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Chapter 23. Packaging and deploying

Java EE applications

In this chapter, we provide information about how to package and deploy Java Platform,

Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) applications. First, we cover the packaging of the following

Java EE artifacts:

 Enterprise applications

 EJB 3.1 modules

 Java Persistence API (JPA) persistence units

 Resource adapters

 Web modules

 EJB 3.1 content in Web modules

Then we provide information about how to deploy a Java EE file, both as an enterprise

application and then as an asset in a business-level application. We explain how to set up the

environment for the application and then deploy the application. Finally, we explain how to

deploy the client part of the application. Note that you can automate the deployment tasks in

this chapter using command-line tools, as explained in Chapter 8, “Administration with

scripting” on page 319.

This chapter includes the following topics:

 Java EE applications

 Preparing to use the sample application

 Packaging recommendations

 Creating WebSphere-enhanced EAR files

 Exporting an application project to an EAR file

 Preparing the runtime environment for the application

 Deploying the application

 Deploying business-level applications

 Deploying application clients

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