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# buildApplicationExtension (OVB)

> Build Oracle Visual Builder Applications from source code. Artifacts produced will be extension.vx (extension to be deployed) and sources.zip (the sou

Build Oracle Visual Builder Applications from source code. Artifacts produced will be extension.vx (extension to be deployed) and sources.zip (the source code).

> [!NOTE]
>
> This operation expects the source code to be in an unzipped format.

Oracle Visual Builder (OVB) applications on SaaS always use Git as the source of truth. Visual Builder Studio (VBS) includes a built-in Git repository and automatically manages branch checkout, commit, and merge during development and publish operations.

Hence, this operation will always source code from a Git repository.

# Target Properties

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>**Property Name**</th><th>**Property Code**</th><th>**Required**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>Oracle Visual Builder Account</td><td>`FDOVB_CLOUD_ACCOUNT_CODE`</td><td>No</td><td>The OVB account with all the required properties like Base URI, Username and Password for running OVB Instance.See [Configuring an Oracle Visual Builder Account](https://docs.flexagon.com/flexdeploy-11-0-documentation/flexdeploy-plugin-guides/flexdeploy-oracle-visual-builder-plugin-guide/configuring-an-oracle-visual-builder-account.md) for more details.When sourcing the application from a Git repository (recommended and default), the OVB account is not required.</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Inputs

<table><colgroup><col /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>**Input Name**</th><th>**Input Code**</th><th>**Required**</th><th>**Description**</th></tr><tr><td>Oracle Visual Builder Account</td><td>`FDOVB_INP_CLOUD_ACCOUNT_CODE`</td><td>No</td><td>The OVB account with all the required properties like Base URI, Username and Password for running OVB Instance.See [Configuring an Oracle Visual Builder Account](https://docs.flexagon.com/flexdeploy-11-0-documentation/flexdeploy-plugin-guides/flexdeploy-oracle-visual-builder-plugin-guide/configuring-an-oracle-visual-builder-account.md) for more details.When sourcing the application from a Git repository (recommended and default), the OVB account is not required.</td></tr><tr><td>Nodejs Version</td><td>`FDOVB_INP_NODE_VERSION`</td><td>No</td><td>Nodejs Version, default is v18.</td></tr><tr><td>NPM Install Arguments</td><td>`FDOVB_INP_NPM_INSTALL_ARGUMENTS`</td><td>No</td><td>Allows to enter one or more arguments to npm install command. (Ex --no-optional).</td></tr><tr><td>.npmrc</td><td>`FDOVB_INP_NPMRC`</td><td>No</td><td>npm configurations entered as list of key = value parameters(e.g. loglevel=notice), one key value pair per line. All default npmrc configurations are listed when the command “npm config list -l” is run.Some examples are-1.registry=[[https://registry.npmjs.org/](https://registry.npmjs.org/)](https://registry.npmjs.org/) (Specifies the URL of the npm registry)2.strict-ssl=false (Controls SSL certificate validation during HTTPS requests.)3.proxy=[[http://your-proxy-url:port](http://your-proxy-url:port)](http://your-proxy-url:port/)\
https-proxy=[[http://your-https-proxy-url:port](http://your-https-proxy-url:port)](http://your-https-proxy-url:port/) (Specifies the URL of the proxy server.)4.loglevel=verbose (Sets the logging level for npm output (e.g., `silent`, `error`, `warn`, `info`, `verbose`, `debug`).)5.production=true (Instructs npm to skip installation of devDependencies.)For more details, refer [[https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-config](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-config)](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-config)</td></tr><tr><td>Project Source Folder</td><td>`FDOVB_INP_PROJECT_SOURCE_FOLDER`</td><td>No</td><td>Path to the folder which contains the application build configuration files (Ex package.json, Gruntfile.js). If a relative path is given, a path inside the FD\_TEMP\_DIR will be assumed.</td></tr><tr><td>Build Arguments</td><td>`FDOVB_INP_BUILD_ARGUMENTS`</td><td>No</td><td>Allows to enter one or more arguments to build command.Example,--vx-version='24.07.14632'.To use FlexDeploy project version as the extension version, then use it as groovy expression "--vx-version=\$FD\_PROJECT\_VERSION"--force</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Artifacts

This operation produces artifacts that will be stored in the artifacts repository.

# Endpoint Selection

This operation will select all available endpoints associated to the Target.

# Endpoint Execution

This operation will execute on any one of the selected endpoints and will be random in the determination of which one.