Testing and publishing on a server

This page provides a starting point for finding information on how to integrate the workbench with a server.

You can test an application that is running on the development workbench prior to publishing the application into the directories of the server. Publishing involves copying files (application, resource files, and deployment descriptor files) to the correct location for the server to find and use them.

Overview

You can read the following topics before testing and publishing an application on a server. They provide planning overview information that may be useful if you are new to working with a server in this development environment.

Resources used to test and publish on your server: Learn what is a server, server project, server runtime environment and server configuration. Learn what server resources you need to define in the workbench to communicate to a server. In addition, learn what types of servers are supported with this development workbench.
Servers view: Learn how you can manage the server within the workbench.
The WebSphere® test environment: The commonly used application server with this product is WebSphere Application Server.

Getting started

If you are already familiar with administering your application server the following topics will help you set up your workspace for integrating your application server with the workbench, and guide you through the configuration and management process.

Defining the server runtime environments preferences: This task directs the workbench to use a specific runtime environment of an application server for compiling, testing, or running your application.
Creating a server: This task adds a server to the Servers view.
Configuring servers: If you are working with a WebSphere Application Server, this task sets up options and settings between the workbench and a WebSphere Application Server.
Managing servers: This task enables you to control a server in the Servers view, such as add a project to a server, stop and start a server and many more.
Testing artifacts on a server: This task describes the Run on Server option available in the workbench used to test application artifacts on a server.