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Enabling Deployment Support for Your Application

This procedure describes how to enable Zend Deployment Support. Enabling Zend Deployment Support creates the deployment.xml file that allows you to manage and define the deployment of your application.

Zend Studio gives users two options to enable Deployment Support:

Enabling Deployment Support while creating a project.
Enabling Deployment Support for an existing project.

Enabling Deployment Support while Creating a Project

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To enable Deployment Support while creating a project:

Open a New Project Wizard.
In the Launch Settings dialog, select Launch with Zend Application Deployment Support.

After completing the remainder of the Wizard, your new project will appear in the PHP Explorer View with the deployment.xml file. This file holds all the deployment settings and definitions.

For more information on how to work with the deployment.xml file, see Creating the Deployment XML.

For more information on how to deploy the application, see Deploying an Application.

Enabling Deployment for an Existing Project

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To enable Deployment Support for an existing project:

In the PHP Explorer, select the project you wish to enable deployment for.
Right-click and select Configure | Add Application Deployment Support.

Your new project will appear in the PHP Explorer View with the deployment.xml file. This file holds all the deployment settings and definitions.

For more information on how to work with the deployment.xml file, see Creating the Deployment XML.

For more information on how to deploy the application, see Deploying an Application.