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 Control Panel under Plugins Installation (Click Install More Portlets feature and select Configuration). 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:
Click Welcome and select Control Panel.
Under Server, select Plugins Installation.
Click Install More Portlets.
Click Upload File.
Click Browse to locate the .war file to deploy.
Optionally, specify the context for the deployment.
Click Install to upload the archive file and deploy the portlet.