WAS v8.5 > Reference > Commands (wsadmin scripting)

BLAManagement command group for AdminTask using wsadmin.sh

We can use the Jython scripting language to configure and administer business-level applications with wsadmin. Use the commands and parameters in the BLAManagement group to create, edit, export, delete, and query business-level applications in your configuration.

To configure and administer business-level applications use the Configurator administrative role.

An asset represents one or more application binary files stored in an asset repository. Typical assets include application business logic such as enterprise archives, library files, and other resource files. Use the following commands to manage your asset configurations:

A business-level application is a configuration artifact that consists of zero or more composition units or other business-level applications. Business-level applications are administrative models that define an application, and can contain EAR files, shared libraries, PHP applications, and more. Use the following commands to configure and administer business-level applications:

A composition unit represents an asset in a business-level application. A composition unit enables the asset contents to interact with other assets in the application. It also enables the product run time to load and run asset contents. Use the following commands to manage your composition unit configurations:


deleteAsset

The deleteAsset command removes an asset from your business-level application configuration. Before using this command, verify that no composition units are associated with the asset of interest. The command fails if the asset is associated with composition units.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-assetID

Configuration ID of the asset to delete. The command accepts incomplete IDs for the assetID parameter, as long as the system can match the string to a unique asset. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-force

Whether to force the system to delete the asset, even if other assets depend on this asset. (Boolean, optional)

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the deleted asset, as the following example displays:

Interactive mode example usage


editAsset

The editAsset command modifies additional asset configuration options. We can use this command to modify the description, destination URL, asset relationships, file permissions, and validation settings.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-assetID

Configuration ID of the asset to edit. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID, as long as the system can match the string to a unique asset ID. (String, required)

Optional steps

For optional steps, use the .* characters to specify a read-only argument in the command syntax. Specify an empty string with the "" characters to keep the existing value of the argument. If we do not specify a value or an empty string for a writable argument, the command resets the argument to a null value.

-AssetOptions

Use the AssetOptions step and the following arguments to set additional properties for the asset.

inputAsset (read-only)

Source package of the asset.

name (read-only)

Name of the asset. The default value for this argument is the file name of the source package.

defaultBindingProps (read-only)

Default binding properties for the asset. This argument only applies to enterprise assets. For assets which are not enterprise assets, specify the asterisk character (*) for pattern matching. For enterprise assets, specify the .* value to set the argument as a non-empty value.

description

Description for the asset.

destinationUrl

Specifies the URL of the asset binaries to deploy.

typeAspect

Specifies the asset type aspect.

relationship

Specifies the asset relationship. Use the plus sign character (+) to add additional assets to the existing relationship. Use the number sign character (#) to delete an existing asset from the relationship. To replace the existing relationships, specify the same syntax as in the importAsset command. If the asset specified in the relationship does not exist for add or update, the command returns an exception.

filePermission

File permission configuration.

validate

Whether to validate the asset. Default is false. WAS v8.5 does not save the value specified for validate. Thus, if you select to validate the asset (true) now and later edit the asset, when we edit the asset enable this setting again for the product to validate the updated files.

-UpdateAppContentVersions

For an EBA asset, use this step and the following arguments to select bundle versions for the asset.

For transitioning users: In the WebSphere Application Server v7 Feature Pack for OSGi Applications and Java Persistence API 2.0, bundle changes to the asset are applied by restarting the business-level application. In v8.x, these changes are applied by updating the composition unit. The new approach in v8.x means that many bundle changes can be applied in place, without restarting the running business-level application. To enable this new approach, the UpdateAppContentVersionsStep parameter has been replaced with the UpdateAppContentVersions parameter, and instead of restarting the business-level application you run the editCompUnit command with the CompUnitStatusStep parameter.trns

bundle_name

Name of the bundle.

current_version

Specifies either a bundle version number, for example 1.0.0, or NOT_DEPLOYED for shared bundles (that is, use bundles) that are declared in the application manifest but not deployed by the runtime environment. This argument describes the current configuration of the bundle, and is not used to change the configuration.

update_preference

New bundle version preference. This is either a bundle version number, for example 1.0.0, or NOT_DEPLOYED for shared bundles, or NO_PREF if you want the system to choose a bundle version for you. If we do not want to update the version for a given bundle, set this attribute to the same value that you are using for the current_version attribute.

