• Management of application configuration: Provides management support of configurations items like shared lib, jndi names, classloader setting, virtual host etc. Allows you to externalize and centrally manage the configuration changes using User Interface.
• Repeatability: Provides the interface to facilitate the change to multiple environments from same application configuration stored in Aura deploy database. This is a powerful feature to guarantee the consistence of change across the environments.
• Rich User Interface for ease of use.
• Standardisation and quality checks
• Out of the box and easy to implement and integrate
• Supports WebSphere Application Server, Process Server, ESB versions V 5.x, V 6.X , V 7.x

• Reduced labour cost because lesser time is required for the deployment.
• Increased productivity because the automated process eliminates a lot of user’s involvement.
• Improved product quality as chances of human errors in the process are reduced.
• Repeatable as it can be used for multiple applications and multiple release of WebSphere.
• Configuration federation (sharing configuration and attribute information among Server) is key feature delivered.

Key Benefits

WebSphere Portal application deployment comprises of a variety of artefacts including war files, ear files, portal configuration files, Themes and Skins, Lotus WCM artefacts, application server services etc. This variation makes portal deployment unique and often requires a separate set of scripts and deployment process. Aura Deploy for Portal makes it easy by hiding all the complexity behind the scene and providing a neat user interface to manage all the complex deployments though the single interface.

• Defines common deployment tasks/ process out of the box
• Exporting Portal Configuration
• Deployment of War files
• Updating Portal Configuration
• Themes and Skins
• Provides compare functionality side by side to help identify the differences between environments
• Facility to backup the configuration before any deployments, for easy rollbacks
• Provides flexibility for easy adoption within an organization
• Fits within the deployment processes
• Easy to extend to meet specific organizational requirements
• Can be integrated with any version control system to manage deployment artefacts
• Rich User Interface for ease of use (in Beta release)
• Supports WebSphere Portal Server V 6.1 onwards (but can be adopted to lower versions, if required)