Building .ear and .war files

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

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

1. Run the following task to build a .war file:

   • AIX® amd 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

   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
   

2. Run the following task to build an .ear file:

   • AIX and 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"

   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