Configure applications for session management using scripting

 

Overview

Use the AdminApp object to set configurations in an application. Some configuration settings are not available through the AdminApp object. The following task provides an example that uses the AdminConfig object to configure a session manager for the application.

 

Procedure

1. Start wsadmin

2. Identify the deployment configuration object for the application and assign it to the deployment variable. For example:

   • Jacl

     set deployments [$AdminConfig getid /Deployment:myApp/]
     

   • Jython

     deployments = AdminConfig.getid('/Deployment:myApp/')
     print deployments
     

   where:

   set	is a Jacl command
   deployments	is a variable name
   $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   AdminConfig	is an object representing the WebSphere Application Server configuration
   getid	is an AdminConfig command
   Deployment	is an attribute
   myApp	is the value of the attribute

   Example output:

   myApp(cells/mycell/applications/myApp.ear/deployments/myApp|deployment.xml#Deployment_1)
   

3. Retrieve the application deployment object and assign it to the appDeploy variable. For example:

   • Jacl

     set appDeploy [$AdminConfig showAttribute $deployments deployedObject]
     

   • Jython

     appDeploy = AdminConfig.showAttribute(deployments, 'deployedObject')
     print appDeploy
     

   where:

   set	is a Jacl command
   appDeploy	is a variable name
   $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   AdminConfig	is an object that represents the WebSphere Application Server configuration
   showAttribute	is an AdminConfig command
   deployments	evaluates the ID of the deployment object that is specified in step number 1
   deployedObject	is an attribute

   Example output:

   (cells/mycell/applications/myApp.ear/deployments/myApp|deployment.xml#ApplicationDeployment_1)
   

4. To obtain a list of attributes that one can set for a session manager, use the attributes command. For example:

   • Jacl

     $AdminConfig attributes SessionManager
     

   • Jython

     print AdminConfig.attributes('SessionManager')
     

   where:

   $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   AdminConfig	is an object that represents the WebSphere Application Server configuration
   attributes	is an AdminConfig command
   SessionManager	is an attribute

   Example output:

   "accessSessionOnTimeout Boolean"
   "allowSerializedSessionAccess Boolean"
   "context ServiceContext@"
   "defaultCookieSettings Cookie"
   "enable Boolean"
   "enableCookies Boolean"
   "enableProtocolSwitchRewriting Boolean"
   "enableSSLTracking Boolean"
   "enableSecurityIntegration Boolean"
   "enableUrlRewriting Boolean"
   "maxWaitTime Integer"
   "properties Property(TypedProperty)*"
   "sessionDRSPersistence DRSSettings"
   "sessionDatabasePersistence SessionDatabasePersistence"
   "sessionPersistenceMode ENUM(DATABASE, DATA_REPLICATION, NONE)"
   "tuningParams TuningParams"
   

5. Set up the attributes for the session manager. The following example sets three top-level attributes in the session manager. We can modify the example to set other attributes of the session manager, including the nested attributes in Cookie, DRSSettings, SessionDataPersistence, and TuningParms object types. To list the attributes for those object types, use the attributes command of the AdminConfig object.

   • Jacl

     set attr1 [list enableSecurityIntegration true]
     set attr2 [list maxWaitTime 30]
     set attr3 [list sessionPersistenceMode NONE]
     set attrs [list $attr1 $attr2 $attr3]
     set sessionMgr [list sessionManagement $attrs]
     
     

     Example output using Jacl:

     sessionManagement {{enableSecurityIntegration true} {maxWaitTime 30} {sessionPersistenceMode NONE}}
     

   • Jython

     attr1 = ['enableSecurityIntegration', 'true']
     attr2 = ['maxWaitTime', 30]
     attr3 = ['sessionPersistenceMode', 'NONE']
     attrs = [attr1, attr2, attr3]
     sessionMgr = [['sessionManagement', attrs]]
     

     Example output using Jython:

     [[sessionManagement, [[enableSecurityIntegration, true], [maxWaitTime, 30], [sessionPersistenceMode, NONE]]]
     

   where:

   set	is a Jacl command
   attr1, attr2, attr3, attrs, sessionMgr	are variable names
   $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   enableSecurityIntegration	is an attribute
   true	is a value of the enableSecurityIntegration attribute
   maxWaitTime	is an attribute
   30	is a value of the maxWaitTime attribute
   sessionPersistenceMode	is an attribute
   NONE	is a value of the sessionPersistenceMode attribute

6. Create the session manager for the application. For example:

   • Jacl

     $AdminConfig create ApplicationConfig $appDeploy [list $sessionMgr]
     $AdminConfig save
     

   • Jython

     print AdminConfig.create('ApplicationConfig', appDeploy, sessionMgr)
     

   where:

   $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   AdminConfig	is an object that represents the WebSphere Application Server configuration
   create	is an AdminConfig command
   ApplicationConfig	is an attribute
   appDeploy	evaluates the ID of the deployed application that is specified in step number 2
   list	is a Jacl command
   sessionMgr	evaluates the ID of the session manager that is specified in step number 4

   Example output:

   (cells/mycell/applications/myApp.ear/deployments/myApp|deployment.xml#ApplicationConfig_1)
   

7. In a network deployment environment only, synchronize the node.

 

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