Considerations for Packaging a Web Application

Web applications have unique deployment factors and dependencies you need to know before configuring a package or package installer.

You can package web applications using the distribution document in software. However, you must deploy web applications to a web server. After you add your web application to the package, G Web Development Software automatically adds NI Web Server to the dependencies list. The NI Web Server location is the default root directory for your web application.
Note To locate the NI Web Server root directory, open File >> Preferences. On the Web Server tab of the NI Web Server option, note the path of the root directory.
G Web Development Software automatically adds /<web application name> to the end of the file path when you add a component to the package document in one of the following ways.
  • Right-click the component in the project tree and choose Create Package/Installer with item.
  • Open a distribution document and choose Add Files....

For web applications that use SystemLink APIs, such as Tags and Messages, add those dependencies to the package manually.