Learn more about configuring applications, configuring packages, and configuring reference sets. 

You can configure applications that run on a device. The Model that a device belongs to determine the type of application that you configure for the device. Currently, based on the Device Platform, various packaging tools and procedures are being followed that in turn define the packaging structure and the content of these Software Packages.

1. For eVo based devices VPI packages (.ZIP) are used. Each application is in the form of a .ZIP file. Multiple Application files are compressed to create a VPI Package. VPI Package contains additional supporting files such as .man file that defines the order in which the applications in a VPI Package should be unzipped on the device (after the main VPI Package is downloaded to the Device).
2. For V/OS based devices Software Bundles and Bundle of Bundles are used. Each application is in the form of .Tar file. Multiple Applications are grouped to form a Package and Multiple Packages are grouped to form a Bundle.

VHQ users configure Software Packages by importing the VPI Packages and Bundles. VHQ processes these packages to extract and set up the applications. VHQ extracts the application name and version from specific metadata files based on the type of the package.