# High-level overview of WebSphere Application Server 6.1 deployment

This topic provides an overview of the steps you need to take to deploy the Discovery Framework on WAS 6.1.

Details on each of these steps appear in the topics that follow.

To deploy the Discovery Framework on WAS 6.1:

1. Deploy dependency .jar files. The exact list of required files and destination directories appears below.
2. Start (or restart) the WAS server.
3. Install the Discovery Framework .war file as an enterprise application.
4. Edit and deploy portal-ext.properties.
5. Create the endeca-data-sources/*.json data source configuration files. For more information, see the section "Discovery Framework data sources" in the Power User's Guide.
6. Install the Endeca theme, portlet components, and other framework .war files.
7. Install the Liferay license. The instructions for obtaining and installing the license are provided later in this section.
8. Start the Discovery Framework enterprise application.
9. Optionally, repeat step 6 for any additional plugins you want to add.