10.9. Deployment Descriptor Overrides

Procedure 10.18. Override the deployment descriptor using the Management CLI

1. Add a deployment overlay and add content to it. You can achieve this in the following two ways:

   • Using DMR tree

     1. /deployment-overlay=myoverlay:add

     2. /deployment-overlay=myoverlay/content=WEB-INF\/web.xml:add(content={url=file:///home/user/web.xml})

        You can also add more content rules using the second statement.

   • Using convenience methods

     deployment-overlay add --name=myoverlay --content=WEB-INF/web.xml=/home/user/web.xml

2. Link the overlay to a deployment archive. You can achieve this in the following two ways:

   • Using DMR tree

     /deployment-overlay=myoverlay/deployment=app.war:add

   • Using convenience methods

     deployment-overlay link --name=myoverlay --deployments=app.war

     To specify multiple archive names, separate them by commas.
   Note that the deployment archive name need not exist on the server. You are specifying the name, but not yet linking it to an actual deployment.

3. Redeploy the application

   /deployment=app.war:redeploy