Aptana Cloud Connect Plugin for Eclipse 3.4

Overview    |    Install into Eclipse 3.4    |    Manually Install

How to use the Aptana Cloud Connect Plugin for Eclipse

The Aptana Cloud Connect Plugin for Eclipse integrates your Eclipse-based IDE with the capabilities
of Aptana Cloud Connect to let you instantly create, scale and deploy to Java, Rails, PHP, MySQL
and other types of servers in the Cloud.

Using Aptana Cloud Connect is easy. Just right click your project and select "Deploy to Cloud..."
from the context menu. To manage your sites, the Cloud Connect icon in the toolbar provides access
to the My Cloud dashboard.

Menus and Icons for Aptana Cloud Connect Plugin for Eclipse

Installing this Plugin via Eclipse 3.4

  1. From the Help menu, select Software Updates > Find and Install... to open an Install/Update pop-up window.
  2. On the Install/Update pop-up window, choose the Search for new features to install option, and click the Next button.
  3. Set up a new remote site to scan for updates.
    1. Click the New Remote Site... button to open a New Update Site pop-up window.
    2. On the New Update Site pop-up window, type the name of the new plug-in in the site Name text box.
    3. In the URL text box, type the URL http://update.aptana.com/update/cloudconnect/ for the update site.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click the Finish button to open an Updates window.
  4. On the Updates window, check the box next to the name of the plug-in, and click the Next button.
  5. Choose the option to accept the terms of the license agreement, and click the Next button.
  6. Click the Finish button.
  7. Click the Install All button.

Manual Installation

Download Plugin Update Site
  1. Save the above file to an easy-to-find location.
  2. Open Eclipse distribution, goto Help -> Software Updates -> Find and Install...'
  3. Search for new features to install -> Next -> New Archived Site... -> Select the file saved in step 1
  4. Select the entry for the plugin's update site -> Finish
  5. Select the appropriate plugins to install -> Next -> Accept -> Next
  6. Change location... -> If no appropriate location is already available -> Add Location (something like D:\dev\extensions\pluginname, eg. extensions\aptana)
  7. Finish

See Installing a Plug-in if you have further questions.