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This portlet allows you to deploy new applications to the Apache Geronimo server. For example, a Web applications require requires a deployment plansplan, which are is either packaged within the war file with the name geronimo-web.xml, or kept in as a separate XML file which is typically called geronimo-web.xmlthat is deployed by using the Plan field in the Deployer portlet. See Deploying applications Via Geronimo Administration Console for more information on using the Deployer function.
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