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Deploy Applications to CloudHub Using the Mule Maven Plugin

Mule Maven plugin versions 3.0.0, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, and 3.8.3 are deprecated.

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In addition to using Anypoint Studio, Anypoint Runtime Manager, or the Anypoint Platform CLI to deploy applications to CloudHub, you can also deploy, redeploy, or undeploy applications by using the Mule Maven plugin. To do so, you must meet certain prerequisites, and configure your CloudHub deployment strategy in your project’s pom.xml file.

If you want to deploy applications to CloudHub using a different method, see:

Prerequisites

Before you can deploy to CloudHub using the Mule Maven plugin, you must complete the following tasks:

  • Add the Mule Maven plugin to your project

    See Add the Mule Maven Plugin to a Mule Project for instructions.

  • If you are using the HTTP Listener as source for your flow, you need to set its host to 0.0.0.0 and its port to ${http.port}

  • Declare all external classes and resources in the exportedPackages and exportedResources fields on the mule-artifact.json file

Configure the CloudHub Deployment Strategy

Configure the CloudHub deployment strategy in your project’s pom.xml file so you can deploy, redeploy and undeploy your Mule application using the Mule Maven plugin.

Inside the plugin element in your project’s pom.xml file, configure your CloudHub deployment, replacing the placeholder values with your CloudHub information:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.mule.tools.maven</groupId>
  <artifactId>mule-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>3.7.1</version>
  <extensions>true</extensions>
  <configuration>
    <cloudHubDeployment>
      <uri>https://anypoint.mulesoft.com</uri>
      <muleVersion>${app.runtime}</muleVersion>
      <username>${username}</username>
      <password>${password}</password>
      <applicationName>${cloudhub.application.name}</applicationName>
      <environment>${environment}</environment>
      <region>${region}</region>
      <workers>${workers}</workers>
      <workerType>${workerType}</workerType>
      <properties>
        <key>value</key>
      </properties>
    </cloudHubDeployment>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Deploy to CloudHub

From the command line in your project’s folder, package the app and execute the deploy goal:

mvn clean deploy -DmuleDeploy

Redeploy to CloudHub

To redeploy a Mule application using Mule Maven plugin, run mvn clean deploy -DmuleDeploy as you did to previously deploy the app. CloudHub rewrites the app you had deployed.

Undeploy from CloudHub

To undeploy a Mule application using Mule Maven plugin, run the following command:

mvn mule:undeploy

The undeploy command also deletes the app in Mule Maven plugin 3.3.0 and later versions.

Authentication Methods

When you deploy applications using Mule Maven plugin, you can use different methods to provide your credentials to authenticate against the deployment platform. Depending on the authentication method you use, the parameters to set in the deployment configuration differ:

Authentication Method Description Configuration Parameters

Username and password

Use a CloudHub username and password to authenticate.

  • username

  • password

Server

Use credentials stored in a Maven server, configured inside the Maven settings.xml file.

  • server

Authorization Token

Use an authorization token to access the platform.
See Identity Management for a list of supported single sign-on (SSO) types.

  • authToken

Connected Apps

Use a Connected App to perform the authentication programmatically by communicating with Anypoint Platform.
Note that the Connected App credentials must have the Design Center Developer access scope.
See Connected Apps for Developers for instructions about creating Connected Apps.

  • connectedAppClientId

  • connectedAppClientSecret

  • connectedAppGrantType

For a detailed description of the configuration parameters, see the CloudHub Deployment Reference.

CloudHub Deployment Reference

The following table shows the available parameters to configure the CloudHub deployment strategy in your project’s pom.xml file.

Parameter Description Required

cloudHubDeployment

Top-level element

Yes

uri

Your Anypoint Platform URI
If not set, by default this value is set to https://anypoint.mulesoft.com.

No

muleVersion

The Mule runtime engine version to run in your CloudHub instance.
Ensure that this value is equal to or higher than the earliest required Mule version of your application.
Example value: 4.3.0
Starting with Mule 4.5, deployments to CloudHub accept the Mule version exact name or the semantic versioning, which deploys the latest version of Mule runtime.
Example values: 4.6, 4.6-e-java8 (Edge), 4.6-e-java17 (Edge), 4.6-java8 (LTS), 4.6-java17 (LTS)
When using Mule Maven plugin versions 3.8.0 and 4.0.0 for deployments, MuleSoft doesn’t guarantee support for LTS channel. We recommend that you use Mule Maven plugin version 4.1.1 or later. For example, specifying <muleVersion>4.6-java17</muleVersion> in the plugin 3.8.0 or 4.0.0 deploys the application with an Edge release channel and a Java 8 selection. To specify releaseChannel and javaVersion, upgrade the plugin to version 4.1.1 or later.

Yes

releaseChannel

Set the name of the release channel to use for the selected Mule version. Supported values are NONE, EDGE, and LTS. If you don’t specify a Mule version, the default Mule version for the selected release channel is used. If the selected release channel doesn’t exist, an error occurs.

No

javaVersion

Set the name of the Java version to use for the selected Mule version. Supported values are 8 and 17. If you don’t specify a Mule version, the default Mule version for the selected Java version is used. If the Java version you select isn’t available for the specified Mule version, an error occurs.

No

username

Your CloudHub username

Only when using Anypoint Platform credentials to login.

password

Your CloudHub password

Only when using Anypoint Platform credentials to login.

applicationName

The name of your application in CloudHub
This name is part of the domain of your deployed app. For example, naming your application application-1 makes your app’s public domain application-1.cloudhub.io.

