Web application in worklight 8.0

Question

I have followed document and created web application and also register application in mobile first console. Developer guide is here:

http://mobilefirstplatform.ibmcloud.com/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/installation-configuration/development/web/
https://mobilefirstplatform.ibmcloud.com/tutorials/en/foundation/8.0/application-development/sdk/web/#registering-the-web-application

i have few queries,

1. where I can deploy .war in console?
2. where i can find public url of my web application?
3. where I can deploy web resource?
4. While create web application I used Maven, in Maven web application where I can server url and port?

Answer 1

In IBM MobileFirst 8.0, MobileFirst server does not host the web application. The web application will be hosted in a webserver or Liberty Application Server or as a Node application etc - basically, hosted outside of MobileFirst server.

The web application will embed MobileFirst web SDK and direct the requests to MobileFirst Server.It can use a proxy for this.

To answer the questions:

1. Where I can deploy .war in console?

   The .war can be deployed in the same server as MobileFirst server or can be hosted separately. The web application war file is not deployed into MobileFirst server or via MobileFirst server. It is performed independently.

2. Where i can find public url of my web application?

   This will depend on where you host the web application and expose it.

3. Where I can deploy web resource?

   In your web application and the server where you host it.

4. While create web application I used maven, In maven web application where I can server url and port?

   Assuming you are referring to creating a Maven webapp and deploying it to Liberty server, the URL will be of type "http(s)://{application server host}:{app server port}/{context root of web application}"