Example: Automated Ant deploy

This example program shows a typical automated deployment using the WebSphere Application Server Ant tasks.

This example requires a WebSphere Application Server (v50 or v51 or v60) to be installed and operating on the same machine.

To run the automated Ant deploy example program:

1. Go to the com.ibm.etools.j2ee.ant directory under your workbench installation (for example, x:/<installdir>/rwd/eclipse/plugins/com.ibm.etools.j2ee.ant_*).

2. Unzip the Example.zip file. This creates an Example directory with subdirectories, including an AdderDeploy folder.

3. Edit the TestDeploy.bat file in the AdderDeploy folder:
   • Set the variables WASROOT and JACLWASROOT to point to a WebSphere Application Server on the same machine. Be careful when defining these variables, making sure that you use the correct syntax. One value requires back-slashes, while the other requires forward-slashes.

   • Set the variables JACLbaseDir to be the current AdderDeploy directory.

4. Edit the file dist\AdderEAR-piot.targets to specify what servers and/or clusters are to receive the deployed application:
   • Currently the testURL and TestResponse entries are processed but not actually used

5. Run TestDeploy.bat. The following must be running:
   • The WebSphere cell Distribution Manager

   • The target server/cluster NodeAgents

Important: This is an Example program only. Do not use it to deploy to production servers.

 

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Working with Ant