Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

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View middleware server configuration files

You can view and edit configuration files for your middleware servers in the administrative console with the external configuration service.

 

Before you begin

• Create and configure the middleware server in the WebSphere^® Virtual Enterprise environment. See Adding middleware servers to configurations for more information.

• You must know the fully qualified path name of the configuration file to view on the middleware server. This configuration file must be less than 10 megabytes.

 

About this task

By configuring the external configuration service, you can view and edit the configuration files for middleware servers from the administrative console.

 

Procedure

1. Enable the external configuration service for the middleware server. In the administrative console, click Servers > Other middleware servers > server_name > External configuration service. Select Enable external configuration service. Click OK.

2. Specify the configuration files to edit or view in the administrative console. Depending on the server type, one or more configuration files might be listed by default. To add a file to this list, enter the fully qualified path name of the file, and specify if this file is writable. Click Add to add the file to the list. To change the file permission for a file, select the file and click Toggle privileges.

3. View and edit the configuration files. In the administrative console, click Servers > Other middleware servers > server_name. Click the External configuration tab. Select the configuration file and click Retrieve. When you complete editing the file, click Apply to save your changes.

 

What to do next

View the log files for your middleware servers.

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Adding middleware servers to configurations

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Configure the external log viewing service

 

Related concepts

Middleware nodes and servers

 

Related tasks

Manage middleware servers