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OpenEdge Management : Manage PAS for OpenEdge instance : Install and Manage Web applications
 

Install and Manage Web applications

To install and manage your Web applications on the PAS for OpenEdge:
1. Click Resources > Go to Resources in the OpenEdge Management console menu.
All resources managed by your console appear in the grid frame.
2. Filter or search for, and select the required PAS for OpenEdge instance.
For example, type the default PAS for OpenEdge instance name, oepas1, in the Filter field or select Progress Application Server as the selection in the Type drop-down menu and select the PAS instance.
The Progress Application Server: <instance name> page appears.
The ABL APPLICATIONS page appears by default, listing all the existing ABL applications managed by PAS for OpenEdge.
Select the WEB APPLICATIONS tab. The Web applications grid appears, listing all the existing Web applications managed by PAS for OpenEdge.
Operation
Perform
Deploy
To deploy a Web application. Click Deploy. The Deploy web application dialog appears.
a. In the Select application .war file field, perform one of the following actions to upload a Web application.
Note: Ensure that the selected file is an Web application.
*Type a file name to select the Web application .war file from the extras folder. The auto suggest list appears as you type the name. You can also give a new name for the Web application.
*Browse to locate and select an application .war file.
*Type a name for the selected application in the Web application name field. The name must contain only alphanumeric characters. It must not contain blank spaces or special characters, except underscore (“_”) and hyphen (“-”).
*Click Deploy to deploy the application on PAS for OpenEdge.
The OpenEdge Web application is deployed.
Start
This operation is disabled by default and is enabled when there is a Web application(s) available with Status stopped. Select a Web application(s) and click Start to start a Web application. Choose multiple Web applications to perform this operation in bulk.
Stop
This operation is disabled by default and is enabled when there is a Web application(s) available with Status running. Select a Web application(s) and click Stop to stop a Web application. Choose multiple Web applications to perform this operation in bulk.
This option makes the Web application and all its services unavailable for requests.
Note: The Web application is automatically restarted when the PAS for OpenEdge instance is started.
Reload
Select a Web application and click Reload to stop a Web application and restart it on PAS for OpenEdge. Choose multiple Web applications to perform this operation in bulk.
This option reloads the configurations settings and the Web application is unavailable till the reload is successful. For more information on the reload option, see http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-7.0-doc/manager-howto.html.
Undeploy
Select a Web application and click Undeploy to undeploy a Web application from PAS for OpenEdge. Choose multiple Web applications to perform this operation in bulk.
This option stops the Web application and physically removes it from PAS for OpenEdge.