Tutorial part 5: Clone the application on a different instance

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  • Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
  • 2 min. de leitura

    • Clone the application from the remote repository to develop it on another instance.

    Antes de Iniciar

    Complete Tutorial part 4: Install and use a third-party library.

    Role required: admin

    Por Que e Quando Desempenhar Esta Tarefa

    If you have access to another instance, you can install the application from the remote repository onto the instance to support development across instances.

    Nota:
    The instance and your user on the instance must meet the same requirements mentioned at the beginning of this tutorial.

    Cloning is intended for developing an application on multiple non-production instances and managing it in a single repository. To publish an application and deploy it to a production instance, use the Application Repository. For more information, see ServiceNow application repository.

    Procedimento

    1. Push your changes to the remote repository.
      1. From the Activity Bar, select the Source Control view (Source Control).
      2. From the Changes list, select the Stage All Tracked Changes icon (Stage all untracked changes).
      3. From the Untracked Changes list, select the Stage All Untracked Changes icon (Stage all untracked changes).
        All of your changes should be in the Staged Changes list.
      4. In the message box, enter a commit message.
      5. Select the Commit icon (Stage all untracked changes).
      6. Select the More actions menu icon (More actions) and select Push.

        Push the staged changes to the remote repository.

      All of your changes are available in the remote repository. You or other developers can clone the application onto another instance.

    2. Log in to another ServiceNow instance.
    3. Navigate to All > App Development > ServiceNow IDE.
    4. Create a workspace or open an existing one.
    5. Configure basic authentication in the ServiceNow IDE to connect to the remote repository.
      1. Use one of the following keyboard shortcuts to open the command palette:
        • Windows: Ctrl-Shift-P
        • Mac: Cmd-Shift-P
      2. Enter Git: Set IDE Git credentials and press Enter.
      3. From the New Git credential form, select Basic auth.
      4. On the form, fill in the fields.
        Tabela 1. New Git credential form
        Field Description
        Git repository URL The HTTPS URL to the Git repository you created in GitHub. For example: https://github.com/<owner>/hello-world.git.
        Git username Your GitHub user name.
        Personal access token The personal access token that you generated from GitHub.
        Use this credential for all repositories An option to use the credentials for all repositories in the Git domain associated with the Git repository URL. If you want to configure different credentials for each repository, leave this option cleared.
      5. Select Submit.
    6. Clone the application.
      1. Use one of the following keyboard shortcuts to open the command palette:
        • Windows: Ctrl-Shift-P
        • Mac: Cmd-Shift-P
      2. Enter Git: Clone and press Enter.
      3. Enter the HTTPS URL to the remote Git repository and press Enter.

    Resultado

    The application is added to the instance with the files from the remote repository.

    The Hello World application files cloned from the remote repository.

    O que Fazer Depois

    Continue to Tutorial part 6: Learn more about the ServiceNow IDE.