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Introduction and Roadmap 1-1
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Introduction and Roadmap
The following sections describe the contents and organization of this guide—Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server:
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Section 1.1, Document Scope and Audience
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Section 1.2, Guide to This Document
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Section 1.3, Standards Compatibility
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Section 1.4, Deployment Terminology
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Section 1.5, Related Documentation
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Section 1.6, New and Changed Features in This Release
1.1 Document Scope and Audience
This document is a resource for:
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Administrators who want to deploy Java EE applications or application modules to WebLogic Server instances or clusters. It is assumed that you are working in a
production environment, which is generally characterized by multiple WebLogic Server instances or clusters running on multiple machines. It is also assumed that
you have one or more application module archive files that have been tested and are ready to deploy on a production server.
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Developers who may need to deploy an application in a development environment, package an application for delivery to an administrator or deployer,
or create and export the configuration of an application for deployment to a testing, staging, or production environment
1.2 Guide to This Document
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This chapter, Chapter 1, Introduction and Roadmap,
describes the organization of this document and highlights new deployment features introduced in this
release of WebLogic Server.
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Chapter 2, Understanding WebLogic Server Deployment, provides an overview
of deployment features used in WebLogic Server.
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Chapter 3, Preparing Applications and Modules for Deployment, explains how
to prepare application and module files for deployment to WebLogic Server.
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Chapter 4, Configuring Applications for Production Deployment, describes how
to configure an application for deployment to a specific WebLogic Server environment.
1-2 Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server
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Chapter 5, Exporting an Application for Deployment to New Environments, describes how to export an applications WebLogic Server deployment
configuration to a custom deployment plan, which administrators use in deploying the application into non-development environments.
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Chapter 6, Deploying Applications and Modules with weblogic.Deployer, describes basic and advanced techniques for deploying applications to WebLogic
Server.
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Chapter 7, Auto-Deploying Applications in Development Domains, describes
how to quickly deploy an application to a standalone server Administration Server for evaluation or testing in a single-server development environment.
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Chapter 8, Redeploying Applications in a Production Environment, explains
how to safely update, redeploy, and reconfigure applications that you have deployed to a production environment.
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Chapter 9, Managing Deployed Applications, describes common tasks that an
Administrator performs when managing deployed applications and modules.
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Appendix A, weblogic.Deployer Command-Line Reference, provides a complete
reference for the weblogic.Deployer tool syntax.
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Appendix B, weblogic.PlanGenerator Command-Line Reference, describes how
to use the weblogic.PlanGenerator utility to create a basic deployment plan.
1.3 Standards Compatibility
