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synopsis: >
A comprehensive guide on deploying applications built with SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) to SAP BTP Cloud Foundry environment.
impl-variants: true
---

# Deploy to Cloud Foundry
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First, you apply these steps manually in an ad-hoc deployment, as described in this guide. Then, after successful deployment, you automate them using [CI/CD pipelines](cicd).

<ImplVariantsHint />

## Prerequisites

The following sections are based on a new project that you can create like this:

<div class="impl node">

```sh
::: code-group
```sh [Node.js]
cds init bookshop --nodejs --add sample
cd bookshop
```

::: details Alternatively, download or clone the sample repository

Exercise the following steps in the [`@capire/bookshop` sample](https://github.com/capire/bookshop):

```sh
git clone https://github.com/capire/bookshop
```sh [Java]
cds init bookshop --java --add sample
cd bookshop
```

:::

</div>

<div class="impl java">

```sh
cds init bookshop --java --add sample
::: details Alternatively, use the ready-to-deploy sample project
::: code-group
```sh [Node.js]
git clone https://github.com/capire/bookshop
cd bookshop
```

> If you want to use a ready-to-be-deployed sample, see our [java/samples](https://github.com/sap-samples/cloud-cap-samples-java).

[Learn more about Setting Up Local Development.](../../java/getting-started#local){.learn-more}
</div>
```sh [Java]
git clone https://github.com/sap-samples/cloud-cap-samples-java
cd cloud-cap-samples-java
```
:::

<br>

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npm i -g @sap/cds-dk #> if necessary
```

<div class="impl node">

Likewise, ensure the latest version of `@sap/cds` is installed in your project:
For Node.js projects, ensure that the latest version of `@sap/cds` is installed in your project:

```sh
npm outdated #> check whether @sap/cds is listed
npm i @sap/cds #> if necessary
```

</div>

#### 3. Cloud MTA Build Tool {#mbt}

- Run `mbt` in a terminal to check whether you've installed it.
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### 1. SAP HANA Database

<div class="impl node">

While you used SQLite as a low-cost stand-in during development, you use an SAP HANA Cloud database for production:

</div>

<div class="impl java">

While you used SQLite or H2 as a low-cost stand-in during development, you use an SAP HANA Cloud database for production:

</div>
While you used SQLite (Node.js) or SQLite/H2 (Java) as a low-cost stand-in during development, you use an SAP HANA Cloud database for production:

```sh
cds add hana
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## Upgrade Tenants {.java}
## Upgrade Tenants in Java

The CAP Java SDK offers `main` methods for Subscribe/Unsubscribe in the classes `com.sap.cds.framework.spring.utils.Subscribe/Unsubscribe` that can be called from the command line. This way, you can run the tenant subscribe/unsubscribe for the specified tenant. This triggers your custom handlers, which is useful for local testing scenarios.

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