jboss-eap-6.1 - Is it possible to deploy a configuration item via the "deployments" watch folder?

[c23474]

I'm using jboss-eap-6.1 (Jboss 7.2) and I wanted to know if I could leverage with watch folder (deployments) for the standalone to make adjustments to the jboss configuration by uploading *.xml files.  Drop a war/ear file into the the deployments folder it deploys the application just fine.  I can drop an XML file in the deployments folder and it deploys it successfully, but the end result is that it doesn't do what the XML configuration is configured to do.

Example:

I took the following XML (testing.xml) and dropped it into the deployments folder and Jboss indicated that it deployed successfully.

<server xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:1.4">

<profile>

  <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:deployment-scanner:1.1">

   <deployment-scanner path="testing" relative-to="jboss.server.base.dir" scan-interval="5000"/>

  </subsystem>             

</profile>                

</server> 

The above config should have updated the "testing" path as an additional watch folder, but didn't so the question is...can I use the deployment folder to upload XML files to change things like logging details or add a JDBC datasource?

[jaysensharma]

Everything which is placed inside the deployments will not be considered by JBoss as a configurable service. However you can configure the datasource and jms destinations by deploying the  "*-ds.xml" and "*-jms.xml" files.   However those are not recommended ways because those are called as unmanaged services, means using console or CLI utilities oyu will not be able to manage those resources.

In order to know how to configure datasource using deployable *-ds.xml file refer to Excited about JBoss AS 7.1 Part I: Deployable Datasources

Similarly in order to know about deployable JMS resources using *-jms.xml file refer to section "Deployment of -jms.xml files" in link https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS71/Messaging+configuration

[jaikiran]

The deployments folder is watched for only known types of deployment packages (like .war, .ear, .jar, .rar) and it ignores the rest of the files in there. So no, that folder isn't meant for these kind of xml files.

Edit: Did not notice Jay's reply when I posted mine.

[ctomc]

You could use CLI deployment archives for what you want.

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