Deploying Static Plugins documentation for the dotCMS Content Management System

If you are running a standard dotcms release running the bundled Tomcat, these are the steps to deploy a static plugin:

1. Extract the plugin archive into it's own folder in the <your_dotCMS>/plugins folder (e.g. <your_dotCMS>/plugins/oauth)
2. Stop dotcms
3. If you are making changes to an already deployed plugin:
   • undeploy-plugins.sh (Linux, Unix-based)
   • undeploy-plugins.bat (Windows)
4. Deploy your plugin by running:
   • deploy-plugins.sh (Linux, Unix-based)
   • deploy-plugins.bat (Windows)
5. Restart dotCMS

If you are running dotcms as a war file:

1. Extract the plugin archive into it's own folder in the <your_dotCMS>/plugins folder (e.g. <your_dotCMS>/plugins/oauth)
2. If you are making changes to an already deployed plugin:
   • undeploy-plugins.sh (Linux, Unix-based)
   • undeploy-plugins.bat (Windows)
3. Deploy your plugin by running:
   • deploy-plugins.sh (Linux, Unix-based)
   • deploy-plugins.bat (Windows)
4. Generate a new war by running bin/buildwar.sh
5. Follow the best practices for deploying a war file to your application server.