You can create an empty business-level application and
then add assets, shared libraries, business-level applications, and
other artifacts as composition units to the empty business-level application.
Before you begin
Configure each target application server as needed. You
must deploy a business-level application to a Version 7.0 or later
server.
Optionally, determine
what assets or other files that you want to add to your business-level
application and whether your application files can run on your deployment
targets.
About this task
You can create business-level applications using the administrative
console, programming, or the wsadmin tool.
Procedure
- Select a way to create your business level application.
Table 1. Ways to create business
level applications. You can create business-level applications
using the administrative console, programming, or wsadmin.Option |
Method |
Administrative console business-level application
creation wizard See Creating business-level applications with the console.
|
Click and follow instructions in the
wizard. |
Administrative console Java Platform,
Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application installation wizard See Installing enterprise application files with the console.
|
Click and follow instructions in the wizard. The product
creates a new business-level application with the enterprise application
that you install or makes the enterprise application a composition
unit of an existing business-level application. See the Business-level
application name setting on the Select installation
options wizard page.
|
Java application programming interfaces See Creating an empty business-level application using programming.
|
Use programming to create an empty business-level
application. |
wsadmin scripts See Setting up business-level applications using wsadmin scripting.
|
Use the wsadmin scripting tool to create an
empty business-level application. |
- Create your business-level application using the administrative
console, programming or wsadmin.
- Save the changes to your administrative configuration.
What to do next
After you create a business-level application, you can
do the following to add composition units to it:
- Import
any assets needed by your business-level application.
- Add
assets, shared libraries, or other business-level applications as
composition units.
- Save the changes to your administrative configuration.
- Start the business-level
application.
If the application does not run as desired, edit the application configuration,
then save and run it again.