deployment of WAR file from ANT fails

[Vicenç Aleix]

I have a war file that I can deploy just fine from the WebLogic console.

When I use ANT to deploy it I get an error.

ANT:

<taskdef name="wldeploy" classname="weblogic.ant.taskdefs.management.WLDeploy"
classpath="${weblogic.home}/server/lib/weblogic.jar" />

<target name="deploy">	
	<wldeploy      
		action="deploy" 
		verbose="true" 
		debug="true"
		remote="false"
		name="${warname}"
		upload="true"
		source="${dist}"
		user="${weblogic.user}"
		password="${weblogic.password}"
		adminurl="t3://${weblogic.server}:${weblogic.port}"
		targets="${weblogic.target}" />
</target> 

The error:

 [wldeploy] [BasicOperation.execute():423] : Initiating deploy operation for app, smp.war, on targets:
 [wldeploy] [BasicOperation.execute():425] :    AdminServer
 [wldeploy] Task 2 initiated: [Deployer:149026]deploy application smp.war on AdminServer.
 [wldeploy] dumping Exception stack
 [wldeploy] Task 2 failed: [Deployer:149026]deploy application smp.war on AdminServer.
 [wldeploy] Target state: deploy failed on Server AdminServer
 [wldeploy] weblogic.management.DeploymentException: [J2EE:160177]The application at "C:\bea\user_projects\domains\base_domain\servers\AdminServer\upload\smp.war\app\dist"
was not recognized as a valid application type.
If this is an EAR file, please ensure the META-INF/application.xml exists. EJB-JARs should have a META-INF/ejb-jar.xml or corresponding annotations exist.
If this is an exploded WAR, the name of directory must be end with ".war".
RARs require a META-INF/ra.xml.
A JMS deployment should be an XML file whose name ends with "-jms.xml".
A JDBC deployment should be an XML file whose name ends with "-jdbc.xml".
For other application types, please consult the WebLogic Server documentation.
 

In the upload folder of the server I see this structure

smp.war folder
    app folder
       dist folder
          war folder
               WEB-INF folder
          smp.war file

I am not sure where is that structure coming from....

However, when I deploy it from a war folder as an expanded WAR (source="${dist}/war") it works fine.

Thank you!

[German Gonzalez-Morris]

I remember that wldeploy cannot deploy war files. You need to package it into an ear file.