The Maven team is pleased to announce the WebSphere AppServer plugin 1.0 release! http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/was40/ The Maven WebSphere AppServer plugin is a plugin containing goals useful for persons wishing to deploy their applications on IBM's WebSphere Application Server v4.0. Features in this version includes: o Ability to start and stop WebSphere nodes o Ability to deploy and undeploy ear files o Ability to start and stop deployed Enterprise Applications o Ability to stop and stop WebSphere Application Servers on a node o Ability to list accessible nodes o Ability to start and stop server groups o Ability to deploy applications to server groups Note that this plugin has been tested with Maven beta 9. Using it with another version of Maven is at your own risks! :-) You can download the WebSphere Application Server Maven plugin here: http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/maven/jars/maven-was40-plugin-1.0.jar Have fun! -dIon