Maven goal - liberty:install-apps

We can use the liberty:install-apps goal to copy one or more applications to a Liberty profile server.

The liberty:install-apps goal copies applications specified as Maven dependencies to the dropins/ directory of the Liberty profile server. Only the Maven dependencies in compile scope are copied to the server. The server must exist and must not be running. The liberty:install-apps goal can be combined with the liberty:package-server goal to create a Liberty profile server archive with pre-installed applications.

Parameters

The following table describes parameters of the install-apps goal.

parameters of the install-apps goal.

The first column contains a list of parameters, the second column contains a description of each parameter, and the third column states whether this parameter is required.

Parameter	Description	Required
serverHome	Directory location of the Liberty profile server installation.	Yes, only when assemblyArchive and assemblyArtifact parameters are not set.
assemblyArchive	Location of the Liberty profile server compressed archive. The archive will be unpacked into a directory as specified by the installDirectory parameter.	Yes, only when serverHome and assemblyArtifact parameters are not set.
assemblyArtifact	Maven artifact name of the Liberty profile server assembly. The assembly will be installed into a directory as specified by the installDirectory parameter. For more information on Liberty profile server Maven assemblies, see Installation as a Maven artifact.	Yes, only when serverHome and assemblyArchive parameters are not set.
installDirectory	Local installation directory location of the Liberty profile server when the server is installed using the assembly archive or artifact option. The default value is ${project.build.directory} /liberty.	No
refresh	If true, re-install Liberty profile server into the local directory. This is only used when when the server is installed using the assembly archive or artifact option. The default value is false.	No
serverName	Liberty profile server instance. The default value is defaultServer.	No

Example: installing application

This is the code snippet we can use in the pom.xml file of the project.

<build>
    ...
    <dependencies>
        <!-- Application to install and package -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>wasdev</groupId>
            <artifactId>SimpleServlet</artifactId>
            <version>1.0</version>
            <type>war</type>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    ...
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>com.ibm.websphere.wlp.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId> 
            <version>1.0</version>
            <executions>
                ...
                <execution>
                    <id>install-apps</id>
                    <phase>compile</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>install-apps</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
                ...
            <executions>
            <configuration>
                <serverHome>/opt/ibm/wlp</serverHome>
                <serverName>test</serverName>
            </configuration>               
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
    ...
</build>

Parent topic: Use Maven to automate tasks