title: Is it possible to deploy an exploded war file (unzipped war) in JBoss AS 7
body: <p>I Have no problem in deploying an <b>'app.war'</b> file when copied into the below deployments folder : <br/>
   <b>"jboss-as-7.0.0.Final\jboss-as-7.0.0.Final\standalone\deployments"</b>; JBoss7 would deploy it properly.<br/>
  I would like to do the same for an exploded folder <b>'app'</b>(i.e. extracted app.war). Apache Tomcat works properly with an exploded folder in its deployment directories, but am unable to do the same for JBoss.<br/> </p>
  
  <p>I did put  <b>deployment-scanner auto-deploy-exploded='true'</b> in JBoss console; and I did create <b>'app.war.dodeploy'</b> file along with an extracted <b>'app'</b> folder in deployments directory. I am unable deploy and start the 'app' in jboss server.   </p>
  
  <p><b>I am wondering if it is possible to deploy an exploded war file (unzipped war) in JBoss7.</b></p>
  
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  I would like to particularly deploy an unzipped folder because I am using '<a href="http://www.kwatee.net/" rel="noreferrer">Kwatee</a>' deployment software. Kwatee copies an exploded (extracted war) folder to its target server deployment folder. I would appreciate if anyone knows How to make Kwatee move a 'war' file as it is, instead of moving an extracted war folder. I would also appreciate if anyone can suggest an alternate software for Kwatee or <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14327273/open-source-deployment-tool-required-to-deploy-ear-war-files-to-any-hosted-se">answer my previous related question</a>  </p>