Starting the deploytool Utility
The deploytool utility is recommended for configuring complex JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EETM platform) applications that require security controls, context parameters, enterprise beans, property-group settings (for HTML templates), or database connections.
The deploytool utility lets you:
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Create XML deployment descriptors without manually editing XML files.
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Package the classes and web content for a J2EE application into a Java archive (JAR), web application archive (WAR) or enterprise archive (EAR) file.
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Edit an existing archive file to modify its contents.
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Deploy a packaged application onto the Sun Java System Application Server software, or onto other application servers.
Getting Ready
The install_dir/samples/quickstart/ directory contains the files used in the Hello World application.
The web subdirectory contains the index.jsp and response.jsp files and the images directory, which contains the duke.waving.gif file.
The web/WEB-INF subdirectory contains the sun-web.xml and web.xml files.
The src/conf subdirectory contains the LocalStrings.properties file.
The Hello World application contains two JSPTM pages and the two files that they reference.
Starting deploytool
Begin by starting deploytool using the instructions below. Solaris and Linux steps are in the first column, and Windows steps are in the second column:
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From the install_dir/bin directory, start the tool: deploytool |
From the Start menu, choose Programs ⇒ Sun Microsystems ⇒ Application Server PE ⇒ Deploytool. |
When deploytool starts, it looks like this:
The tree structure in the pane at the left shows currently active files. It also indicates that the admin server is available to carry out deployment operations at its assigned port number.
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