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
- From the command prompt, change to the x:/profiles/<profileName>/bin directory,
where x is the directory where WebSphere Application Server is installed.
- 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.
- At the command prompt, type the appropriate command:
- (Recommended) To monitor rapid deployment activities:

wrd.sh
-monitor
- To launch a rapid deployment session:
wrd.bat
wrd.sh
- To use batch mode to run a full build of the workspace and then shut down
the process:
wrd.bat
-project "project_name" -batch
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.