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.
Before you begin
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
Procedure
- 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
What to do next
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.