Starting a rapid deployment session

You can launch a rapid deployment session to start listening for application artifacts that are dropped into the folder you configured for either the free-form or automatic installation approach. Use the wrd command to launch a rapid deployment session. If you want to monitor rapid deployment activities, you can specify console output.
Restriction: You can use the rapid deployment tools for packaging applications at J2EE 1.3 or 1.4 specification-levels. However, the rapid deployment tools do not support Java EE 5.0 nor J2EE 1.2 specification-level.

Prerequisites

Steps
  1. From the command prompt, change to the x:/profiles/<profileName>/bin directory, where x is the directory where WebSphere Application Server is installed.
  2. Verify that the server on which you want to deploy your application is running.
    Tip: If there is no server connection, you get the following console output:
    [06:52:28 PM] Publishing MyProjectApp to server_510658053
    [06:52:28 PM] Failed to make connection to Websphere Application Server.
  3. At the command prompt, type the appropriate command:
    • (Recommended) To monitor rapid deployment activities:
      • This graphic is a Windows icon. On Windows:
      • This graphic is a UNIX icon. On UNIX:wrd.sh -monitor
    • To launch a rapid deployment session:
      • This graphic is a Windows icon. On Windows:wrd.bat
      • This graphic is a UNIX icon. On UNIX:wrd.sh
    • To use batch mode to run a full build of the workspace and then shut down the process:
      • This graphic is a Windows icon. On Windows:wrd.bat -project "project_name" -batch
      • This graphic is a UNIX icon. On UNIX:wrd.sh -project "project_name" -batch
After you launch the rapid deployment tools, you can create or drop your J2EE artifacts into the monitored directory. The application generated is deployed and updated on the target server.
Related tasks
Setting up a rapid deployment environment
Related reference
The rapid deployment launch tool reference

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