The Export feature automatically packages the module into a single zip archive, prepared for import into another system. To export a module from the Module management screen in the administration view, click on the module's icon and select Export from the popup menu. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to export the module. Clicking Ok will begin an export process that looks similar to publishing a project. The last line in the list of messages should say something like ... the module has been exported, indicating that the files from the module were packaged into a single archive and written to the real file system.

By default, modules are exported to $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/opencms/WEB-INF/export/modules/, where they are named as [module-name]_[version].zip; for example, com.example.genericxml.xslt_1.0.zip. The zip file contains all the files necessary for importing this module into another OpenCms server—including the contents of the module...