As a system administrator, you should test any production configuration on a staging instance with production security before moving to a production environment in Progress Application Server for OpenEdge (PAS for OpenEdge).

Use the staging instance to:
  • Configure the instance for production
  • Stage r-code
  • Deploy artifacts including ABL applications, ABL web applications, and ABL services
  • Test and tune the instance
After testing and tuning are complete, you can export an ABL application as an OpenEdge Application Archive package and deploy it to a production instance, or create a ZIP file that includes both the r-code and the deployed artifacts so that the files can be extracted and registered on a production server. For more information, see OpenEdge Application Archive Structure and Package an instance for production.