Specify configuration objects using wsdmin.sh

Specify configuration objects and wsadmin.sh.

Before starting this task, wsadmin.sh must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client topic.

To manage an existing configuration object, identify the configuration object and obtain a configuration ID of the object to use for subsequent manipulation.

1. Obtain the configuration ID in one of the following ways:

   • Obtain the ID of the configuration object with the getid command, for example:

     • Jacl:

       set var [$AdminConfig getid /type:name/]

     • Jython:

       var = AdminConfig.getid('/type:name/')

     Element	Description
     set	is a Jacl command
     var	is a variable name
     $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
     AdminConfig	is an object representing the product configuration
     getid	is an AdminConfig command
     /type:name/	is the hierarchical containment path of the configuration object
     type	is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the console.
     name	is the optional name of the object

     We can specify multiple /type:name/ value pairs in the string, for example, /type:name/type:name/type:name/. If we specify the type in the containment path without the name, include the colon, for example, /type:/. The containment path must be a path containing the correct hierarchical order. For example, if specified /Server:server1/Node:node/ as the containment path, we do not receive a valid configuration ID because Node is a parent of Server and comes before Server in the hierarchy.

     This command returns all the configuration IDs that match the representation of the containment and assigns them to a variable.

     To look for all the server configuration IDs that reside in the mynode node, use the code in the following example:

     • Jacl:

       set nodeServers [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:/]

     • Jython:

       nodeServers = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:/')

     To look for the server1 configuration ID that resides in mynode, use the code in the following example:

     • Jacl:

       set server1 [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:server1/]

     • Jython:

       server1 = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:server1/')

     To look for all the server configuration IDs, use the code in the following example:

     • Jacl:

       set servers [$AdminConfig getid /Server:/]

     • Jython:

       servers = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:/')

   • Obtain the ID of the configuration object with the list command, for example:

     • Jacl:

       set var [$AdminConfig list type]

       or

       set var [$AdminConfig list type scopeId]

     • Jython:

       var = AdminConfig.list('type')

       or

       var = AdminConfig.list('type', 'scopeId')

     Element	Description
     set	is a Jacl command
     var	is a variable name
     $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
     AdminConfig	is an object that represents the product configuration
     list	is an AdminConfig command
     type	is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the console.
     scopeId	is the configuration ID of a cell, a node, or a server object

     This command returns a list of configuration object IDs of a given type. If we specify the scopeId value, the list of objects is returned within the specified scope. The returned list is assigned to a variable.

     To look for all the server configuration IDs, use the following example:

     • Jacl:

       set servers [$AdminConfig list Server]

     • Jython:

       servers = AdminConfig.list('Server')

     To look for all the server configuration IDs in the mynode node, use the code in the following example:

     • Jacl:

       set scopeid [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/]
       set nodeServers [$AdminConfig list Server $scopeid]

     • Jython:

       scopeid = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/')
       nodeServers = AdminConfig.list('Server', scopeid)

2. If more than one configuration ID is returned from the getid or the list command, the IDs are returned in a list syntax. One way to retrieve a single element from the list is to use the lindex command. The following example retrieves the first configuration ID from the server object list:

   • Jacl:

     set allServers [$AdminConfig getid /Server:/]
     set aServer [lindex $allServers 0]

   • Jython:

     allServers = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:/')
       # get line separator   import  java
      lineSeparator = java.lang.System.getProperty('line.separator')
       arrayAllServers = allServers.split(lineSeparator)
      aServer = arrayAllServers[0]

   For other ways to manipulate the list and perform pattern matching to look for a specified configuration object, refer to the topic on Jacl syntax.

Results

We can now use the configuration ID in any subsequent AdminConfig commands that require a configuration ID as a parameter.

Related concepts

Use wsadmin scripting with Jacl

Related tasks

Start the wsadmin scripting client

Use the wsadmin scripting AdminConfig object for scripted administration

Commands for the AdminConfig object