Yes

artifact

The absolute path of the JAR file to be deployed
If not set, the path defaults to the location of the JAR file generated at the package phase.

No

environment

The CloudHub environment to which you want to deploy
This value must match any environment configured in your CloudHub account.

<environment>Sandbox</environment>

Yes

properties

Top-Level element
If you need to set properties for the Mule application you are deploying, you can use the <properties> top-level element:

<properties>
  <key>value</key>
</properties>

For example:

<properties>
  <http.port>8081</http.port>
</properties>

No

workers

The number of workers
By default, this value is 1.

No

workerType

Size of each worker; one of the following values:

  • MICRO (default; 0.1 vCores)

  • SMALL (0.2 vCores)

  • MEDIUM (1 vCore )

  • LARGE (2 vCores)

  • XLARGE (4 vCores)

  • XXLARGE (8 vCores)

  • 4XLARGE (16 vCores)

No

region

Region of worker clouds; one of the following values:

  • us-east-1 (default; US East, N. Virginia)

  • us-east-2 (US East, Ohio)

  • us-west-1 (US West, N. California)

  • us-west-2 (US West, Oregon)

  • us-gov-west-1 (MuleSoft Government Cloud)

  • eu-central-1 (EU, Frankfurt)

  • eu-west-1 (EU, Ireland)

  • eu-west-2 (EU, London)

  • ap-southeast-1 (Asia Pacific, Singapore)

  • ap-southeast-2 (Asia Pacific, Sydney)

  • ap-northeast-1 (Asia Pacific, Tokyo)

  • ca-central-1 (Canada, Central)

  • sa-east-1 (South America, São Paulo)

No

objectStoreV2

Enables Object Store V2
By default, this value is set to true to match the Runtime Manager configuration of OSv2.

No

persistentQueues

Enables persistent queues
By default, it is set to false.

No

businessGroup

The Business group path of the deployment
Specify the full hierarchical path from the parent organization to the target Business group, for example:

<businessGroup>ParentOrg\SubOrg1\myBusinessGroup</businessGroup>

This value is omitted if businessGroupId is set. If businessGroup and businessGroupId are not set, the value defaults to the main business group of the user.

No

businessGroupId

The Business group ID of the deployment
Instead of specifying the Business group path, you can specify the Business group ID to deploy your application. If businessGroupId and businessGroup are not set, the value defaults to the main business group of the user.
The Business group ID is a mandatory parameter when you have access only to a specific Business group but not to the parent organization.
This parameter is available in plugin version 3.2.7 and later.

No

deploymentTimeout

The allowed elapsed time, in milliseconds, between the start of the deployment process and the confirmation that the artifact has been deployed

The default value is 1000000.

No

server

Maven server with Anypoint Platform credentials
This is only needed if you want to use your credentials stored in your Maven settings.xml file. This is not the Mule server name.

No

skip

When set to true, skips the plugin deployment goal.
Its default value is false.

No

skipDeploymentVerification

When set to true, skips the status verification of your deployed app.
Its default value is false.

No

authToken

Specifies the authorization token to access the platform. You can use this authentication method instead of setting username and password.
See Identity Management for a list of supported single sign-on (SSO) types.

Only when using an Authorization token to login.

connectedAppClientId

Specifies the Connected App clientID value.

Only when using Connected Apps credentials to login.

connectedAppClientSecret

Specifies the Connected App secret key.

Only when using Connected Apps credentials to login.

connectedAppGrantType

Specifies the only supported connection type: client_credentials.

Only when using Connected Apps credentials to login.

applyLatestRuntimePatch

When set to true, the plugin instructs CloudHub to update the worker to the latest available patch for the Mule runtime engine version specified in the deployment configuration, and then deploys the application.
By default, it is set to false.

No

disableCloudHubLogs

When set to true, the plugin instructs CloudHub to disable CloudHub logging and instead use the application configured in the log4j2.xml file.
By default, it is set to false.

No

Encrypt Credentials

To use encrypted credentials when deploying, you need to set up your Maven master encrypted password and your settings-security.xml file.

  1. Create a master password for your Maven configuration.

    mvn --encrypt-master-password <yourMasterPassword>

    Maven returns your master password encrypted:

    {l9vZ2uM5SdgHy+H12z4pX7LEOZn3Kbnqmt3kIquLjnQ=}

  2. Create a settings-security.xml file in your ~/.m2 repository and add your encrypted master password:

    <settingsSecurity>
  <master>{l9vZ2uM5SdgHy+H12z4pX7LEOZn3Kbnqmt3kIquLjnQ=}</master>
</settingsSecurity>

  3. Encrypt your Anypoint platform password:

    mvn --encrypt-password <yourAnypointPlatformPassword>

    Maven returns your Anypoint platform password encrypted:

    {HTWFGH5BG9QmvJ1B=}

  4. Add your encrypted Anypoint Platform password to your settings.xml file in the <server> section:

    <settings>
 ...
  <servers>
   ...
    <server>
      <id>my.anypoint.credentials</id>
      <username>my.anypoint.username</username>
      <password>{HTWFGH5BG9QmvJ1B=}</password>
    </server>
   ...
  </servers>
 ...
</settings>

  5. In your configuration deployment, reference the credentials injecting the server ID configured in your settings.xml file:

    <plugin>
  ...
  <configuration>
    ...
    <cloudHubDeployment>
      ...
      <server>my.anypoint.credentials</server>
      ...
    </cloudHubDeployment>
    ...
  </configuration>
  ...
<plugin>
    Make sure that the username and password are not set in the deployment configuration, or they will overwrite the defined server ID.

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