For up-to-date product documentation, see the IBM MobileFirst Foundation Developer Center.

Install and configure the Application Center

You install the Application Center as part of the MobileFirst Server installation.

The Application Center is part of MobileFirst Server. We can install the Application Center with one of the following methods:

• Installation with IBM® Installation Manager
• Installation with Ant tasks
• Manual installation

Optionally, we can create the database of your choice before you install MobileFirst Server with the Application Center.

After you installed the Application Center in the web application server of your choice, you have additional configuration to do. For more information, see Configure Application Center after installation.

If you chose a manual setup in the installer, see the documentation of the server of your choice.

If you intend to install applications on iOS devices through the Application Center, we must first configure the Application Center server with SSL.

For a list of installed files and tools, see Distribution structure of MobileFirst Server.

• Install Application Center with IBM Installation Manager
  With IBM Installation Manager, we can install Application Center, create its database, and deploy it on an Application Server.
• Install the Application Center with Ant tasks
  Learn about the Ant tasks that we can use to install Application Center.
• Manually installing Application Center
  A reconfiguration is necessary for the MobileFirst Server to use a database or schema that is different from the one that was specified during its installation. This reconfiguration depends on the type of database and on the kind of application server.
• Configure Application Center after installation
  After you install Application Center in the web application server that you designated, you have additional configuration to do.

Parent topic: Install and configure server-side components