Deploying war file using ant task in MobileFirst

Question

I'm trying to deploy a war file using ant task in MobileFirst WAS Liberty server.

I'm following this tutorial: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHS8R_7.0.0/com.ibm.worklight.deploy.doc/devref/t_ant_tasks_configure_appserver.html

When I enter this command:
"ant -f configure-liberty-oracle.xml install"

I'm receiving this error message in the cmd:

BUILD FAILED
C:\IBM\MobileFirst_Platform_Server\shortcuts\configure-liberty-oracle.xml:69: C: \IBM\MobileFirst_Platform_Server\shortcuts****UPDATE**** - MobileFirst Server installation directory (example: \opt\IBM\MobileFirst_Platform_Server)\WorklightServer does not exist.

When I opened the "configure-liberty-oracle.xml" I can see the line "(example: \opt\IBM\MobileFirst_Platform_Server)" but I don't know what to do.

Sorry I'm new to ant so I'm not also sure if I'm on the right path.

Answer 1

When using the sample ant scripts, it is required that they are first updated to match the specifics of your environment. Everywhere that "****UPDATE****" appears, the entire text in the quotes should be replaced with a value that is appropriate for your environment. So in this case, the value for "worklight.server.install.dir" should be updated to reflect your installation directory for MobileFirst. From the output that you provided, the value would be "C:\IBM\MobileFirst_Platform_Server". There are a number of other properties that need to be modified as well. I would suggest that you make a copy of the file to be customized, and to keep the original sample file as-is. Thanks.