Deploying a web application using manual deployment

When using manual deployment, the management gateway deploys the WAR files to a predefined directory on the Framework and StreamServer computer. After linking the web application to the application domain, you must manually deploy the web application and the related subdirectories to the Java application server.

Adding a web application

Prerequisites

The management gateway that will deploy the WAR files must have read access to the installation folder containing the WAR files.

Name requirements

The web application name must:

•	Only include ASCII characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9).

•	Not include any white spaces.

•	Be unique within the application domain.

•	Be unique if you deploy several web applications to the same Java application server.

•	Not be the word applications.

To add a web application

1	Right-click the Web Applications folder and select New Web Application.

2	In the New Web Application dialog box, configure the web application.

3	Select Manual deploy.

4	Click OK. The management gateway copies the WAR files to the following manual deploy path:

<Base Directory>\<Version>\root\etc\unmanagedportals

Where <Base directory> is the path specified for Design Center Projects during the Framework and StreamServer installation. For example: C:\ManagementGateway

Linking the web application to an application domain

You must link the web application to an application domain. You can link one web application to several application domains, but each application domain can only be linked to one web application of each type.

To link a web application to an application domain

1	In the Web Applications folder, right-click the web application and select Link Application Domain.

2	In the Available Application Domains area, link the application domain(s) to the web application.

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Click OK.

Deploying the web application and related subdirectories to the Java application server

1	Copy the WAR files from the manual deploy path to the Java application server. The manual deploy path is:

<Base Directory>\<Version>\root\etc\unmanagedportals

Where <Base directory> is the path specified for Design Center Projects during the Framework and StreamServer installation. For example: C:\ManagementGateway

2	Make sure that the WAR files are deployed as exploded WARs.

Note:

Unpacking WAR files might be time consuming.

3	Copy the subdirectories (structure and files) related to the web application from the manual deploy path to the exploded WARs.

Note:

If you later update the link to the application domain or the application domain configuration, you must once again copy the subdirectories (structure and files) from the manual deploy path to the Java application server.