Configuration Lifecycle Management

Configuration Lifecycle Management discusses about Application Configuration Packages when overwriting/updating existing Configurations.

IFS Aurena Configurations (Configured Standard Pages layouts, Custom Pages and Configured Projections) can be included in Application Configuration Packages. Application Configuration Packages will be used to introduce and update Configurations to Production Environments. ACPs (Application Configuration Packages) can be created and Configurations can be added to those Packages in IFS Aurena. Other Application Configuration Packages administration parts such as, Import and Export functionalities are performed in IFS Enterprise Explorer.

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How to transfer Configurations with ACPs in Aurena

In Aurena, Configuration will be imported and exported using Application Configuration Packages.

  1. Configurations will be added to ACPs in Aurena (Page Configurations, Projection Configurations etc.).
  2. Importing/Exporting related admin functionalities will be done using IFS Enterprise Explorer. For more details, refer Importing & Exporting of Configurations
  3. After importing and publishing the ACP, transported Configurations will be available in the Destination Production Environment).

 

Note: When adding a Page Configuration or a Projection Configuration, underlying objects like Custom Logical Units will be added to the ACP automatically if not belongs to another ACP.  

What is stored in ACPs

When an Aurena Page is extended or a new Custom Page is created with a Cusom Logical Unit, underlying objects like Custom Logical Units will be added to the ACP automatically if not belongs to another ACP. What is stored in the ACP will be shown in the below diagram. All the Configurations done only from the Page Designer will be added to ACPs as it will carry only Page Configuration.

       

Import Scenarios

When importing Configurations to a target environment, existing Client Model will be replaced by the Client Model that is being imported. Regardless of the Configurations are done using the Page Designer or another ACP, Client Model will be replaced upon importing of Configurations through an ACP.

Below Diagram explains how the Client Model will be replaced on different states in the target environment with Local Configurations and Configurations attached to another ACP. (A and B are two artifacts available in the target environment in the same Client Model and a Configuration to artifact A will be imported with an ACP)