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After structuring a channel, building a channel is the next stage in channel management. This process compiles all the registered channel components (inlet, route, and outlet) and validates the combination of components you have selected. Building a channel makes it available to deploying to one or more managed servers.

To build a channel:

1. In the left console pane of the Registry menu, select Channels.

   The Channels pane opens.

   

   The table that is provided lists each channel that is defined with a brief description.

2. Select the check box next to the channel you want to build, for example, SampleChannel, and click Build.

   The build result pane for the channel opens.

   

   Each validation step is listed in the table and includes the final build result. If no errors are listed, you have successfully built a channel, which is now ready to be deployed.

   Tip: To build more than one channel at once, you can select multiple check boxes in the Channels pane and click Build.

3. Click Back to return to the Channels pane.

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After building a channel, deploying a channel is the final stage in channel management. Deploying a channel takes a built channel and deploys its components into a run-time environment. When you deploy a channel, you deploy a version of the built channel.

To deploy a channel:

1. Click Deployments in the menu bar.

   The Deployments pane opens.

2. In the left console pane of the Deployments menu, select Channels.

   The Channel Management pane opens.

   

3. Click Deploy.

   The Available Channels pane opens.

   

   The table that is provided lists all channels that have successfully completed the build process. It also includes the channel creation date, the system where the channel was created, a version number, and a short description.

   If there are multiple versions of a channel, you must deploy a specific version of the channel. In this example, there are two versions of SampleChannel.

4. Click Get Versions.

   The Channel Versions pane opens.

   

   Creating multiple versions of a channel is useful if the current version is not working properly and you want to revert back to a previous version that worked.

5. Select the channel version you want to deploy, for example, SampleChannel, Version 2, and click Deploy.

   You are returned to the Channel Management pane. Notice that SampleChannel is now included in the list of deployed channels.

   

   Once a channel is deployed, it must be started.