Include an entry (that is, the bundle_name current_version and update_preference) for each bundle that is listed in the application manifest between the application content header and the use bundle header. Include every bundle, whether or not you are updating the bundle version.

Specify the syntax as follows: 
AdminTask.editAsset('[
  -assetID asset_name 
  -UpdateAppContentVersions [
    [bundle_1_name current_version update_preference]
    [bundle_2_name current_version update_preference]
    [bundle_3_name current_version update_preference]
    [bundle_4_name current_version update_preference]
    [bundle_5_name current_version update_preference]
  ]]')

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the asset of interest.

Use the following examples to edit a non-enterprise asset:

Use the following examples to edit an enterprise asset:

Interactive mode example usage


exportAsset

The exportAsset command exports an asset configuration to a file.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-assetID

Configuration ID of the asset to export. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID as long as the ID matches a unique asset. (String, required)

-filename

File name to which the system exports the asset configuration. (DownloadFile, required)

Return value

The command does not return output.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage


importAsset

The importAsset command imports an asset configuration to the asset repository. After importing assets, we can add the assets to business-level applications as composition units.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-source

Name of the source file to import. (UploadFile, required)

Optional parameters

-storageType

Specifies the way the system saves the asset in the asset repository. The default asset repository stores full binaries, metadata of binaries, or no binaries. Specify FULL to store full binaries. Specify METADATA to store the metadata portion of the binaries. Specify NONE to store no binaries in the asset repository. Default is FULL. (String, optional)

Optional steps

For optional steps, use the .* characters to specify a read-only argument in the command syntax. Specify an empty string with the "" characters to keep the existing value of the argument. If we do not specify a value or an empty string for a writable argument, the command resets the argument to a null value.

-AssetOptions

Use the AssetOptions step and the following arguments to set additional properties for the asset.

inputAsset (read-only)

Source package of the asset.

name

Name of the asset. The extension file name of the asset must match the extension file name of the source package. The default value for this argument is the file name of the source package.

defaultBindingProps (read-only)

Default binding properties for the asset. This argument only applies to enterprise assets. For assets which are not enterprise assets, specify the asterisk character (*) for pattern matching. For enterprise assets, specify the .* value to set the argument as a non-empty value.

description

Description for the asset.

destinationUrl

Specifies the URL of the asset binaries to deploy.

typeAspect

Specifies the asset type aspect. Specify the typeAspect option in object name format, as the following syntax demonstrates: spec=xxx

relationship

Specifies the asset relationship. Use the plus sign character (+) to specify multiple asset relationships. The command returns an exception if we specify assets in the relationship that do not exist.

filePermission

File permission configuration.

OSGi applications do not use a filePermission value.

validate

Whether to validate the asset. Default is false. WAS v8.5 does not save the value specified for validate. Thus, if you select to validate the asset (true) now and later edit the asset, when we edit the asset enable this setting again for the product to validate the updated files.

OSGi applications do not use a validate value.

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the asset the system creates, as the following example displays:

Use the following examples to import a non-enterprise asset:

Use the following examples to import a non-enterprise asset, set asset2.zip as the asset name, save the metadata binaries in the asset repository, and set the destination directory of the binaries to deploy:

Use the following examples to import a non-enterprise asset, and specifies asset relationships with the a.jar and b.jar assets:

Use the following examples to import an enterprise asset:

Interactive mode example usage


listAssets

The listAssets command displays the configuration ID of each asset within the cell.

