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Module deployment properties

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Each module has a set of deployment properties associated with it by default; these are stored in the deployment descriptor file. If you want to specify different values for these properties, you can edit them directly in the descriptor file or in the IBM® Integration Designer module deployment editor.

Any changes that you directly make to module deployment properties in deployment descriptor files are typically overwritten when the deploy code is next regenerated.

However, you can use the module deployment editor to specify and retain changes to module deployment properties. The module deployment editor saves your changes to a deployment side file, which is used to automatically update the module deployment properties in the deployment descriptor files whenever the deploy code is regenerated or the module is installed on the server.

You can use the module deployment editor to make the following kinds of updates to the deployment properties:
  • Change URLs for web service exports
  • Create and assign security roles for web service exports
  • Bind security roles (including roles that are defined in assembly diagrams)
  • Edit WS-Security properties for JAX-RPC exports and imports
  • Add JAX-RPC handlers for web service imports and exports
  • Add resource references
Important: For EJB module generation during SCA module deployment, consider the following behavior of JAX-RPC web services:
  • When a JAX-RPC web services SCA binding is used in your SCA module, it triggers an EJB module that is created dynamically at deployment time to contain the web service and its settings.
  • You can get the information about the generated EJB module by using the administrative console to view the modules for the application. Look up the related artifacts there or use the AdminApp.View command. Fore more information, see Commands for the AdminApp object using wsadmin scripting External link opens a new window or tab in the WebSphere® Application Server information center.
  • If you have set properties on the SCA module's deployment descriptor that are related to the JAX-RPC web services SCA bindings, they will be transferred to the generated EJB module. For example, see the settings used in Implementing authentication.
  • The values can be modified by accessing the web services subsections of the EJB module in the administrative console or by using the adminApp.edit command with one of the options like -WebServicesClientBindPortInfo. For more information, see Configuring web service client port information using wsadmin scripting External link opens a new window or tab in the WebSphere Application Server documentation.
  • The EJB module is not created when JAX-WS bindings are used. JAX-WS bindings are the default web services SCA binding type for IBM Business Automation Workflow.