Copyright IBM Corporation 2005. All rights reserved IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6: Proof of Technology Lab 04-Websphere Rapid Deployment What You should be able to do The objective of this lab is to provide an understanding of WebSphere Rapid Deployments(WRD) deployment automation features. Wrd gives administrators and developers a simpler and faster way to develop, deploy, construct, install, update, and uninstall a J2EE application. By configuring "watched"directory within the file system, installing an enterprise application is as easy as dropping the ear file into a folder This lab will entail configuring two styles of deployment automation. The first, called autoappinstall will automatically install, update, and uninstall an enterprise application on Web Sphere. You will add the file to the monitored directory, which will cause an install, then overwrite the file, which will cause an update, and finally remove the file which will cause an uninstall. In the final part of this lab you will construct another WRD deployment automation project. However, this new project will use the freeform style. Using this style you will place simple J2EE artifacts, like servlets, jsps, etc, inside the directory and WRD will automatically place those files in the correct J2EE project structure and install the application for you. You will then make updates by overwriting the individual J2EE artifacts instead of the having to overwrite the entire web module or enterprise application Lab requirements List of system and software required for the student to complete the lab Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 is required for this lab exercise Web Sphere Application Server v6.0 has successfully installed The lab source files(LabFiles60. Zip)must be extracted to the root directory (i.e, C: Experience with previous versions of Web Sphere Application Server and the J2EE programming model are also required What you should be able to do At the end of this lab you should be able to Configure WebSphere Rapid Deployment for the autoappinstall deployment automation style Configure Web Sphere Rapid Deployment for the freeform deployment automation style Product Introduction+ Exploration(PI+E) Page 1 of 28© Copyright IBM Corporation 2005. All rights reserved. Proof of Technology L04 – WebSphere Deployment Automation and WRU Product Introduction + Exploration (PI+E) Page 1 of 28 IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6: Proof of Technology Lab 04 - WebSphere Rapid Deployment What You Should Be Able to Do The objective of this lab is to provide an understanding of WebSphere Rapid Deployment’s (WRD) deployment automation features. WRD gives administrators and developers a simpler and faster way to develop, deploy, construct, install, update, and uninstall a J2EE application. By configuring a “watched” directory within the file system, installing an enterprise application is as easy as dropping the EAR file into a folder. This lab will entail configuring two styles of deployment automation. The first, called autoappinstall, will automatically install, update, and uninstall an enterprise application on WebSphere. You will add the file to the monitored directory, which will cause an install, then overwrite the file, which will cause an update, and finally remove the file which will cause an uninstall. In the final part of this lab you will construct another WRD deployment automation project. However, this new project will use the freeform style. Using this style you will place simple J2EE artifacts, like servlets, jsps, etc, inside the directory and WRD will automatically place those files in the correct J2EE project structure and install the application for you. You will then make updates by overwriting the individual J2EE artifacts instead of the having to overwrite the entire web module or enterprise application. Lab Requirements List of system and software required for the student to complete the lab. • Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 is required for this lab exercise. • WebSphere Application Server v6.0 has successfully installed. • The lab source files (LabFiles60.zip) must be extracted to the root directory (i.e., C:\). • Experience with previous versions of WebSphere Application Server and the J2EE programming model are also required. What you should be able to do At the end of this lab you should be able to: • Configure WebSphere Rapid Deployment for the autoappinstall deployment automation style. • Configure WebSphere Rapid Deployment for the freeform deployment automation style