Target object

None

Optional parameters

-assetID

Configuration ID of the asset of interest. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID as long as the ID matches a unique asset. (String, optional)

-includeDescription

Whether to include the a description of each asset the command returns. Specify true to display the asset descriptions. (String, optional)

-includeDeplUnit

Whether to display the deployable units for each asset the command returns. Specify true to display the deployable units. (String, optional)

Return value

The command returns a list of configuration IDs for the assets of interest. Depending on the parameter values specified, the command might display the description and deployable composition units for each asset, as the following example displays: 

WebSphere:assetname=asset1.zip
"asset for testing"

WebSphere:assetname=asset2.zip
"second asset for testing"
a.jar

WebSphere:aasetname=asset3.zip
"third asset for testing"
a1.jar+a2.jar

WebSphere:assetname=a.jar0
"a.jar for sharedlib"

WebSphere:assetname=b.jar
"b.jar for sharedlib"

WebSphere:assetname=defaultapp.ear
"default app"

Batch mode example usage

Use the following examples to list each asset in the cell:

Use the following examples to list each asset in the cell:

Use the following examples to list each asset, asset description, and deployable composition units in the cell:

Interactive mode example usage


updateAsset

The updateAsset command modifies one or more files or module files of an asset. The command updates the asset binary file, but does not update the composition units the system deploys with the asset as a backing object.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-assetID

Configuration ID of the asset to update. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID as long as the ID matches a unique asset. (String, required)

-operation

Operation to invoke on the asset of interest. (String, required)

The following table displays each operation that we can invoke on an asset:

updateAsset supported operations. Specify one of the operations.

Operation Description
replace The replace operation replaces the contents of the asset of interest.
merge The merge operation updates multiple files for the asset, but does not update all files.
add The add operation adds a new file or module file.
addupdate The addupdate operation adds or updates one file or module file. If the file does not exist, the system adds the contents. If the file exists, the system updates the file.
update The update operation updates one file or module file.
delete The delete operation deletes a file or module file.

-contents

File containing the content to add or update. This parameter is not required for the delete operation. (UploadFile, optional)

Optional parameters

-contenturi

Specifies the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the file to add, update, or remove from the asset. This parameter is not required for the merge or replace operations. (String, optional)

Optional steps

For optional steps, use the .* characters to specify a read-only argument in the command syntax. Specify an empty string with the "" characters to keep the existing value of the argument. If we do not specify a value or an empty string for a writable argument, the command resets the argument to a null value.

-AssetOptions

Use the AssetOptions step and the following arguments to set additional properties for the asset.

name (read-only)

Name of the asset. The default value for this argument is the file name of the source package.

defaultBindingProps (read-only)

Default binding properties for the asset. This argument only applies to enterprise assets. For assets which are not enterprise assets, specify the asterisk character (*) for pattern matching. For enterprise assets, specify the .* value to set the argument as a non-empty value.

description

Description for the asset.

destinationUrl

Specifies the URL of the asset binaries to deploy.

typeAspect

Specifies the asset type aspect.

relationship

Specifies the asset relationship. Use the plus sign character (+) to add additional assets to the existing relationship. Use the number sign character (#) to delete an existing asset from the relationship. To replace the existing relationships, specify the same syntax as in the importAsset command. If the asset specified in the relationship does not exist for add or update, the command returns an exception.

filePermission

File permission configuration.

validate

Whether to validate the asset. Default is false. WAS v8.5 does not save the value specified for validate. Thus, if you select to validate the asset (true) now and later edit the asset, when we edit the asset enable this setting again for the product to validate the updated files.

updateAssociatedCUs

Whether to update the composition units associated with an enterprise (Java EE) asset. This argument applies to enterprise assets only. Default is none. Specify all to update all of the composition units associated with the enterprise asset.

For the replace operation, specify values for the AssetOptions name, defaultBindingProps, description, destinationUrl, typeAspect, relationship, filePermission, validate, and updateAssociatedCUs arguments. For operations other than replace, specify values for the AssetOptions name and updateAssociatedCUs arguments.

