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sasjs deploy

Deploy to multiple servers, server types (Viya, EBI, Base), multiple folders (Drive or Metadata) within those folders, and with multiple configurations, each with a simple alias - a target name.

The ability to easily deploy (and subsequently execute) your SAS code enables you to develop locally using established GIT workflows.

Prerequisites

Before using this command, you will need to install the SASJS CLI and:

Syntax

The build program generated in the previous step can be deployed in 3 ways:

1 - MANUAL: copy paste the code into Studio or Enterprise Guide and run it

2 - SSH: build a shell script or bat file to load, and execute with a web service

3 - API: use the SAS APIs

2nd and 3rd options can be configured and executed with a single command:

sasjs deploy --target(-t) <target name>

or:

sasjs d --target(-t) <target name>

You can compile, build and deploy using:

sasjs cbd --target(-t) <target name>

If you don't specify a target (eg sas9 or viya) then the default target in the sasjsconfig.json file is used. If local configuration file is not found, global .sasjsrc file will be used.

NOTE: By default deploy will overwrite an existing deploy (force deploy).

Copy/Paste approach

The build script (named as per buildOutputFileName) can be copy pasted into SAS Studio and executed to create the backend services. Please note:

  • You will be running under your own identity. If you need files created under the Web Server identity, deploy your build script using a web service.
  • For Viya, you must use SASStudioV (or ensure the client/secret/access_token are provided)

SSH approach

You can SSH (rsync or scp) your build script onto the SAS Server then %inc it from a web service - the web service could be created using the code below:

filename mc url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sasjs/core/main/all.sas";
%inc mc;
filename ft15f001 temp;
parmcards4;
  %inc "/path/to/your/sasjsdeploy.sas"/source2;
;;;;
%mp_createwebservice(name=Executor, code=ft15f001 ,replace=YES)

This creates the service in your HOME directory (SAS 9 or Viya).

You can now create a local script (eg mysas9deploy.sh) and add it to the deployScripts array (the root is always the directory containing the sasjs folder).

echo "sasjs: uploading frontend"
rsync -avz /home/me/myapp/dist/* me@sasserver:/var/www/html/myapp

echo "sasjs: uploading deploy program"
scp sasjsbuild/mysas9deploy.sas me@sasserver:/tmp/mysas9deploy.sas

echo "sasjs: running Executor"
curl -v -L -k  -b cookiefile -c cookiefile "$URL&$CREDS"

API Approach

Any files in your deployScripts array that have a ".sas" extension will be sent to the relevant SAS Server for execution.

Viya API deployment

The Viya deploy requires 3 things:

  • access_token
  • serverUrl
  • contextName

In order of priority, the access_token is taken from the.env.targetname file, then the .env file (if not found).

The serverUrl is the location of your Viya server. The contextName is the execution service on which your SAS code will execute. You can get a list of available contexts by running a GET to the following endpoint: /compute/contexts