Deploying HCL Commerce Version 9.1 within the HCL Software Factory sandbox

To explore the full feature set of HCL Software Factory, refer to the SoFy Guides page for instructions on how to use SoFy to create, deploy, and configure your own solutions.

Follow this short guide to preview HCL Commerce within the SoFy sandbox.

Important: The environment that you create should not be used for a live production site without further consideration toward security hardening, load balancing, ingress routing, and performance tuning. To operate HCL Commerce Version 9.1 in a live production environment, you must commit further time and resources to both performance and security considerations.

With load balancing and ingress routing specifically, you can configure which services you want to expose externally, and restrict the remaining services within the cluster network. This configuration limits their access from and exposure to the wider Internet.

Before you begin

Before you can explore HCL Commerce and form a solution on HCL Software Factory, you must obtain access to the platform.

You can request access through https://hcltechsw.com/products/sofy/request-access.

Once you gain access, it is recommended to read through the provided user guides to get familiar with the SoFy solution builder.

Procedure

  1. Log in to HCL Software Factory.
  2. Click on the Catalog tab.
  3. Search for HCL Commerce, or click on the HCL Commerce card from the list of products displayed on the page.
    The overview and documentation for HCL Commerce is displayed.
  4. From the version drop-down selection, select the version that you want to customize and deploy within the sandbox.
    It is recommended to choose the latest available version in order to explore the latest HCL Commerce functionality.
  5. Click ADD TO SOLUTION.
    HCL Commerce is added to your Solution Panel. If it is your first solution, the Solution Panel is displayed in the bottom of your browser window.
  6. In the Solution Panel, give a unique name to your solution and click CREATE.
    Your SoFy solution is created and your are displayed an overview of what it contains.
  7. On the Solution overview page, click PREVIEW IN SANDBOX to deploy the solution.
    A deployment notification prompt is displayed. HCL Commerce is deployed to the SoFy sandbox. Monitor the sandbox deployment Status field. Once complete, the SoFy solution console becomes available.
  8. Click VIEW SOLUTION CONSOLE to launch the solution console.
    The Solution Console is displayed. If you are prompted to log in, use the credentials that are provided at the bottom of the Sandbox column of the Solution overview page. From here you can monitor the status of the sandbox deployment.

What to do next

Once customized and deployed, you can launch and explore the HCL Commerce solution that you created within the SoFy sandbox.