Variable settings
Use this page to define the name and value of a WebSphere Variable. A WebSphere variable is a name and value pairs that is used to provide the setting for one of the string data type attributes contained in one of the XML formatted configuration files that reside in the product repository.
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Environment | WebSphere Variables | WebSphere_variable_name
Configuration tab
- Name
Symbolic name for a WAS variable. For example, a variable name might represent a physical path or URL root that is used by WAS. WAS variables are used for:
- Configure WAS path names, such as JAVA_HOME, and APP_INSTALL_ROOT.
- Configure certain cell-wide customization values.
WAS substitutes the symbolic name wherever its value displays in the system.
For example, JAVA_HOME is the symbolic name representing the file system path to the installation directory for the JVM. For example, the value is...
/opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/java...for the WAS product on a Linux machine.
You can create new variables for use in WAS components that support the use of variables.
When establishing administrative security, the security component only supports the following variables:
- APP_INSTALL_ROOT
- WAS_INSTALL_ROOT
- USER_INSTALL_ROOT
- WAS_TEMP_DIR
- WAS_PROPS_DIR
- WAS_ETC_DIR
The security component uses these variables as security defaults when making substitutions that identify a path to the security configuration settings.
Data type String
- Value
Specify the value that the symbolic name represents. For example, the value might be an absolute path value for a file or URL root.
For example, /opt/IBM/WAS/AppServer/java is the value on a Linux machine for a variable named JAVA_HOME.
Data type String
- Description
Documents the purpose of a variable.
Data type String
Related tasks
Configure WebSphere variables
Reference topic