Creates a Payara Server deployment group.
Description
The create-deployment-group subcommand creates a Payara Server deployment group. Initially the deployment group contains no Payara Server instances, applications, or resources.
To add instances to the cluster, use the add-instance-to-deployment-group.
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Deploying applications by using the deploysubcommand
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Creating resources by using subcommands such as create-jdbc-resource
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Creating references to applications that are already deployed in other targets by using the create-application-refsubcommand
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Creating references to resources that are already created in other targets by using the create-resource-refsubcommand
This subcommand is supported in remote mode only.
Options
- asadmin-options
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Options for the asadminutility. For information about these options, see theasadminhelp page.
- --help
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Displays the help text for the subcommand. 
Operands
- name
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The name of the deployment group. The name must meet the following requirements: - 
The name may contain only ASCII characters. 
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The name must start with a letter, a number, or an underscore. 
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The name may contain only the following characters: - 
Lowercase letters 
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Uppercase letters 
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Numbers 
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Hyphen 
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Period 
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Underscore 
 
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The name must be unique in the domain and must not be the name of another cluster, a named configuration, a Payara Server instance, or a node. 
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The name must not be domain,server, or any other keyword that is reserved by Payara Server.
 
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Examples
Example 1 Creating a Deployment Group
This example creates a deployment group that is named test-dgroup:
asadmin create-deployment-group test-dgroup
Command create-deployment-group executed successfully.