The Java EE 5 Tutorial

Deploying a Packaged Web Module

If you have deployed the hello1 application, before proceeding with this section, undeploy the application by following one of the procedures described in Undeploying Web Modules.

Deploying with the Admin Console

  1. Expand the Applications node.

  2. Select the Web Applications node.

  3. Click the Deploy button.

  4. Select the radio button labeled “Package file to be uploaded to the Application Server.”

  5. Type the full path to the WAR file (or click on Browse to find it), and then click the OK button.

  6. Click Next.

  7. Type the application name.

  8. Type the context root.

  9. Select the Enabled box.

  10. Click the Finish button.

Deploying with asadmin

To deploy a WAR with asadmin, open a terminal window or command prompt and execute


asadmin deploy full-path-to-war-file

Deploying with Ant

To deploy a WAR with the Ant tool, open a terminal window or command prompt in the directory where you built and packaged the WAR, and execute


ant deploy

Deploying with NetBeans IDE

    To deploy a WAR with NetBeans IDE, do the following:

  1. Select File->Open Project.

  2. In the Open Project dialog, navigate to your project and open it.

  3. In the Projects tab, right-click the project and select Undeploy and Deploy.