What is Ant in Salesforce?

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What is Ant in Salesforce?

The Ant Migration Tool is a Java/Ant-based command-line utility for moving metadata between a local directory and a Salesforce organization. You can use the Ant Migration Tool to retrieve components, create scripted deployment, and repeat deployment patterns.

What is Jenkins in Salesforce?

Jenkins is an open-source, extensible automation server for implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery. You can easily integrate Salesforce DX into the Jenkins framework to automate testing of Salesforce applications against scratch orgs.

What are the deployment tools in Salesforce?

7 options for deploying Salesforce changes

  • (1) Salesforce Setup (Free)
  • (2) ANT Migration Tool (Free)
  • (3) First Generation Packaging (Free)
  • (4) Change Sets (Free)
  • (5) Third-Party release management tools (Paid)
  • (6) Salesforce DX (Free with limits)
  • (7) DevOps Center (Developer preview)

How do I use ant retrieve?

Retrieving Metadata from a Salesforce Organization

  1. Open a command prompt.
  2. Run Ant by specifying a target name in build. xml. If this is the first time you are running Ant, use ant retrieveUnpackaged to retrieve unpackaged components specified in package. xml.

What type of tool is Apache Ant?

Apache Ant is a software tool for automating software build processes which originated from the Apache Tomcat project in early 2000 as a replacement for the Make build tool of Unix. It is similar to Make, but is implemented using the Java language and requires the Java platform.

How do I install ant migration tool in Salesforce?

Install the Ant Migration Tool

  1. Download the . zip file of the Winter ’22 Ant Migration Tool. (You can also download a . zip file containing a preview version of the Spring ’22 Ant Migration Tool.)
  2. Save the . zip file locally, and extract the contents to the directory of your choice.

How do I download ant migration tool in Salesforce?

Before you install the Ant Migration Tool you will need Java and Ant installed on your local machine. Then you can download the Ant Migration Tool from a Salesforce organization. Install Java and Ant, as described in Prerequisites for Using the Ant Migration Tool.

What is CI CD in Salesforce?

Although commonly used in the Salesforce ecosystem, “CI/CD” often refers to different automated processes: continuous integration, continuous deployment, and continuous delivery.

What is Ant deployment?

ANT: A free tool from Apache that can be used for scripting build operations and in the case of Salesforce, retrieve and deploy one Salesforce org’s metadata to any other org. ANT uses XML instructions to perform the appropriate operation like deploy, retrieve, list metadata and so on.

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