About the Portal Scripting Interface

 

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Overview

The Portal Scripting Interface allows us to create scripts that portal administrators can use to perform administrative tasks from a command line.

Scripts enable development teams to apply administration actions even if they do not have permission to work interactively with the productions system.

Portal scripts...

• Provide repeatability and avoid user errors that are likely in manual administration procedures.

• Provides delegated administration.

• Allow enterprises to use automated solution deployment and distributed staging processes, provding more functionalityy than the XML configuration interface.

• Allow a new release to be developed and tested on a test system and can then be integrated into the production system while the system is running.

• Automate updates of portal...
  • content
  • configuration
  • releases
  • components

• Allow execution of interactive portal administrative tasks without requiring a Web browser.

• Enable automated administration and maintenance.

• Can apply portal configuration updates in real time.

• Is is an extension of the WebSphere Application Server scripting interface (wsadmin). If you are already familiar with the interface, the learning curve is lessened.

• Can be developed using any text editor.

 

Related information

• Work with the Portal Scripting Interface
• Command reference for the Portal Scripting Interface
• Portal configuration
• The XML configuration interface
• Administer the portal

 

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Portal Scripting Interface

 

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