Web service deployment options

After you create a web service, you have a choice of deployment options. If you deploy a web service to the product web service container, the deployment is automatic. If you deploy a web service to an application server web service container, the deployment is manual.

You can deploy web services to one container type only. You cannot deploy some web services to a product web service container and deploy other web services to an application server web service container. Deployment to the web service container for the product is the quicker option, because the deployment is automatic. This type of deployment does not require redeployment of the Maximo® EAR files or a restart of the application server.

To invoke a web service on the application server, you must deploy the service to the application server web service container. Integration with an application server can provide a web service with access to additional services, such as enhanced security policies. If you choose this type of deployment, the information is added to the deplmodule.dar file. You must then add this file to the application server deployment directory, rebuild the EAR files, and restart the application server.

You can convert existing web services that are deployed to the product web service container to redeploy them to the application server web service container.