After the production of the installation package, the application developer can perform a series of management actions on the installation package, including push, test, version management, and allowlist control.
Installation Package Push
Once the installation preparation is completed, the application developer can use cloudapp push to push the installation package to the CloudApp repository.
Installation Test
After the installation package is pushed, the terminal will output a shortcut installation link. The developer can directly enter the application's installation interface from the link to conduct installation tests. Or select to proceed to install from the Version Management > Development Version interface of Installation Package Management. The steps are as shown below:
The installation interface matches the customer's final installation interface. Herein, you can test the installation workflow of the installation package. In case of installation failure, the developer can see the error information in the error bubble of the resource status or in the installation log to troubleshoot faster. Please refer to Installation FAQ.
Version Management
Application developers can configure different versions for the installation package. The published version of an application must sequentially go through the development edition, trial version, until the final online version. The introductions of each version are in the table below:
Version
Quantity
Purpose
Access Scope
Development Edition
Each developer under each application is limited to 1.
Developer verifies self-test.
Only developers themselves can install.
Trial version
Only 1 per application.
Team experience, test.
Application experience allowlist.
Online version
Only 1 per application.
For customers to install officially.
If the online allowlist is not enabled, all customers can install; if the online allowlist is enabled, only whitelist customers can install.
Developers can set the development edition as the trial version. After configuration, accounts within the trial allowlist can install the trial version. When setting the trial version, a version number needs to be specified. After the trial version is officially shelved, it will serve as the version number of the official version. Only the trial version can be shelved as the online edition.
After preparing the version description materials, click Publish in the trial edition to complete the publication of the application.
Note:
The approval workflow for the current application version's release is not set yet. So once the trial version is clicked Publish, it is installable for all customers by default. It is recommended that the application developer first set the accessible customer accounts via the allowlist control method below.
Allowlist Control
We support developers in allowlist control of the installation package, including the trial version allowlist and the online version allowlist.
Note:
Trial version allowlist restrictions limit the accessible accounts of the trial version. It is advisable to use it to add application-related product research and development and test teams.
Details page access/installation permission settings control the access accounts of the online edition, suitable for scenarios where the software is delivered to a specific customer group or trialed on a small scale.
In application information, you can set the trial allowlist and the details page allowlist.
