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5.8 Validating the Exported Deployment Configuration
The Administration Console automatically validates the deployment configuration for a newly-installed application or module. To validate a custom deployment plan that
you have created during the export process:
1.
Follow the steps under Section 5.6.2, Add Variables for Selected Tuning
Properties to install the application or module with the final version of the
custom deployment plan. The Administration Console automatically uses a deployment plan named plan.xml in the plan subdirectory of an installation
directory, if one is available.
2.
On the Summary of Deployments page, select the name of the application or module that you installed.
3.
Select the Deployment Plan Dependencies tab.
4.
Verify that the dependencies configured for the deployed module are valid for the selected target servers.
5.9 Best Practices for Exporting a Deployment Configuration
Keep in mind these best practices when exporting an applications deployment configuration:
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The primary goal for exporting an application is to create null variables for all of an applications external resource dependencies. This ensures that deployers have
the ability to assign resource names based on resources available in their target environment.
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Use weblogic.PlanGenerator only for exporting resource dependencies. Using weblogic.PlanGenerator to export other categories of deployment
descriptor properties generally results in too many variables in the deployment plan.
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Use the Administration Console to add individual tuning property values to the deployment plan, or to validate a custom deployment plan.
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Neither the Administration Console nor weblogic.PlanGenerator allow you to remove variables from a plan or set null values for variables. Use a text editor
when necessary to complete these tasks.
5-8 Deploying Applications to Oracle WebLogic Server
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Deploying Applications and Modules with weblogic.Deployer
The following sections describe how administrators and developers perform interactive, command-line bsed deployment tasks using the weblogic.Deployer
utility:
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Section 6.1, Overview of Common Deployment Scenarios
