Work with web server process definition properties files

We can use properties files to modify or delete process definition properties of web servers.

Determine the changes to make to the process definition properties configuration or its configuration objects.

From the server profile bin directory, run wsadmin -lang jython

Using a properties file, we can modify or delete a process definition object.

Run administrative commands using wsadmin to change a properties file for a process definition, validate the properties, and apply them to the configuration.

Action	Procedure
create	Not applicable
modify	Edit properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command to modify the value of a custom property.
delete	Specify the properties to delete in the properties file and then run the deleteConfigProperties command to delete a property. If the deleted property has a default value, the property is set to the default value.
create Property	Not applicable
delete Property	Not applicable

Optionally, we can use interactive mode with the commands:

AdminTask.command_name('-interactive')

• Modify existing process definition properties.

  1. Obtain a properties file for the web server JavaProcessDef to change.

     We can extract a JavaProcessDef properties file using the extractConfigProperties command.

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

     Open an editor and specify JavaProcessDef custom properties in a properties file. We can copy the following example properties into an editor and modify the properties as needed for the situation. To specify a custom property, edit the AttributeInfo value and properties values. Ensure that the environment variables in the properties file match the system.

     #
     # Header
     #
     ResourceType=JavaProcessDef
     ImplementingResourceType=Server
     ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:Node=!{nodeName}:Server=!{serverName}:JavaProcessDef=
     AttributeInfo=processDefinitions
     #
      #
     #Properties
     #
     executableTarget=null
     executableName=apache.exe
     stopCommand="${WEB_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/apache.exe"
     stopCommandArgs={-k,stop,-n,IBMHTTPServer7.0,-f,${WEB_INSTALL_ROOT}/conf/httpd.conf}
     terminateCommand=null
     workingDirectory="${WEB_INSTALL_ROOT}" # required
     startCommandArgs={-k,start,-n,IBMHTTPServer7.0,-f,${WEB_INSTALL_ROOT}/conf/httpd.conf}
     executableArguments={}
     startCommand="${WEB_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/apache.exe"
     executableTargetKind=JAVA_CLASS #ENUM(EXECUTABLE_JAR|JAVA_CLASS),default(JAVA_CLASS)
     terminateCommandArgs={}
     processType=null
      #
     EnvironmentVariablesSection
     #
     #
     #Environment Variables
     cellName=myNode04Cell
     nodeName=myNode04
     serverName=IHS

  3. Run the applyConfigProperties command to change a process definition properties configuration.

     Running the applyConfigProperties command 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'])

• Delete process definition properties.

  To delete one or more properties, specify only those properties to delete in the properties file and run deleteConfigProperties.

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

Results

We can use the properties file to configure and manage the process definition object and its properties.

What to do next

Save the changes to the configuration.

Related tasks

Extracting properties files

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

PropertiesBasedConfiguration (AdminTask)