Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Scripting the application serving environment (wsadmin) > Use properties files to manage system configuration > Manage specific configuration objects using properties files > Use application properties files to install, update, and delete enterprise application files > Work with application deployment properties files

Work with application configuration properties files

We can use properties files to create, modify, or delete application configuration objects.

Determine the changes to make to an application configuration object.

Start wsadmin.sh.

To start wsadmin using the Jython language, run...

WP_PROFILE/bin/wsadmin -lang jython

Use a properties file, you can create, modify, or delete an application configuration.

Run administrative commands using wsadmin to create or change a properties file for an application configuration, validate the properties, and apply them to the configuration.

Actions for application configuration properties files. We can create, modify, and delete application configuration properties.

Action	Procedure
create	Set required properties and then run applyConfigProperties.
modify	Make required changes to properties and then run applyConfigProperties.
delete	To delete the entire ApplicationConfig object, uncomment #DELETE=true and then run deleteConfigProperties.
create Property	Not applicable
delete Property	Not applicable

Optionally, you can use interactive mode with the commands:

AdminTask.command_name('-interactive')

Procedure

• Create a properties file for an ApplicationConfig object.

  1. Set ApplicationConfig properties as needed.

     Open an editor on an ApplicationConfig properties file. Modify the Environment Variables section to match the system and set any property value that needs to be changed. An example ApplicationConfig properties file follows:

     #
     # Header
     #
     ResourceType=ApplicationConfig
     ImplementingResourceType=Application ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:Deployment=!{applicationName}:ApplicationDeployment=:ApplicationConfig=
     #DELETE=true
     #
     
     #
     #Properties
     #
     enableSFSBFailover=false #boolean,default(false)
     overrideDefaultDRSSettings=false #boolean,default(false)
     
     #
     EnvironmentVariablesSection
     #
     #
     #Environment Variables
     cellName=myCell04
     applicationName=myApp
     

  2. Run applyConfigProperties to create or change an application configuration.

     Run applyConfigProperties applies the properties file to the configuration. In this Jython example, the optional -reportFileName parameter produces a report named report.txt:

     AdminTask.applyConfigProperties(['-propertiesFileName myObjectType.props -reportFileName report.txt '])
     

• Modify an existing properties file.
  1. Obtain a properties file for the application configuration to change.

     We can extract a properties file for an ApplicationConfig object using the extractConfigProperties command.

  2. Open the properties file in an editor and change the properties as needed.

     Ensure that the environment variables in the properties file match the system.

  3. Run applyConfigProperties.

• If you no longer need the application configuration, you can delete the entire application configuration object.

  To delete the entire object, specify DELETE=true in the header section of the properties file and run deleteConfigProperties; for example:

  AdminTask.deleteConfigProperties('[-propertiesFileName myObjectType.props -reportFileName report.txt]')
  

Results

We can use the properties file to configure and manage the application configuration object and its properties.

What to do next

Save the changes to the configuration.
Extract properties files using wsadmin.sh
Create server, cluster, application, or authorization group objects using properties files and wsadmin scripting
Delete server, cluster, application, or authorization group objects using properties files

Related

PropertiesBasedConfiguration command group using wsadmin.sh

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