Controlling incremental publish on a local WebSphere Application Server
Use the Advanced Publishing Settings to control incremental publish on local installations of WebSphere® Application Server based on updates to files with certain file extensions. You have the option of listing file extensions to either trigger or do not trigger the server to publish. You can define the settings specific to a server or as a workspace preference.
Before you begin
- To use the advanced publishing settings, you must enable the Run server with resources within the workspace publishing option. The advanced publishing settings are not available for the Run server with resources on server publishing option. For more information about these publishing options, see Publishing settings for a WebSphere Application Server.
About this task
Publishing a large application in its entirety can be slow, as a result incremental publish is a helpful feature that is provided by the development workbench. Incremental publish is when a server publishes updates to a previously published application quickly by publishing only those files that were modified. However, there are some files when modified that do not require the server to issue an incremental publish, which can take a long time for large applications. Therefore, you can improve publishing performance and shorten publishing cycles by specifying which file types need update during an incremental publish; or alternatively, specifying which file types do not require a publish.
Some file types that you might not be interested in publishing when modified include image or static web page files. You might want the server to avoid running an incremental publish when these file types are modified to minimize your development time. Here you can take advantage of the List of file extensions that do not trigger the server to publish option.
Alternatively, you might want to focus on developing certain parts of your application and only interested in seeing the updates on the server for these file types when modified. Here you can take advantage of the List of file extensions that trigger the server to publish option.