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Creating the Deploy

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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What to Deliver to the System Administrator

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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How to Process the Deploy

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)
    • <webmanager-root>\<tomcat installation dir>\work\*
    • <webmanager-root>\<tomcat installation dir>\temp\*
  • Copy webmanager-backend-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war to <webmanager-root>\deploy.   
  • 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).
  • Remove the plugins present in the <webmanager-root>\work\edition-bundles\ directory.
  • 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.

 

 

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