# Updating the application to include the portal-ext.properties file on WAS 6.1

After you create the portal-ext.properties file, you can use the IBM Integrated Solutions Console to update the portal WAR module with the additional file.

This topic documents the use of the Integrated Solutions Console to update the Discovery Framework application, to include portal-ext.properties in the endeca-portal.war module. These steps may be performed with the wsadmin tool instead of the Integrated Solutions Console and may need to be adjusted for alternate WAS configurations.

Note: In order to make changes to the portal-ext.properties file, users will need to repeat these steps to update the application with updated versions of the portal-ext.properties file. In some environments, it may be more appropriate to deploy the portal-ext.properties file to the Liferay Home directory, where it can be updated without updating the deployed application. That option is described in the next topic.

To deploy a portal-ext.properties file in the Integrated Solutions Console:

1. Go to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere Enterprise Applications and select the enterprise application created when you deployed the portal WAR. Click Update.
2. Select Replace or add a single file.
3. Specify the path to deploy the file into the WEB-INF/classes directory of the portal Web application. For example: `endeca-portal-<version>.war/WEB-INF/classes/portal-ext.properties`
4. Browse to where you created the file on your computer.
5. Once the file has successfully updated, click Save directly to master configuration.