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Configuring Applications

Before you can deploy an application on an application server, you have to start the application server and then configure or assemble the application. This is the process through which you specify data sources, database mappings, JNDI resources, and so on.

You configure J2EE applications by modifying XML files in META-INF and WEB-INF directories in application archives. Performing this task manually is tedious and error prone. The JBoss deployment tool allows you to configure applications without having to unarchive EAR files, WAR files, or JAR files, as the tool lets you configure these files directly.

This chapter explains how to start the application server and configure and deploy your application.

Contents:

Starting the Application Server
Configuring Your Application
Deploying Your Application

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