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Getting Started with Anypoint Code Builder

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Open Beta Release: The cloud IDE is in open beta. Any use of Anypoint Code Builder in its beta state is subject to the applicable beta services terms and conditions, available from the IDE.

Anypoint Code Builder is built from the Anypoint Extension Pack for Visual Studio Code. Both the desktop and cloud IDEs for Anypoint Code Builder share these extensions. The cloud IDE provides built-in extensions to the code-server implementation of Visual Studio Code for the web.

  • Set up the Desktop IDE: For the desktop IDE, you must load the extension pack to your local Visual Studio Code IDE.

  • Launch the Cloud IDE: For the cloud IDE, you must log in to Anypoint Platform and acquire the permission to use Anypoint Code Builder.

Set up the Desktop IDE

The desktop-based IDE extensions in Anypoint Extension Pack are available from the Visual Studio Marketplace.

Before You Begin Desktop IDE Setup

Before installing the desktop extensions to VS Code, set up git and have an Anypoint Platform account with the required permissions:

  • Install git, and add git to your PATH. To work properly, some Anypoint Extension Pack extensions depend on this requirement.

  • Anypoint Platform requires a user account. You can use an existing account or create one from Anypoint Platform in the US or EU cloud (see US and EU Cloud Hosts). Unexpired trial accounts are allowed.

  • An administrator with an Anypoint Platform organization account must provide you with the necessary permissions. See Configuring Permissions.

For information about OS and system compatibility, see Anypoint Code Builder Release Notes.

Install Anypoint Extension Pack

To install the Anypoint Extension Pack into the desktop IDE:

  1. Open VS Code.

  2. Find Anypoint Extension Pack from the desktop IDE or from Visual Studio Marketplace.

    To avoid installation errors:

    Do not install the individual Anypoint Code Builder extensions that are also available separately from Anypoint Extension Pack in Visual Studio Marketplace.

    • To install from the desktop IDE, launch the Extensions menu by clicking the Extensions icon from the activity menu or pressing Cmd+Shift+x (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+x (Windows), and search for the extension pack.

      Select Install Release Version.

    • To install from the Visual Studio Marketplace website, find the extension pack, and install:

      Select Install Release Version.

      For additional guidance, see the Visual Studio Code website.

  3. Open the Extensions menu, and review the extensions in Anypoint Extension Pack:

    Anypoint Extension Pack contains these extensions:

    • Anypoint Code Builder - API Extension

    • Anypoint Code Builder - APIkit Extension

    • Anypoint Code Builder - DataWeave Extension

    • Anypoint Code Builder - Dependencies Extension

    • Anypoint Code Builder - Integration Extension

    • Anypoint Code Builder - Mule Runtime Extension

    • Anypoint Code Builder - Platform Extension

      For versioning information about extensions in Anypoint Extension Pack, see the Change Log.

  4. Click the MuleSoft icon in the activity bar to access and use Anypoint Code Builder features.

    MuleSoft icon for Anypoint Code Builder in the activity bar

  5. Check that the IDE loads the Anypoint Code Builder menu with Quick Actions and Documentation links.

  6. If you have an Anypoint Platform account running in the EU cloud, change the Mule: Control Plane setting to EU cloud.

    For guidance, see Set the Desktop IDE to the EU or US Cloud.

  7. Follow the steps in Log in to Anypoint Platform from the IDE.

Update Anypoint Extension Pack

If Anypoint Extension Pack is installed on your desktop IDE, update to the latest version of the extension pack by following VS Code instructions in Update an extension manually.

Uninstall Anypoint Extension Pack

Typically, it is unnecessary to uninstall the extension pack or individual Anypoint Code Builder extensions from VS Code. For example, you can update to a new version without uninstalling first.

If you decide to uninstall Anypoint Extension Pack, follow the same procedure that you use for other VS Code extensions. Uninstalling the extension pack also uninstalls the individual Anypoint Code Builder extensions that are bundled within the extension pack, such as the DataWeave and APIkit extensions.

To uninstall:

  1. Open VS Code.

  2. From the activity bar, open the Extensions panel.

  3. Find and select Anypoint Extension Pack.

  4. In the Anypoint Extension Pack tab that opens, click Uninstall.

  5. To remove the Anypoint Code Builder extensions from the Extensions panel, click Reload on one of the extensions.

For additional guidance, see the VS Code documentation, Manage extensions.

You can reinstall at any time.

Launch the Cloud IDE

Launch the cloud IDE from Anypoint Platform. Your Anypoint Platform user account and business organization are hosted in the US or EU cloud and are not shared across the hosts.

Before You Begin with the Cloud IDE

Meet prerequisites before attempting to launch the cloud IDE:

  • Anypoint Platform requires a user account. You can use an existing account or create one from Anypoint Platform in the US or EU cloud (see US and EU Cloud Hosts). Unexpired trial accounts are allowed.

