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How do I deploy a community in Salesforce using Ant?
Using the following steps below:
- Go to Setup > Customize > Communities > All Communities.
- Click Manage.
- Go to Administration > Settings.
- Click Change Template.
- Click Salesforce Tabs + Visualforce.
- Click Get Started.
- Enter the Name and URL then click Create.
- Click Manage & Moderate.
What is the Ant migration tool?
The Ant Migration Tool is a Java/Ant-based command-line utility for moving metadata between a local directory and a Salesforce organization. You can use the Ant Migration Tool to retrieve components, create scripted deployment, and repeat deployment patterns.
What is the advantage of deploying using Ant?
While using the Salesforce migration ANT tool, it provides extra tools that can be used and the advantage is to get metadata in the form of XML from servers and downloads directly to your computer and makes the necessary changes to any server.
What can you do with the Ant Migration Tool?
Although you can write your own client applications for using Metadata API SOAP calls, Salesforce provides the Ant Migration Tool to retrieve and deploy Apex and metadata. Metadata API functions in a package-centric manner.
When to deploy Salesforce communities via Ant Migration Tool?
Our community may consist of many different metadata artifacts, VF Pages, Configs settings, Lightning Components, APEX classes, and other things. Metadata for APEX code, Lightning aura components are well documented and known to most developers. Note here we are dealing with new API Version 44.00 Winter 19 for ant.salesforce.jar
How to deploy with Ant focus on force?
This runs using the deployAPI call, using the sample class and Account trigger provided with the Force.com Migration Tool. The ant deployCode calls the Ant target named deploy in the build.xml file. By using the same technique, you can perform other commands too.
What do I need to start deployment using Ant?
To start with deployment using ANT, we will need “build.xml” and “build.properties” file. As there is no need of “build.properties” however its good to have it so that the configuration related settings are in different file. You can copy both files from “sample” folder of unzipped content from salesforce.