Specifying configuration objects using the wsadmin tool

Specifying configuration objects using the wsadmin tool

Overview
To manage an existing configuration object, identify the configuration object and obtain a configuration ID of the object to use for subsequent manipulation.

Procedure

Start wsadmin
Obtain the configuration ID in one of the following ways:

Obtain the ID of the configuration object with the getid command, for example:

Jacl:
set var [$AdminConfig getid /type:name/]

Jython
var = AdminConfig.getid('/type:name/')

where:

set is a Jacl command
var is a variable name
$ is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
AdminConfig is an object representing the WAS configuration
getid is an AdminConfig command
/type:name/ is the hierarchical containment path of the configuration object
type is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one that is based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the administrative console.
name is the optional name of the object

We can specify multiple /type:name/ value pairs in the string, for example, /type:name/type:name/type:name/. If you specify the type in the containment path without the name, include the colon, for example, /type:/. The containment path must be a path that contains the correct hierarchical order. For example, if you specify /Server:server1/Node:node/ as the containment path, you do not receive a valid configuration ID because Node is a parent of Server and comes before Server in the hierarchy.
This command returns all the configuration IDs that match the representation of the containment and assigns them to a variable.
To look for all the server configuration IDs that reside in the mynode node, use the code in the following example:

Jacl:
set nodeServers [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:/]

Jython
nodeServers = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:/')

To look for the server1 configuration ID that resides in mynode, use the code in the following example:

Jacl:
set server1 [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:server1/]

Jython
server1 = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:server1/')

To look for all the server configuration IDs, use the code in the following example:

Jacl:
set servers [$AdminConfig getid /Server:/]

Jython
servers = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:/')

Obtain the ID of the configuration object with the list command, for example:

Jacl:
set var [$AdminConfig list type]
or
set var [$AdminConfig list type scopeId]

Jython

var = AdminConfig.list('type')

var = AdminConfig.list('type', 'scopeId')

where:

set is a Jacl command
var is a variable name
$ is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
AdminConfig is an object that represents the WAS configuration
list is an AdminConfig command
type is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one that is based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the administrative console.
scopeId is the configuration ID of a cell, a node, or a server object

This command returns a list of configuration object IDs of a given type. If you specify the scopeId value, the list of objects is returned within the specified scope. The returned list is assigned to a variable.

To look for all the server configuration IDs, use the following example:

Jacl:
```
set servers [$AdminConfig list Server]
```
Jython
```
servers = AdminConfig.list('Server')
```

To look for all the server configuration IDs in the mynode node, use the code in the following example:

Jacl:

set scopeid [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/]
set nodeServers [$AdminConfig list Server $scopeid]

Jython

scopeid = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/')
nodeServers = AdminConfig.list('Server', scopeid)

If more than one configuration ID is returned from the getid or the list command, the IDs are returned in a list syntax. One way to retrieve a single element from the list is to use the lindex command. The following example retrieves the first configuration ID from the server object list:

Jacl:

set allServers [$AdminConfig getid /Server:/]
set aServer [lindex $allServers 0]

Jython

allServers = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:/')

  # get line separator 
  import  java
  lineSeparator = java.lang.System.getProperty('line.separator')

  arrayAllServers = allServers.split(lineSeparator)
  aServer = arrayAllServers[0]

For other ways to manipulate the list and perform pattern matching to look for a specified configuration object, refer to the Jacl syntax.

Result

We can now use the configuration ID in any subsequent AdminConfig commands that require a configuration ID as a parameter.

Specifying configuration objects using the wsadmin tool

Overview

Procedure

Result

See Also

See Also

set	is a Jacl command
var	is a variable name
$	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
AdminConfig	is an object representing the WAS configuration
getid	is an AdminConfig command
/type:name/	is the hierarchical containment path of the configuration object
type	is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one that is based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the administrative console.
name	is the optional name of the object