Apple Mac OS X Server v10.3 - Manual (Page 11)

Before you can deploy an application on an application server, you have to start the application server
and then configure or assemble the application. This is the process through which you specify data
sources, database mappings, JNDI resources, and so on.
You configure J2EE applications by modifying XML files in META-INF and WEB-INF directories in
application archives. Performing this task manually is tedious and error prone. The JBoss deployment
tool allows you to configure applications without having to unarchive EAR files, WAR files, or JAR
files, as the tool lets you configure these files directly.
This chapter explains how to start the application server and configure and deploy your application.
Starting the Application Server
To configure an application using the deployment tool, you must connect to a running application
server. Follow these steps to start the application server on a computer.
1. Launch Server Admin, located in /Applications/Server .
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Configuring Applications