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How do I install Ant migration tool in Salesforce?
After installing Java and Ant, follow these steps to start using the Ant Migration tool:
- Download the Migration Tool from your org (any org): Go to Your Name > Setup > Develop > Tools.
- Click the “Force.com Migration Tool” link to download a zip file.
- Install the Ant Migration Tool:
What is the force com migration tool?
The Force.com migration tool is a Java/Ant based command line utility that let’s Salesforce developers access the Salesforce metadata API indirectly to move Apex and configuration changes between Orgs. The Salesforce metadata API is a SOAP API that allows you to push and retrieve some metadata types (see below).
How do I download Ant for Salesforce?
ANT setup for Salesforce Migration
- Download Apache Ant version 1.6 or newer to a directory of your choice: http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi.
- Add the bin directory to your path.
- If you are using a Windows operation system, create an ANT_HOME environment variable and set the value to where you have installed Ant.
When to use Force.com as a migration tool?
The Force.com Migration Tool is especially useful in the following scenarios: Development projects where you need to populate a test environment with large amounts of setup changes — making these changes using a Web interface could take a long time.
Where can I download the Salesforce migration tool?
Download Salesforce.jar file and add that file to your ant installation’s lib directory. To download this Go to setup->Develop-> click on Tools-> and click on Force.com migration toolto download this. Refer following screen.
Where do I download the Ant Migration Tool?
In above screen you can see that before copying tools.jar I was getting warning. Login to salesforce and navigate to “Your Name |Setup | Develop | Tools” and download “Force.com Migration tool”. Unzip the downloaded file to the directory of your choice. Copy the “ant-salesforce.jar” file from the unzipped file into the ant lib directory.
Which is the best tool for Salesforce deployment?
Following are the many tools available for Salesforce deployment like Change sets (From Salesforce site) Eclipse (Using “Deploy to force.com server” option in Eclipse) ANT (Java based tool) We are going to discuss the ANT based migration, step by step: