Using an application deployment architecture diagram
To create an application deployment architecture from the Deployment navigation pane:
1. Select Application Deployment Architecture.
The list of application deployment architectures appears in the edit area.
2. Right-click the application deployment architecture that interests you and select Create diagram.
3. In the dialog box, select Application Deployment Architecture Diagram.
The diagram opens in the edit area. You are now in the HOPEX graphic editor. The frame of the described application deployment architecture appears in the diagram.
When an application deployment architecture is created, an application deployment architecture diagram automatically created.Adding a deployable application package in an application deployment architecture diagram
Adding a deployable application package
A deployable application package is a split of application code according to technical criteria for hosting purpose. For example, it may be N tiers, Front End/Back End/… or GUI/Business Logic/Database etc... Each deployable application package is associated to required technologies (for running) and can host code for several IT services. Architect can also prescribes a kind of hosting artefact (IaaS/PaaS cloud service or IT server model).To add a deployable application package:
1. In the objects toolbar of the application deployment architecture, click Deployable Application Package button.
2. Click in the described application frame.
A dialog box prompts you to choose the Deployable Application Package that you wish to use.
3. Then, create the deployable application package and click OK.
The deployable application package appears in the diagram.
For more details on the description of a deployable application package, see Describing a Deployable Application Package.Adding a deployable data package
You add a deployable data package like a deployable application package.
A deployable data package represents a data part of an application deployment that must be hosted and accessed by application services (code) to run. Each deployable data package is associated to required technologies (for data hosting and access) and can host several data structures. Architect can also prescribes a kind of hosting artefact (IaaS/PaaS cloud service or IT server model). Architect can also prescribes a kind of hosting artefact (IaaS/PaaS cloud service or IT server model).Adding technical ports
Technical ports assure physical transfer of information exchanged between the deployment architecture components.
A server port is a point used to open communications with a technical architecture or an application technical area in compliance with a particular communication protocol (SMTP, HTTP, etc.).A client port is a point used to request the opening of communications from a technical architecture or an application technical area in compliance with a particular communication protocol (SMTP, HTTP, etc.).Communication ports comply with network application protocols.
Network application protocols supported by a communication port must be compatible with the protocols supported by communication ports to which they are connected.To create a technical client port:
1. In the diagram objects toolbar, click the Technical Client Port button
2. Click on the frame of the described deployment architecture.
3. In the technical port creation dialog box, select Network application protocols and the Network application connection.
4. Click Add.
The technical port appears in the diagram. The protocol name appears above the technical port.
Describing technical communications
The communications between the deployable application packages and the deployable data packages can be described by technical communication lines. A technical communication line supports the network application protocol defined to create the communication.
A technical communication line represents a technical connection between architectures or application technical areas through client and server ports. Client technical port of an architecture or a technical area requires opening the communication line to server technical port of the other area or technical architecture.To create a technical communication line, you must first create the line and then specify network application protocols that are used.
To create a technical communication line:
1. In the diagram objects toolbar, click Technical Communication Line.
2. Draw a line between the two communicating objects.
3. In the technical communication line creation dialog box, select Network application protocol and the Network technical connection.
4. Click Add button.
The technical communication line appears in the architecture. The protocol name appears along the line.
In the Characteristics property page of a technical communication line, the Used Communication Format field is used to specify the Communication Format. The selected format appears in the diagram in addition to the protocol name.