Abstract: A system and method for application scoping that can be added to the application model for an application server, making it less global-centric and more application-centric. The JNDI tree is configured to allow for an application-private JNDI section. This private JNDI section then acts as a private data repository for the application. Resources that are needed by the application can be stored in the application-specific JNDI tree, and thus “scoped” to that particular application. As applications are added to the system, they can be specified in this way. The overall result is fewer changes at the system-wide or global level. The application scoping features provided by the invention include: Use of application scoped JNDI tree; Application Scoped JDBC DataSources; and Application Scoped Security. Application scoped resources provide two primary advantages—Security, in that resources owned by one application can't be used by another; and Simplified packaging and configuration.

Abstract: In embodiments, a multi-phase approach can be used to deploy an application across a network or server cluster. A master deployer on an administration server is contracted, such as by a deployment took, indicating that an application is to be deployed. The master contacts a slave deployer on each managed server that is to deploy the application, indicating that the slave should prepare for deployment. The slave can pull the application from an application source into a staging area for each managed server. In the staging area, each managed server explodes the application from an application archive file, if necessary, and attempts to load the application. The managed servers notify the master of the success of the load, and if all loads are successful each application can be moved to a production directory and activated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a deployment plan for an application server environment. In one embodiment, the deployment plan is an XML document that can be associated with any application that is deployed to an application server environment. The deployment plan may incorporates all server [vendor] specific deployment information as required by JSR-88 as well as the application configuration attributes that need to be resolved for each application server environment to which that application is deployed to. Additionally, it can contain references to custom module descriptors.