|
|
| (10 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| − | {{Version|UCS=4.1}}
| + | #REDIRECT [[App Center Developer Guide]] |
| − | | |
| − | = Apps and Univention App Center =
| |
| − | | |
| − | Univention App Center provides a platform for software vendors and an easy-to-use entry point for Univention
| |
| − | Corporate Server (UCS) users to extend their IT environment with business software. The App Center is part
| |
| − | of the web-based UCS management system and gives an overview of available and installed Apps. Its purpose
| |
| − | is to present available business applications for UCS and simplify their installation. This allows their easy
| |
| − | evaluation and fosters the purchase decision.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Apps are the content of the App Center and they consist of the business software and some meta data about
| |
| − | the presentation in the App Center. Most of them come with an integration into UCS, e.g. the management
| |
| − | system or the mailstack. The purpose of an App is to provide the business solution in a way that it is ready to
| |
| − | use after the installation and that comes with a decent default configuration to offer a satisfying impression
| |
| − | of the solution. The installation is non-interactive and is done by just a click. Furthermore, an App utilizes
| |
| − | the benefits of UCS and the business solution.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The App Center infrastructure consists of two parts: The already mentioned frontend is part of the web-
| |
| − | based UCS management system (Univention Management Console, UMC) which installs, upgrades, removes
| |
| − | Apps. There is also a command line tool, univention-app, but normally, users use the UMC module.
| |
| − | The backend stores the App meta data, the App container images, and the App software packages in their
| |
| − | own respective repositories on a remote server operated by Univention. The technological basis of all Apps is
| |
| − | Docker, an operating-system-level virtualization software, and (where needed) APT, the well known advanced
| |
| − | package tool from Debian.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Therefore, the App needs to provide a dedicated Docker image or so-called Debian packages. The App Center
| |
| − | frontend handles the installation process and will download and start the Docker image and/or install packages
| |
| − | using APT.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Ideally, integration into UCS can be achieved using the standard Docker image or Debian packages the software solution already provides elsewhere plus one more dedicated package or just a few unpackaged scripts.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The next sections explain how to prepare your business solution as an App for UCS. It also outlines the
| |
| − | integration possibilities and describes what to do by example. [[App_Center/Dev/Prepare|Let's go]]!
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Category:App Center Dev Doc]] | |
