria is no longer included with Unwired Platform. You must purchase Afaria licenses seperately and install Afaria components to different computing nodes.