Deployment in Websphere

[Kash Mhai]

Hi all,
I wanted the procedure in deploying a web app into Websphere. The way that i had seen it done was -
1. Create a .war file of the app
2. Dump it into a shared folder.

After 10 minutes, the app got deployed automatically.

How do i do that? Any help would be appreciated

Regards,
Kash

[Jorge Ribeiro]

I'm not aware of that procedure. Are you sure it was with WebSphere? That looks more like JBoss or WebLogic?

[Kash Mhai]

I am pretty sure. It is websphere. One of the links in IBM also tells this - http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v5r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/trun_app_hotupgrade.html

[Jorge Ribeiro]

Yes, I see references about how to do dynamic reloading but not hot deployment. To be very honest I think (but I might be wrong) that it is not possible to hot deploy an application in WebSphere by just copying an ear file to a certain directory. That's something you typically do with JBoss and WebLogic.
So if you just want to reload a component of an already installed application go ahead and follow the instructions given in the page you mentioned. Otherwise, if you want to deploy a new application, I would advice to use a jacl script or some ant scripts. You can always do it programmatically, but that will involve more work.

[Scott Selikoff]

Paulo is correct, WAS is extremely fussy about application installation. Everything must be done through a script or manually through a console. The advantages are that the scripts can be *quite* powerful and in the long run lead to far better building/installation than simply copying an EAR file.

Think of WAS in this manner as encouraging better development practices rather than bothing you with the extra burden of writing a script.
[ November 09, 2005: Message edited by: Scott Selikoff ]

[Fabrice SZNAJDERMAN]

Hello,

I'm not sur I understood what you mean.

I propose to use ANT's script.

This script can create your .war, with delay deploy the war file into WAS app directory.

Hope it will be help you

[Scott Selikoff]

You can create the WAR using ANT scripts, but you can't just copy it to a directory to install it. The ANT script can install the EAR, but only using a IBM or 3rd party connection solution such as:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v5r1//index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/javadoc/ae/com/ibm/websphere/ant/tasks/InstallApplication.html

[Roland Barcia]

WebSphere Application Server has a feature called WebSPhere Rapid Deploy that enables you to drop an EAR file into a directory and it will auto install:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.etools.wrd.freeform.doc/topics/rwrdbat.html

[Web Programmer]

Roland is right. However this is applicable only to WAS6 and not to earlier versions.

Thanks,
WeebProgrammer.