This is a Visual Studio Code extension that enables single keypress and single click hot-deployment of the active Python source file to a Zato cluster specified in your workspace or global configuration.
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Once you have installed the extension, visit the Security -> HTTP Basic Auth section of the Dashboard UI for your cluster:
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Select the Change password option for the pre-installed ide_publisher account:
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Set the password to a strong one, and choose OK.
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Open User Settings in Visual Studio Code, and filter the file by using the string "zato".
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Update the
urlkey to point to the base URL of either your one of your Zato cluster servers, or its load balancer address. For example,http://zato:17010/ide-deploy. -
Update the
passwordto match the password you entered above. -
Open the Visual Studio command palette (Cmd-Shift-P or Ctrl-Shift-P) and search for "zato".
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Select the Test Zato Connection command. A message will appear indicating communication with the cluster was successful.
Make sure that each Python module with Zato services contains this marker at the top:
zato: ide-deploy=True
That will signal to the extension that this particular Python file contains services that can be hot-deployed to clusters.
Next, while editing a Python source file, simply tap Ctrl-Shift-L (or Cmd-Shift-L on Mac) to start deployment of the current file. The file's basename is used as its module filename on the server.
The hot-deploy feature is additionally available from the command palette (Ctrl-Shift-P) and as an editor toolbar option.
The source file is always assumed to be in UTF-8. This matches the expectation that Zato modules are always written in UTF-8.
