Context root folder location in WebSphere

Question

Trying to include some custom html files for a webapp in the context root folder in WebSphere. What's the physical directory structure/URL in WebSphere 8.5 for the context root? In JBOSS, it used to be

jboss\server\default\deploy\jbossweb-tomcat50.sar\ROOT.war

Looking for the WebSphere equivalent of this location. Any tips?

Answer 1

A war in WebSphere will be expanded into <WebSphere install dir>/profiles/<profile name>/config/cells/<cell name>/applications/<app name>.ear/deployments/<app name>/<module name>.war/

If new/changed files in that directory don't get picked up you'll have to edit the compressed .ear of the app to include those files and update/redeploy it through the admin console or wsadmin.