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the asset of interest.

The following example replaces the contents of a non-enterprise asset:

The following example partially updates the files of a non-enterprise asset:

The following example updates an enterprise asset with an EJB module file:

The following example replaces an enterprise asset and its associated composition units using a replace operation:

The following example updates an enterprise asset and its associated composition units using a merge operation:

Interactive mode example usage


viewAsset

The viewAsset command displays additional asset configuration options and configured values.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-assetID

Configuration ID of the asset of interest. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID as long as the ID matches a unique asset. (String, required)

Optional parameters

None

Return value

The command returns configuration data for the asset of interest, as the following example displays: 

Specify Asset options (AssetOptions)

Specify options for Asset.

*Asset Name (name): [defaultapp.ear]
Default Binding Properties (defaultBindingProps): 
 [defaultbinding.ejbjndi.prefix#defaultbinding.datasource.jndi#defaultbinding.datasource.username
#defaultbinding.datasource.password#defaultbinding.cf.jndi
#defaultbinding.cf.resauth#defaultbinding.virtual.host#defaultbinding.force]
Asset Description (description): []
Asset Binaries Destination Url (destination): [${USER_INSTALL_ROOT}/installedAssets/defaultapp.ear/BASE/defaultapp.ear]
Asset Type Aspects (typeAspect): [WebSphere:spec=j2ee_ear]
Asset Relationships (relationship): []File Permission (filePermission): [.*\\.dll=755#.*\\.so=755#.*\\.a=755#.*\\.sl=755]
Validate asset (validate): [false]

Interactive mode example usage


addCompUnit

The addCompUnit command adds a composition unit to a specific business-level application. A composition unit represents an asset in a business-level application, and enables the asset contents to interact with other assets in the application. It also enables the product run time to load and run asset contents.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, required)

-cuSourceID

Source configuration ID for the composition unit to add. We can specify an asset ID or a business-level application ID. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-deplUnits

Deployable units to deploy for the asset. We can specify a subset of deployable units, all deployable units, or use the default as a shared library. If we do not specify this parameter, the system deploys each deployable unit. (String, optional)

For Java EE assets, the system ignores this -deplUnits parameter and, regardless of the value specified, can add Java EE assets as part of this command.

-cuConfigStrategyFile

Fully qualified file path for custom default binding properties. This parameter only applies to enterprise assets. (String, optional)

-defaultBindingOptions

Specifies optional JNDI binding properties for an enterprise asset. The binding properties available depend upon the type of enterprise asset. Use the format property=value to specify a default binding property. To specify more than one property, separate each property=value statement by the delimiter #.

We can specify binding properties now, when creating the asset, or later, when adding the asset as a composition unit to a business-level application. If we specify binding properties later, when adding the asset to a business-level application, then we can use a strategy file to specify the binding properties. (String, optional)

Use the following options with the defaultBindingOptions parameter:

addCompUnit -defaultBindingOptions supported binding properties. Specify a binding property that is supported for the asset type.

enterprise asset type Supported binding properties
Enterprise bean (EJB)

defaultbinding.ejbjndi.prefix

defaultbinding.force

Data source

defaultbinding.datasource.jndi

defaultbinding.datasource.username

defaultbinding.datasource.password

defaultbinding.force

Connection factory

defaultbinding.cf.jndi

defaultbinding.cf.resauth

defaultbinding.force

Virtual host

defaultbinding.virtual.host

defaultbinding.force

-JeeImplementation

Associates SCA components in an SCA composite with EAR assets. An SCA composite definition can define Java EE applications as component implementations. We can define an EAR asset on an archive attribute of an implementation.jee tag for an SCA component and use the application deployed from the asset as its implementation. Use the -JeeImplementation parameter to associate SCA components in the business-level application to the EAR files named in the composite definition. This parameter is not required if there is only one deployed EAR composition unit in the business-level application and that deployed EAR composition unit matches the EAR file named in the composite definition.

componentName

Name of an SCA component in the SCA composite that you are deploying. The component uses an EAR file.

archiveName

Name of the EAR asset the SCA component uses. The EAR file must be an asset of the business-level application. The EAR asset name must match the archive attribute on the implementation.jee tag in the SCA composite definition.

applicationName

Specifies the composition unit name of the EAR asset. To associate an SCA component with an EAR file, the EAR file must be a composition unit of your SCA business-level application.

