Exporting Service Deployments

You can export the metadata for a service deployment to an external file. You can select either of the following file types:
service deployment file
an XML file that contains foundation services metadata. You can use this file to import your deployment into SAS Management Console, or you can use the service deployment metadata directly from the XML.
container deployment file
an XML file that enables you to deploy SAS Foundation Services in a Spring Framework Container.
To export a service deployment XML file, perform the following steps:
  1. Open SAS Management Console and connect to a metadata repository.
  2. In the navigation tree, select the service deployment that you want to export. Select Actionsthen selectExport Service Deployment tothen selectService Deployment File from the main menu. The Export Service Deployment window appears.
  3. Select the service deployment that you want to export in the Application Service Deployments field. Specify an output file in the Export File field.
  4. Click OK to export the file and close the window.
To export a container deployment file, perform the following steps:
  1. Open SAS Management Console and connect to a metadata repository.
  2. In the navigation tree, select the service deployment that you want to export. Select Actionsthen selectExport Service Deployment tothen selectContainer Deployment File from the main menu. The Create Service Deployment wizard appears.
  3. Select the container type, and then click Next.
  4. Specify whether you want to select specific deployment groups. Click Next.
  5. If you specified that you want to select specific deployment groups, then select the deployment groups that you want to include. Click Next.
  6. Select whether the foundation services metadata is stored in the SAS Metadata Repository or in an XML file (URL). Click Next.
  7. Depending on where the metadata is stored, specify one of the following:
    • If your metadata is stored in the SAS Metadata Repository, then specify the connection information for the server. Click Next.
    • If your metadata is stored in an XML file, then specify the location where the XML file is located, and then click Next.
  8. Review your configuration information in the Properties panel, and then specify the filename for the container deployment file in the File field. Click Finish to create the container deployment file.
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