Deploying connectors to the Helix Integration Service production site

Before you begin

• Your production instance must be running Integration Controller on an on-premises, physical Linux server.
• The Integration Controller must be configured to start and deploy the connectors. For more information about configuring the Integration Controller, see Installing-and-setting-up-the-connector-development-environment.
• If you are accessing BMC Helix Connector Designer or BMC Helix Integration Studio from behind a firewall, ensure that the firewall has access to https://npm.integrate.bmc.com. The firewall on the production and development site must also have access. This is required to download the node_modules published by BMC when you deploy the connector.

To deploy a connector

1. To open BMC Helix Connector Designer in your browser, navigate to https://localhost:3000/ and log in. 

2. Select Administration > Integration Controller and provide the following values, if they are not defined: 

   Name	Description
   Instance URL	The URL of your production instance. For example, https://integrationServer.bmc.com. Important: Make sure you remove any trailing slashes ( / ) at the end of the URL.
   Username	The username that you are going to use to log in to the production instance.
   Password	The password to your user account.
   Site	Select the production site from the list. To view the sites defined in BMC Helix Integration Studio, click . For more information about sites, see Installing-and-configuring-sites-to-run-on-premises-connectors.

3. To save or start the updated credentials, perform one of the following actions:
   • To save the updated credentials of BMC Helix Integration Studio, click Save.
   • To save the updated credentials and start the BMC Helix Integration Studio production site, click Start.
4. Click Connectors, select the connector you want to deploy, and then click .

5. To deploy the connector to your production environment, on the Deploy tab, click Deploy.

   After the deployment confirmation message is displayed, open BMC Helix Integration Studio to install or upgrade the connector.

6. Add or update the connector configuration and then complete the deployment.
   1. Log in to BMC Helix Integration Studio.
   2. Select Catalog > Connectors and then select the connector that you deployed. To add or update connector configuration, perform one of the following steps:
      • If no connector configurations exist, proceed to add a configuration.
      • If a configuration exists, but no user accounts are associated with the connecting application, proceed to add a user account.
   3. To complete the deployment, perform one of the following actions:
      • Click Install if you are deploying the first version of the connector.
      • Click Upgrade if you are deploying the updated version of the connector.

Where to go from here

After you have deployed your connector, configure the connector and create flows by using the connector in BMC Helix Integration Studio. For more information about configuring connectors, see Configuring-connectors.