# Publishing your application

In this product, publishing involves copying files (projects, resource files, and server configurations) to the correct location for the server to find and use them. In the test environments, these files may already be in the correct location. In some cases, temporary copies of the server configurations may be created.

You can either publish your application automatically or manually. If the Automatically publish before starting servers check box on the Server preferences page ( Window > Preferences > Server) is selected, the server tools check to see if your project and files on the server are synchronized. If they are not, the project and the files are automatically updated when the server is either started or restarted.

To publish your application manually you can complete one of the following in the Servers view:

- Select the server and then click the Publish to the server icon located on the toolbar.
- Right-click the server and then select Publish.

All the projects defined in the server configuration that are associated with the selected server are published. The resources in these projects are transferred to the location that is defined by the server.

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