Tomcat and WebSphere speech application deployment guidelines

Last Updated : Jun 05, 2026 |

You can deploy Orchestration Designer speech applications on a Tomcat or WebSphere application server. If you want to use a different application server, consult your server documentation for deployment requirements.

Supported application servers

  • Tomcat versions 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0

  • Boss Application Server 7

  • Websphere 8.5.5 application server - with Java 7 support

  • Websphere 8.5 application server - with Java 6 suuport by default, but has Java 7 option – see the Websphere documentation for details

  • Websphere 9 application server - with Java 8 support

  • Oracle Weblogic 10.3.6, 11g, and 12c

Apache Tomcat deployment guidelines

To deploy a speech application to an Apache Tomcat application server, you must package the application within a standard Web Archive (WAR) file. A WAR file is a compressed set of files, similar to a ZIP file. The WAR file format is specified by the J2EE specification and all J2EE-compliant application servers should support this format. The Tomcat servlet engine is optimized to handle WAR files. For more information about WAR file requirements for speech applications on your Apache Tomcat system, see the documentation for your system.

When you transport the WAR files to your Apache Tomcat application server, copy them to the directory TomcatHome\webapps\, where TomcatHome is the directory in which your Apache Tomcat application server software is installed.

Then, when you next start Tomcat, Tomcat automatically installs and deploys the application.

Important:

If you are redeploying an existing application, make sure the original application is not running before you deploy the new version on the server. If the original application is running, there could be conflicts with the log files.

IBM WebSphere deployment guidelines

In order to deploy a speech application on an IBM WebSphere or WebSphere Express application server, you must package the application within a standard Enterprise ARchive (EAR) file or Web ARchive (WAR) file with the JDK source level set to 15. These files are compressed sets of files, similar to a ZIP file. IBM WebSphere servlet engines can use either EAR or WAR file formats. For more information about EAR or WAR file requirements for speech applications on your IBM WebSphere system, see the documentation for your system.

When you transport the EAR or WAR files to your IBM WebSphere application server, make note of the directory to which you copy them. Then later, use the WebSphere Administrative Console to actually deploy the application from this location. For more information, see your IBM WebSphere documentation.

Important:

If you are redeploying an existing application, make sure the original application is not running before you deploy the new version on the server. If the original application is running, there could be conflicts with the log files.