Optional steps

We can also specify values for optional steps to set additional properties for the new composition unit. These steps do not apply to enterprise assets. For optional steps, use the .* characters to specify a read-only argument in the command syntax. Specify an empty string with the "" characters to keep the existing value of the argument. If we do not specify a value or an empty string for a writable argument, the command resets the argument to a null value.

-CUOptions

Specifies additional properties for the composition unit. Specify the following options with the CUOptions step:

parentBLA (read-only)

Parent business-level application for the new composition unit.

backingID (read-only)

Specifies the composition unit source ID.

name

Name of the composition unit.

description

Description of the composition unit.

startingWeight

Starting weight of the composition unit. Supported values are from 1 to 2147483647, the maximum Integer value.

startedOnDistributed

Whether to start the composition unit after distributing changes to the target nodes. Default is false.

restartBehaviorOnUpdate

Nodes to restart after editing the composition unit. Specify ALL to restart each target node. Specify DEFAULT to restart the nodes controlled by the sync plug-ins. Specify NONE to prevent the system from restarting nodes.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as -CUOptions [[.* .* cu4 "cu4 desc" 0 false DEFAULT]]

-MapTargets

Specifies additional properties for the composition unit target mapping. Specify the following options with the MapTargets step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

For an enterprise bundle archive (EBA) asset, this URI is ebaDeploymentUnit.

server

Target or targets to deploy the composition units. Default is the server1 server. Use the plus sign character ( + ) to specify multiple targets. Use the plus sign character ( + ) as a prefix to add an additional target. Specify the complete object name format for each server not aWAS server.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as -MapTargets [[a1.jar cluster1+cluster2] [a2.jar +server2]]

-ActivationPlanOptions

Specifies additional properties for the composition unit activation plan. Specify the following options with the ActivationPlanOptions step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

activationPlan

List of runtime components as the activation plan. Specify each activation plan in the format specName=xxx,specVersion=yyy, where specName represents the name of the specification and is required. Use the plus sign character ( + ) to specify multiple activation plans.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as -ActivationPlanOptions [[a1.jar specname=actplan0+specname=actplan1] [a2.jar specname=actplan1+specname=actplan2]]

For an EBA asset, use the following default values: -ActivationPlanOptions [[default ""]]

-CreateAuxCUOptions

Specifies additional properties for an auxiliary composition unit. Use this step if the composition unit source is an asset that corresponds to an asset that does not have a matching composition unit in the business-level application. Specify the following options with the CreateAuxCUOptions step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

inputAsset (read-only)

Specifies composition unit source ID.

cuID

Specifies the composition unit ID the system creates for the asset. If we do not want to create a new composition unit, do not specify this argument.

matchTarget

Whether to match the targets of the dependency auxiliary composition unit with the targets of the new composition unit. Default is true.

WAS v8.5 does not save the value specified for matchTarget. Thus if you select to not match the target (false) now and later edit the composition unit, when we edit the composition unit you must disable this setting again for the product to not match the targets.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as –CreateAuxCUOptions [[a1.jar a.jar auxCU true] [a2.jar a.jar defaultCU false]]

-RelationshipOptions

Specifies additional properties for relationships between assets, composition units, and business-level applications. Use this step if the source ID of the composition unit is an asset that has a matching composition unit in the business-level application. Specify the following options with the RelationshipOptions step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

relationship

Defines the composition unit relationships. Specify the composition unit object name in the format: cuName=xxx. Use the plus sign character (+) to specify multiple composition unit object names in the relationship. If the composition unit specified in the relationship does not exist under the same business-level application, the system returns an error.

matchTarget

Whether to match the targets of the composition unit relationship with the targets of the new composition unit. Default is true.

