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Creating the deploy is accomplished in two steps.

Create a Specific settings.xml for the Target Environment

A deploy is always created with a specific target environment in mind. So, for example, a deploy can specifically be created for a test environment. For each target environment you need a separate settings.xml. For a test environment, copy the settings.xml to settings-test.xml and then adjust the properties in the settings-test.xml file. The typical properties you should check to ensure they are correct are:

• Path names
• Hos tnames
• Database properties
• Usernames/passwords

Build the Deploy using Maven

After the properties have been set in the target environment, execute the following command in a Command prompt:

mvn -s settings-test.xml -P build-deploy clean package assembly:assembly

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After the deploy has been built, a .ZIP file is present in the “target” folder. The default name of the ZIP-file is “webmanager-webmanager-1.0-SNAPSHOT.zip”. Send the following files to the system administrator of the target environment:

1. webmanager-backend-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war (present in the root of the ZIP-file);
2. webmanager-static-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war (present in the root of the ZIP-file);
3. Gather all plugins into one new ZIP-file.
4. All plugins present in the edition-bundles directory of the unzipped archive.

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After receiving the files from the developer, the system administrator has to perform the following steps to process the files:

• Stop Tomcat.
• To support a rollback, back up the following folders and files:
  • <webmanager-root>\deploy\webmanager-backend-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war
  • <webmanager-root>\wwwroot\mywebsite\wm\
  • Create a backup of your relational database
• Remove the content of the following folders:
  • <webmanager-root>\work\edition-bundles\
  • <webmanager-root>\work\osgi\*
  • <webmanager-root>\deploy\web (remove the entire folder)
  • <tomcat-installation-dir>\work\*
  • <tomcat-installation-dir>\temp\*
• Remove the following file:
  
  • <webmanager-cleansite-location>\webmanager-cleansite-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

• Copy webmanager-backend-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war to <webmanager-root>\deploy.   
• Copy webmanager-cleansite-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar to <webmanager-cleansite-location>.   
• Unzip the webmanager-static-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war to <webmanager-root>\wwwroot\mywebsite\ (overwrite all files).
• Unzip the plugin .ZIP zip file to <webmanager-root>\work\deploy (if it was delivered).
• Place the edition-bundles plugins received from the developer in the <webmanager-root>\work\edition-bundles\ directory.
• Start Tomcat.

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How to Roll Back a Deploy

It is possible that XperienCentral will not start correctly after installing a new deploy. Usually this is caused by incorrect configuration settings. To switch back to the last known good configuration, perform these steps:

• Stop Tomcat.
• Restore the files from the backup:
  • Copy webmanager-backend-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war back to <webmanager-root>\deploy\appBase.
  • Copy the wm folder back to <webmanager-root>\wwwroot\mywebsite\.
  • Remove the plugins present in the <webmanager-root>\work\edition-bundles\ directory.
  • Copy the edition-bundles plugins from the backup to <webmanager-root>\work\edition-bundles\.
  • Remove /vol/www/mywebsite/work/jcr/repository/.
  • Restore the database.
• Start Tomcat.