You can deploy GSS either in its own ear file or as part of the Cúram ear file. The EJBServer/project/config/deployment_packaging.xml contains an option to include GSS, called requireSearchServer. If you set this and build your Cúram ear then you do not need to deploy GSS as a separate ear file (in fact, your application server will not allow this). In general we do not recommend this as it is not a highly performant deployment configuration but it may be useful for testing purposes or small deployments.