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Introduction and Roadmap 1-3
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application version—A string value that identifies the version of a deployed application. Compatible applications that use version strings can use the
WebLogic Server production redeployment strategy.
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deployment configuration—The process of defining the deployment descriptor values required to deploy an application to a particular WebLogic Server domain.
The deployment configuration for an application or module is stored in three types of XML document: J2EE deployment descriptors, WebLogic Server
descriptors, and WebLogic Server deployment plans.
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deployment descriptor—An XML document used to define the J2EE behavior or WebLogic Server configuration of an application or module at deployment time.
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deployment plan—An XML document used to define an applications WebLogic Server deployment configuration for a specific WebLogic Server environment,
such as development, test, or production. A deployment plan resides outside of an applications archive file and contains deployment properties which override an
applications existing WebLogic Server deployment descriptors. Use deployment plans to easily change an applications WebLogic Server configuration for a
specific environment without modifying existing deployment descriptors. Multiple deployment plans can be used to reconfigure a single application for deployment
to multiple, differing WebLogic Server environments.
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distribution—The process by which WebLogic Server copies deployment source files to target servers for deployment.
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production redeployment—A WebLogic Server redeployment strategy that deploys a new version of a production application alongside an older version, while
automatically managing HTTP connections to ensure uninterrupted client access.
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staging mode—The method WebLogic Server uses to make deployment files available to target servers in a domain. Staging modes determine whether or not
files are distributed copied to target servers before deployment.