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Deploying cartridges

A cartridge is a package of related Claim Processors that perform a certain task: a cartridge XML configuration file wires Claim Processors together and defines the input and output claims required by the Claim Processors. Cartridges hook into the Ambient Data Framework.

Before you begin

Make sure you have deployed and configured the Ambient Data Framework.

Procedure

  1. Package your cartridge into a JAR file.
  2. Deploy your cartridge JAR files into your Web application:
    • on .NET platform, copy the JAR files to your Tridion installation \lib directory.
    • on Java platform, copy the JAR files to your Web site WEB-INF\lib directory.

What to do next

Configuring cartridges