You can transfer an application configuration from a one server to another by using command-line tools or a REST API.
About this task
The application descriptor file is a JSON file that contains the description and configuration of your application. When you run an app that connects to a
MobileFirst Server instance, the app must be registered with that server and configured. After you define a configuration for your app, you can transfer the application descriptor to another server, for example to a test server or to a production server. After you transfer the application descriptor to the new server, the app is registered with the new server. Different procedures are available, depending on whether you develop mobile applications and have access to the code, or whether you administer servers and do not have access to the code of the mobile app.
Important: If you import an application that includes authenticity data, and if the application itself has been recompiled since the authenticity data was generated, you must refresh the authenticity data. For more information, see
Configuring the application-authenticity security check.