Custom service settings

Use this page to configure a service that runs in an appserver.

To view this console page, click Servers > Application servers > server. Then, under Server Infrastructure, click Administration > Custom services >custom_service_name.

If you are developing a custom service for a node agent, click System administration > Node agents > node_agent_name. Then, under Additional Properties, click Custom services >custom_service_name to view this console page.

 

Configuration tab

Enable service at server startup

Specify whether the server attempts to start and initialize the service when its containing process (the server) starts. By default, the service is not enabled when its containing process starts.

Data type	Boolean
Default	false

External Configuration URL

Specify the URL for a custom service configuration file.

If your custom services class requires a configuration file, specify the fully-qualified path name to that configuration file for the value. This file name is passed into your custom service class.

Data type	String
Units	URL

Classname

Specify the class name of the service implementation. This class must implement the Custom Service interface.

Data type	String
Units	Java class name

Display Name

Name of the service.

Data type

String

Description

Describes the custom service.

Data type

String

Classpath

Specify the class path used to locate the classes and JAR files for this service.

Data type	String
Units	Class path

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Related tasks

Creating custom services

 

Related information

Reference: Generated API documentation

 

Reference topic