Tools for Deployment

This section discusses the various tools that can be used to deploy modules and applications. The deployment tools include:

• The asant Utility

• JSR 88

• The asadmin Deployment Commands

• The Admin Console Deployment Pages

The asant Utility

The asant utility can help you assemble and deploy modules and applications. For details, see Chapter 3, The asant Utility, in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Developer’s Guide.

JSR 88

You can write your own JSR 88 client to deploy applications to the Enterprise Server. For more information, see the JSR 88 page at http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=88.

The syntax of the URI entry for the getDeploymentManager method is as follows:

deployer:Sun:AppServer::admin-host:admin-port[:https]

The :https is not needed by default in the developer profile and needed by default in the cluster profile. For example:

deployer:Sun:AppServer::localhost:4848:https

See Naming Standards for application and module naming considerations.

The asadmin Deployment Commands

You can use the asadmin deploy or asadmin deploydir command to deploy or undeploy applications and individually deployed modules on local servers. For details, see Directory Deployment and the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 Reference Manual. The asadmin deploydir command is available only on the default server instance.

To deploy a lifecycle module, see Deploying a Lifecycle Module.

The Admin Console Deployment Pages

You can use the Admin Console to deploy modules and applications to both local and remote Enterprise Server sites.

To Use the Admin Console for Deployment

1. Open the Applications component.

2. Go to the page for the type of application or module.

   For example, for a web application, go to the Web Applications page. In the developer profile, you can undeploy, enable, or disable an application or module from the table on this page. In the cluster profile, click on the link in the Status column to undeploy, enable, or disable an application or module on specific targets.

3. Click on the Deploy button.

   On this page, you type the path to the WAR, JAR, EAR, or RAR file or the exploded directory structure. You can also specify deployment settings that vary according to the type of application or module.

See Also

For details, click the Help button in the Admin Console.

To deploy a lifecycle module, see Deploying a Lifecycle Module.

For more information on deploying from an exploded directory structure, see Directory Deployment.