Configure startup order of websphere application withing EAR

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Is it possible to define startup order of the WebSphere enterprise application within EAR (some of descriptor/binding files, META-INF or anywhere else)?

The procedure described in IBM InfoCenter requires using AdminConsole, but I would prefer to set fixed order in the EAR to assert that our 2 EAR's will start in fixed order (one is requiring the other to start before).

Unfortunatelly, I haven't found in Internet any way for setting startup order other then AdminConsole/wsadmin. I don't want to go into AdminConsole each time I redeploy the EAR.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '13 at 19:35

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It is not possible and this completely makes sense, since EARs are self-contained distribution units that should not know anything about each other.

answered Nov 11 '13 at 19:35

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But if one EAR exports some EJBs and the second use them they are not independent, and it's quite a real-world case. – Danubian Sailor Nov 11 '13 at 19:41

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '15 at 19:04

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Not true with Websphere version 6 of the application.xml, there is a setting for true which will boot up the war's in the order they are defined.

answered Nov 05 '15 at 19:04

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 05 '19 at 20:14

Using Websphere specific configuration xml, <EAR>/src/main/application/META-INF/ibmconfig/cells/defaultCell/applications/defaultApp/deployments/defaultApp/deployment.xml, we could set startup order.

Example: startingWeight="100"

    <appdeployment:Deployment xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:appdeployment="http://www.ibm.com/websphere/appserver/schemas/5.0/appdeployment.xmi" xmi:id="Deployment_1343411066534">
    <deployedObject xmi:type="appdeployment:ApplicationDeployment" xmi:id="ApplicationDeployment_1343411066534" startingWeight="100">

Configure startup order of websphere application withing EAR

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