This topic covers extending the Deploy plugin for Deploy plugin for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6 and JBoss Application Server (AS)/WildFly 7.1+ using the Deploy plugin API type system and Jython.
You can extend Deploy by adding user interface (UI) screens that call REST services from the Deploy REST API or from custom endpoints, backed by Jython scripts that you write.
This topic covers the Deploy GlassFish plugin is designed to be extended through the Deploy plugin API type system and Jython. The plugin wraps the GlassFish command-line interface (CLI) with a Jython runtime environment, so that extenders can interact with GlassFish and Deploy from the script.
In Deploy, you can define control tasks and use them to execute actions from the Deploy GUI or CLI.
The Deploy rules system enables you to use XML or Jython to specify the steps that belong in a deployment plan and how the steps are configured.
You can use Jython scripting to extend or customize Deploy actions, events, or components. This topic describes best practices for writing, organizing and packaging your Jython scripts.