EAServer runs Ant build files to perform most administrative and deployment tasks. You can run Ant configuration scripts to define and configure entities such as EJB modules, Web applications, data sources, servers, and so forth.
When you deploy J2EE archives, EAServer generates Ant configuration files to apply the configuration settings described in the J2EE deployment descriptor. You can embed EAServer user configuration files to customize the settings and perform configuration tasks beyond those described in the deployment descriptor, such as defining data sources or administrative user accounts.
EAServer includes the following utilities to run Ant build files:
djc-ant – to run the included Ant installation in the EAServer environment.
configure – to
run Ant and invoke the configure target
in an EAServer configuration file
recompile – to
run Ant and invoke the recompile target
in an EAServer configuration file
jagant – which is the same as djc-ant and provided for backward compatibility with EAServer 5.x
