Any portlet adhering to the JSR‑168 standard can be deployed with Operations Center Dashboard. Portlets, including new versions of Operations Center portlets, can be deployed by saving the archive file in a specific the Dashboard directory or uploaded using Hot Deploy.
Portlets, layout templates, and themes are deployed by bundling the files into an archive file. A .war file is a standard practice based on Servlet 2.4 specification; refer to the JSR‑168 specification for more information on Web application archives and portlets.
The following sections describe the two ways to deploy a portlet:
To deploy a portlet:
Bundle the new or modified portlet into a .war file and save it to the /OperationsCenter_Dashboard_install_path/deploy directory.
The directory to deploy new portlets is set in the
under (Click feature and select ). If for some reason portlets are not deploying as expected, verify your settings.The new portlet is automatically deployed based on the Interval setting. The default is every 10 seconds. However, the Dashboard server can be restarted in order to force an immediate update if necessary.
To deplay a portlet using hot deploy:
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and select .Under
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.Click .war file to deploy.
to locate theOptionally, specify the context for the deployment.
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to upload the archive file and deploy the portlet.