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 or cluster.
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.
When saving the configuration, synchronize
the configuration with the nodes where the application is expected
to run.
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.