  • An administrator with an Anypoint Platform organization account must provide you with the necessary permissions. See Configuring Permissions.

  • Review important open beta information:

    The cloud IDE remains in an open beta period.

    During the open beta, your cloud IDE instance might get deleted, causing you to lose your integrations, automations, and APIs.

    Click for more information:

    To save your work, commit your project files to a source control management (SCM) system. See Controlling Source Files.

    If you are using an Anypoint Platform trial account that loses access to Anypoint Code Builder after your trial expires, the cloud IDE instances are deleted.

    Do not use the beta version of Anypoint Code Builder to develop APIs, integrations, or automations for production environments.

Open the Cloud IDE from Anypoint Platform

To launch the cloud IDE:

  1. Log in to Anypoint Platform:

    • anypoint.mulesoft.com for the U.S. host (supports all non-EU regions)

    • eu1.anypoint.mulesoft.com for the EU-compliant host

      If you have an account in one cloud but intend to work in another, you must create an account in that cloud to create and work on your projects.

  2. Accept any terms and conditions for use of Anypoint Platform.

  3. Click Launch Cloud IDE.

    Launch button for the cloud IDE in Anypoint Platform

    After provisioning of your cloud IDE is complete, the IDE opens. The provisioning process can take a few minutes.

    Your cloud IDE environment is associated with your user account. The cloud environment also has a unique URL that only you can access and that is not embedded within the Anypoint Platform UI. You can reopen your cloud IDE directly from that URL or relaunch it indirectly from Anypoint Code Builder in Anypoint Platform.

  4. Click the MuleSoft icon in the activity bar to see and use Anypoint Code Builder features.

Log in to Anypoint Platform from the IDE

Some Anypoint Code Builder features require you to log in directly from the IDE to Anypoint Platform. The IDE prompts you when login is necessary and guides you through the login process. However, it is a good practice to log in from the IDE after opening MuleSoft features in the IDE.

  • Anypoint Platform requires a user account. You can use an existing account or create one from Anypoint Platform in the US or EU cloud (see US and EU Cloud Hosts). Unexpired trial accounts are allowed.

  • An administrator with an Anypoint Platform organization account must provide you with the necessary permissions. See Configuring Permissions.

From the IDE, you can log in from the status bar or through a command:

Log in from the IDE through the Status Bar

The status bar in the desktop and cloud IDEs shows your login status:

  • Not logged in to Anypoint Platform indicates that you must log in to perform tasks that require a connection to Anypoint Platform.

    Login status message in the status bar

    You can log in by clicking this notification and following the prompts to log in.

  • A link to your user name indicates that you are logged in.

    You can log out by clicking your user name and following the prompts.

Log in from the IDE through the Command Palette

You can use the Command Palette to log in to Anypoint Platform.

To log in from the IDE from the Command Palette:

  1. Open the Command Palette.

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    • Use the keyboard shortcuts:

      • Mac: Cmd+Shift+p

      • Windows: Ctrl+Shift+p

    • In the desktop IDE, select View > Command Palette.

    • In the cloud IDE, click the (menu) icon, and select View > Command Palette.

  2. Select the following command:

    MuleSoft: Login to Anypoint Platform
    Login command within the Command Palette

    You can type login and use the filter in the results to select the command you want.

  3. Select Allow when prompted to sign in to the platform.

    allow login to anypoint platform

    After logging you in, Anypoint Platform displays a You can close this page now message.

  4. To verify your login, ensure that <your-username> replaces Not logged in to Anypoint Platform.

Set the Desktop IDE to the EU or US Cloud

In the desktop IDE, you can change your Anypoint Platform control plane to the US or EU cloud. US cloud is the default. Anypoint Platform instances do not share user accounts, projects, or other data. For more information, see US and EU Cloud Hosts.

  1. If an API specification is open in the Explorer view of the IDE, close the project to avoid a potential synchronization error when you switch clouds.

    • In the desktop IDE, click File > Close Folder.

    • In the cloud IDE, click the (menu) icon, and select File > Close Folder.

  2. Open the Settings tab from the activity bar in the desktop IDE:

    Selecting the EU cloud from the desktop IDE

    • From the Anypoint Code Builder panel, click the Open ACB Settings (gear) icon.

    • From the activity bar, click the Manage (gear) icon, select Settings, and search for mule in the Settings tab.

    • Provide the command MuleSoft: Open ACB Settings in the Command Palette.

  3. Scroll to Mule: Control Plane.

  4. Select US Cloud or EU Cloud.

  5. Restart the IDE to load all your changes.

  6. Follow the steps in Log in to Anypoint Platform from the IDE.