Publishing your application by using developer tools

Publishing involves copying files (projects, resource files, and server configurations) to the correct location for the server to find and use them. You can either publish your application automatically or manually.

About this task

If you choose to publish your application automatically, the publishing frequency is controlled by a configurable publishing interval. If you do not want to wait for the automatic publishing interval to pass, or the Never publish automatically option is enabled, at anytime you can manually request the workbench to issue a publish command to the server. Each manual publish command causes a single publishing request to the server.

Procedure

To publish your application to a server automatically, complete the following steps:
1. Open the Server preferences page by clicking Window > Preferences > Server > Launching, and select the Automatically publish when starting servers check box.
  The workbench checks to see if your project and files on the server are synchronized. If they are not, the project and the files are automatically updated when the server is either started or restarted.
2. (optional) Modify the Publishing settings. To modify the Publishing settings, right-click the server in the Servers view and select Open.
  In the Overview page of the server editor, under the Publishing settings, you will find the following settings:
  - Never publish automatically: Specifies the workbench should never publish files to the server.
  - Automatically publish when resources change: Specifies the workbench to issue a publish after changes on a file that is associated with the server are saved and a full time interval has passed in the Publishing interval setting. In the workbench, the default setting is the Automatically publish when resources change option is enabled with a value set in the publishing interval.
  - Automatically publish after a build event: Specifies the workbench to issue a publish after changes on a file that requires a build and is associated with the server are saved, and a full time interval has passed in the Publishing interval setting.
  - Publishing interval (in seconds): Specifies the number of seconds required before the workbench calls a publish to happen on the server. However, if you make a subsequent change to the files before this time interval has completed, the publish is delayed as the timer is reset. The workbench makes a publish to the server only after the full time interval has passed. If you set the publishing interval to 0 seconds, an immediate publish should happen after changes on a file are saved.
To publish your application to a server manually, complete the following steps:
1. Select the server and then click the Publish to the server icon located on the toolbar.
2. Right-click the server and then select Publish.