Application Deployment

Use This Method If:

• You want to use a browser-based GUI to develop and manage your App.

Deployment Pattern

For a detailed walkthrough, see Deploy from the Atlas App Services UI

1. Make changes in the UI that are saved in a draft state and not visible to client apps.
2. Review all draft changes and then deploy them together through the Atlas App Services UI.

Use This Method If:

• You want to use a code-first approach to app development.
• You want to use a command line interface to manage and deploy your App.

Deployment Pattern

For a detailed walkthrough, see Deploy Changes with Realm CLI

1. Export a copy of your application to a directory of configuration files and download it to your computer.
2. Add, remove, or modify configuration files in the directory to specify your updated application.
3. When you've made all the changes that you want to, manually deploy them by importing the updated application directory.

Use This Method If:

• You want to use a code-first approach to app development.
• You want to use an HTTP API to manage and deploy your App.

Deployment Pattern

For a detailed walkthrough, see Deploy Changes with App Services API

1. Create a new draft deployment through the API.
2. Add, remove, or modify components of your application by calling relevant HTTP endpoints.
3. When you've made all the changes that you want to, deploy the draft through the API.

Use This Method If:

• You want to use a code-first approach to app development.
• You want to use Git to version control your app.
• You want to automatically deploy changes when you push to GitHub.

Deployment Pattern

For a detailed walkthrough, see Deploy Automatically with GitHub

1. Host your exported application repository on GitHub.
2. Add, remove, or modify configuration files in a local clone of the repository to specify your updated application.
3. When you've made all the changes that you want to, commit them and push the changes to GitHub.

Use This Method If:

• You want to automatically test and deploy your app whenever you make changes.
• You work on a larger app with multiple developers working on the codebase.

Deployment Pattern

For a detailed walkthrough, see Set Up a CI/CD Pipeline

1. Develop your application and set up staging and production environments and a pipeline for any changes to flow through.
2. Use realm-cli commands in your pipeline to update the app in response to changes in the configuration files.
3. When you make any changes, they should propagate through the CI/CD Pipeline stages automatically.