What's New in This Release

Web Server Update 3 is an update release to Web Server 7.0. In addition to the features and enhancements in Web Server 7.0 and Web Server 7.0 Update 1 and Update 2 releases, Web Server 7.0 Update 3 release brings the following value-additional features and enhancements to the product. New features and enhancements are described in the sections below.

AIX Platform Support

AIX 5.3 and 6.1 platform support has been provided in Web Server Update 3 release.

Auto-Deploying Web Applications

This Web Server update release introduces auto-deployment functionality that enables you to deploy one or more web applications, just by copying them to a designated directory. The server auto-deploys web applications that are in the form of web archives (.war files) or in a directory in which a web archive has been exploded.

For more information about auto-deployment feature in Web Server, see Auto-Deploying Web Applications in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer’s Guide to Java Web Applications