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.. _app-debugging:
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Application developer's cookbook
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If you have not written murano packages before,
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start from the existing :ref:`Step-by-Step <step-by-step>` guide. It contains
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general information about murano packages development process. Additionally,
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see the :ref:`MuranoPL reference <murano-pl>`.
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Load applications from a local directory
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Normally, whenever you make changes to your application, you have to package it,
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re-upload the package to the API, and delete the old package from the API. This
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makes developing and testing murano applications troublesome and time-consuming.
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Murano-engine provides a way to speed up the edit-upload-deploy loop. This can be
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done with the ``load_packages_from`` option. Murano-engine examines any directories
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mentioned in this option before accessing the API. Therefore, you do not even
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need to package the application into a ZIP archive and any changes you make are
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instantly available to the engine, if you do not plan to check or change the
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application UI. To check your application's appearance in the OpenStack dashboard,
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upload the application for the first run. Additionally, re-upload the package
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using the OpenStack dashboard or CLI each time you update the application UI.
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To load an application from a local directory, modify
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the ``load_packages_from`` parameter in murano config ``[engine]`` section.
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.. code-block:: console
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[engine]
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...
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load_packages_from = /path/to/murano/applications
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...
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.. note::
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The murano-engine scans the directory structure and seeks application
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manifests. Therefore, you can point the ``load_packages_from`` parameter
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to a cloned version of the murano-apps repository.
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Deploy environment using CLI
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The standard way to deploy an application in murano is by using the murano
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dashboard (OpenStack dashboard plug-in). However, if the OpenStack dashboard is
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not available or some sort of automation is required, murano provides the
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capability to deploy environments through CLI. It is a powerful tool
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that allows users and application developers make arbitrary changes to apps
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object-model. This can be useful in early stages of application development to
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experiment with different object models of an application. You can read more about
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it in :ref:`Deploying environments using CLI <deploying-using-cli>`
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Application unit test framework
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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An application unit test framework was created to make development process
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easier. With this framework you can check different scenarios of application
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deployment without running real deployments.
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For more information about application unit tests, see
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:ref:`Application unit tests <app-unit-tests>`.
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