Through Java MBean programming, you can
install, update, and delete a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java
EE) application on a WebSphere® Application Server deployment
target.
Before you begin
This task assumes
a basic familiarity with MBean programming.
For information on MBean programming, see MBean Java application
programming interface (API) documentation. In
this information center, click .
For
information on the restarting of updated applications, refer to Fine-grained recycle behavior in IBM® WebSphere
Developer Technical Journal: System management for WebSphere Application
Server V6 -- Part 5 Flexible options for updating deployed applications.
Before
you can install or change an application on a deployment target, you
must first create or update your application and assemble it using
an assembly tool.
About this task
Besides installing, uninstalling,
and updating applications
through programming, you can additionally install, uninstall, and
update Java EE applications through the administrative console or
the wsadmin tool. All three ways provide identical updating capabilities.
Procedure
- Perform any or all of the following tasks to manage
your
Java EE applications through programming.
- Access the application
management function.
This topic provides examples to access
the application management functionality:
- From WebSphere Application Server code
- From
outside WebSphere Application Server
- When WebSphere Application Server is
not running
- Install
an application.
This
topic provides an example for initially installing an application
on a deployment target such as a server or cluster.
- Uninstall an application.
This
topic provides an example for uninstalling an application that resides
on a deployment target.
- Manipulate additional
attributes for a deployed application.
This topic provides
an example for manipulating attributes that are not exposed through
the AppDeploymentTask object.
- Share sessions for application
management.
This topic provides an example for saving application-specific
updates for a deployed application to a session, and then to the configuration
repository.
- Update
an application.
This
topic provides an example for updating the installed application on
a server or cluster with a new application.
When you completely update an application, the deployed application
is uninstalled and the new enterprise archive (EAR) file is installed.
- Add to, update, or delete
part of an application.
This topic provides an example that
you can use to add, update, or delete part of an application on a
server or cluster.
- Edit an application.
This
topic provides an example that you can use to edit an application
on a server or cluster.
- Add a module.
This
topic provides an example for adding a module to an application that
resides on a server or cluster.
- Update a module.
This
topic provides an example for updating a module that resides on a
server or cluster. When you update a module,
the deployed module is uninstalled and the updated module is installed.
- Delete a module.
This
topic provides an example for deleting a module that resides on a
server or cluster. When you delete a module,
the deployed module is uninstalled.
- Add a file.
This topic
provides an example for adding a file to an application that resides
on a server or cluster.
- Update a file.
This
topic provides an example for updating a file on a server or cluster. When you update a file, the deployed
file is uninstalled and the updated file is installed.
- Delete a file.
This
topic provides an example for deleting a file on a server or cluster. When you delete a file, the deployed
file is uninstalled.
- Save your
changes to the master configuration repository.
- Synchronize changes to the master configuration
across the nodes for the changes to take effect.
What to do next
If you have further application updates, you can do the
updates through programming, the administrative console, or the wsadmin
tool.
You can use the common deployment framework to add additional
logic to application management operations. See Extending application management operations through programming. The tasks
that the extensions provide are available through all the administrative
clients, such as the wsadmin tool, the administrative console, or
through programmatic APIs that the AppManagement MBean provides.