Stage managed node

Question

In the staging mode, weblogic copies the deployment to the stage directory of the cluster nodes.

However, if we copy a modified version of the application (.war) directly to the stage directory, and re-start the node - the new/modified version is not used. Weblogic continues to run the earlier version of the application.

Is it possible to have a managed node run the application by copying directly to the 'stage' directory of the node? We are using weblogic 10.3.4

Answer 1

In Development Mode you do have the option to copy in new files and have them auto deployed:

"To auto-deploy an archived application, copy its archive file to the /autodeploy directory. WebLogic Server automatically sets the application’s deployment mode to stage mode.

A deployment unit that was auto-deployed can be dynamically redeployed while the server is running. To dynamically redeploy, copy the new version of the archive file over the existing file in the /autodeploy directory."

However, that is not the appropriate way to deploy an application in a production environment. In production you have a few options. You can call weblogic deployer with the update parameter:

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl http://test:7001 -user weblogic
-password weblogic -update -name myapp.ear -upload 
-plan c:\localfiles\nuPlan.xml

Or you can simply login to the weblogic admin console:

Deployments -> select your deployment -> Click Update -> choose your new war file