WAS v8.5 does not save the value specified for matchTarget. Thus if you select to not match the target (false) now and later edit the composition unit, when we edit the composition unit you must disable this setting again for the product to not match the targets.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as –RelationshipOptions [[a1.jar a.jar auxCU true] [a2.jar a.jar defaultCU false]]

-ContextRootStep

For an EBA asset, context roots determine where the web pages of a particular web application bundle (WAB) are found at run time.

The context root specified here is combined with the defined server mapping to compose the full URL that you enter to access the pages of the WAB. For example, if the application server default host is www.example.com:8080 and the context root of the WAB is /sample, the web pages are available at www.example.com:8080/sample.

You should list the context roots for all the WAB modules that are contained in the OSGi application.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
  -ContextRootStep [
    [bundle_symbolic_name_1 bundle_version_1 context_root_1]
    [bundle_symbolic_name_2 bundle_version_2 context_root_2]]

For example, for an EBA file containing two WABs (com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web at version 1.0.0, which is to be mapped to /hello/web, and com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot at version 0.9.0, which is to be mapped to /hello/service), this aspect of the command is as follows: 
  -ContextRootStep [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 "/hello/web"] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot 0.9.0 "/hello/service"]]

-VirtualHostMappingStep

For an EBA asset, we use a virtual host to associate a unique port with a module or application. The aliases of a virtual host identify the port numbers defined for that virtual host. A port number specified in a virtual host alias is used in the URL used to access artifacts such as servlets and JavaServer Page (JSP) files in a web module. For example, the alias myhost:8080 is the host_name:port_number portion of the URL http://myhost:8080/sample.

Each WAB contained in a deployed asset must be mapped to a virtual host. WABs can be installed on the same virtual host, or dispersed among several virtual hosts.

If we specify an existing virtual host in the ibm-web-bnd.xml or .xmi file for a given WAB, the specified virtual host is set by default. Otherwise, the default virtual host setting is default_host, which provides several port numbers through its aliases:

80

An internal, insecure port used when no port number is specified

9080

An internal port

9443

An external, secure port

Unless to isolate your WAB from other WABs or resources on the same node (physical machine), default_host is a suitable virtual host. In addition to default_host, WAS provides admin_host, which is the virtual host for the dmgr console system application. admin_host is on port 9060. Its secure port is 9043. Do not select admin_host unless the WAB relates to system administration.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-VirtualHostMappingStep [
    [bundle_symbolic_name_1 bundle_version_1 
    web_module_name_1 virtual_host_1]
    [bundle_symbolic_name_2 bundle_version_2 
     web_module_name_2 virtual_host_2]]

For example, for an EBA file containing two WABs (com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web at version 1.0.0, which is to be mapped to default_host, and com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot at version 0.9.0, which is to be mapped to test_host), this aspect of the command is as follows: 
-VirtualHostMappingStep [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 "HelloWorld service" default_host]
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot 0.9.0 "HelloWorld second service" test_host]]

-MapRolesToUsersStep

For an EBA asset, use this step to map security roles to users or groups.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-MapRolesToUsersStep [
    [role_name everyone? 
    all_authenticated_in_realm? 
    usernames groups]]

Key:

  • role_name is a role name defined in the application.
  • everyone? is set to Yes or No, to specify whether or not everyone is in the role.
  • all_authenticated_in_realm? is set to Yes or No, to specify whether or not all authenticated users can access the application realm.
  • usernames is a list of WAS user names, separated by the "|" character.
  • groups is a list of WAS groups, separated by the "|" character.

For usernames, and groups, the empty string "" means "use the default or existing value". