deploymentProperties not read (websphere)

Question

Using websphere 8.5. I am trying to use Monitored Directory deployment and use a deployment properties file using this guide

I have enabled the monitored deploy in the global settings. I have also extracted the properties file using wsadmin and verified that it contains the correct configuration (eg. path to a shared library).

I have put the myconfig.properties file in:

C:\websphere\myserver\monitoredDeployableApps\deploymentProperties

I then drag my application test-ear-app.ear (an ear file containing a war file) into:

C:\websphere\myserver\monitoredDeployableApps\servers\my_server

As a result the app is automatically loaded but the myconfig.properties is NOT loaded and hence I need to manually specify the shared library afterwards.

Any ideas why the myconfig.properties is not loaded?

Answer 1

Actually when you deploy using property file you don't drag ear to monitored directory, but just the property file. So in your case you should just drag myconfig.properties to the monitoredDeployableApps/deploymentProperties directory. In your config file you have to define location of your ear by EarFileLocation=/temp/yourApp.ear it will be automatically loaded and installed in proper scope defined by the TargetServer/TargetServer/TargetCluster properties.

See detailed description in page Installing enterprise application files by adding properties files to a monitored directory

Answer 2

As I read, I think the procedure is the opposite of what you were currently doing : drop the Ear first and then start the install process with the props file.