You can export the deployment manifest file from an application, then import the manifest file into another instance of the same application located somewhere else. This process is useful when an application moves from one environment to another, for example from a test environment to a production environment.
A deployment manifest file, META-INF/DEPLOYMENT.MF, is created automatically when you import an EBA asset. The deployment manifest file lists, at specific versions, all the bundles and composite bundles that make up the application, including bundles that are determined following dependency analysis. The manifest file is used to ensure that each time an application server starts, the bundles that make up the application are the same.