Generating the manifest.json file using the bwdesign Utility

To push an application created in TIBCO Business Studio for BusinessWorks, there must be a manifest.json file that defines your application. Applications that were built with versions on or before TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition 2.8.3 do not have the manifest.json file generated and bundled with their EAR file.

The file can be generated from the bwdesign utility as follows: 

generate_manifest_json -ear ear_location manifest_location
    Procedure
  1. Open a command prompt or terminal window.
  2. Navigate to <BW_HOME>\bin directory.
  3. Enter the following command: 
    bwdesign
  4. Enter the following command:
    Note: Use a new fresh clean workspace for manifest_location when running the following command for generating the manifest.json file. 
    generate_manifest_json -ear ear_location manifest_location

    Whereear_location is the path to the EAR file and manifest_location is the location where you would like to save the generated manifest.json file.