From release 2.0 5 onwards, CAST ships a ZIP JAR file for each CAST Dashboardthe RestAPI, alongside the traditional WAR file that has always been delivered. The ZIP JAR file is an alternative method of deploying the CAST Dashboards based on Spring Boot and does not require a web application server (the application server is embedded in the ZIP JAR itself). The aim of the ZIP JAR file releases is to simplify and speed up the deployment of the CAST DashboardsRestAPI. The deployment and configuration of the Spring Boot based dashboards differs slightly to the steps required for traditional WAR files.
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