Installing an EAR

To Network Deployment (ND) environment / cluster

To install an EAR for the first time to a ND based cluster, connect to the deployment manager for the cell, and make sure updateExisting is false Example configuration:

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>maven-was6-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>integration-test</id>
      <phase>integration-test</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>installApp</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <wasHome>${was61home}</wasHome>
    <host>deploymentmanager.your.domain</host>
    <username>admin</username>
    <password>adminpassword</password>
    <targetCluster>nameOfCluster</targetCluster>
    <profileName>Dmgr01</profileName>
    <!-- remember to import certificate from remote site when deploying to a site with security activated -->
    <conntype>SOAP</conntype>
    <port>8879</port>
    <verbose>true</verbose>
    <!-- need to be false first time it's deployed to a server --> 
    <updateExisting>false</updateExisting>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

after a first successful installation on you can remove the updateExisting element as it's default value is true. Further installations will update the existing application, which will cause the configuration to be merged with the configuration of the new archive.

To base install environment (f.ex. RAD-integrated server1), stopping the server before installation, and starting afterwards

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>was6-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>integration-test</id>
      <phase>integration-test</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>wsStopServer</goal>
        <goal>installApp</goal>
        <goal>wsStartServer</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <verbose>true</verbose>
    <wasHome>${was61home}</wasHome>
  </configuration>
</plugin>

Replacing the entire application (fresh install each time)

<plugin>
  <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
  <artifactId>was6-maven-plugin</artifactId>
  <version>1.0</version>
  <executions>
    <execution>
      <id>integration-test</id>
      <phase>integration-test</phase>
      <goals>
        <goal>wsUninstallApp</goal>
        <goal>installApp</goal>
        <goal>wsStartApp</goal>
      </goals>
    </execution>
  </executions>
  <configuration>
    <verbose>true</verbose>
    <wasHome>${was61home}</wasHome>
  </configuration>
</plugin>