Building .ear and .war files | HCL Digital Experience

You can run a configengine task to build an .ear file or a .war file from an expanded directory.

About this task

Run the following tasks to build .ear and .war files:

Procedure

Run the following task to build a .war file:
- AIX® HP-UX Solaris Linux™: ./ConfigEngine.sh build-war-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.war=directory_path.war
- Windows™: ConfigEngine.bat build-war-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.war=directory_path.war
- IBM® i: ConfigEngine.sh build-war-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.war=directory_path.war
- z/OS®: ./ConfigEngine.sh build-war-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.war=directory_path.war
where the following parameters are defined as:
- source.war.directory: The location of the expanded or customized war file.
- output.war: The location of the generated war file.
The following information is an example of the build-war-file task:
```
Extract the bannerad.war file to a directory
	cd /tmp/files
	jar -xvf /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer/bp/wp.bp.bannerad/installableApps/bannerad.war

Make an update to a file inside /tmp/files/WEB-INF

Build a new war from the expanded directory
	./ConfigEngine.sh build-war-file -Dsource.war.directory=/tmp/files/ -Doutput.war=/tmp/wars/bannerad.war

You can now install the updated portlet into HCL Digital Experience
	/tmp/wars/bannerad.war
```
Run the following task to build an .ear file:
- AIX® HP-UX Solaris Linux™: ./ConfigEngine.sh build-ear-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.ear=directory_path.ear -Dapp.name=app_name -Dwar.name=war_name.war -Ddisp.name="display_name"
- Windows™: ConfigEngine.bat build-ear-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.ear=directory_path.ear -Dapp.name=app_name -Dwar.name=war_name.war -Ddisp.name="display_name"
- IBM® i: ConfigEngine.sh build-ear-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.ear=directory_path.ear -Dapp.name=app_name -Dwar.name=war_name.war -Ddisp.name="display_name"
- z/OS®: ./ConfigEngine.sh build-ear-file -Dsource.war.directory=directory_path.war -Doutput.ear=directory_path.ear -Dapp.name=app_name -Dwar.name=war_name.war -Ddisp.name="display_name"
Where the following parameters are defined as:
- source.war.directory: The location of the expanded or customized war file.
- output.ear: The location of the generated ear file.
- app.name: The application name substituted in the application.xml template.
- war.name: The war name substituted in the application.xml and ibm-application-runtime.props files.
- disp.name: The display name substituted in the application.xml template.
The following information is an example of the build-ear-file task:
```
Make a local copy of the expanded PA_ThemesAndSkinsMgr.ear file (which contains an expanded 
ThemesAndSkinsMgr.war file inside of it)
	cd /tmp/files
	cp -R /opt/IBM/WebSphere/wp_profile/installedApps/Cell_name/PA_ThemesAndSkinsMgr.ear/* /tmp/files

Validate the parameters to use by looking at the application.xml file
	/tmp/files/META-INF/application.xml

Build a new ear from the expanded directory
	./ConfigEngine.sh build-ear-file -Dsource.war.directory="/tmp/files/ThemesAndSkinsMgr.war" 
  -Doutput.ear="/tmp/ears/PA_ThemesAndSkinsMgr.ear" -Dapp.name="PA_ThemesAndSkinsMgr" 
  -Dwar.name="ThemesAndSkinsManager.war" -Ddisp.name="ThemesAndSkinsMgr_war"

You can now install an enterprise application into the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console.
	/tmp/ears/PA_ThemesAndSkinsMgr.ear
```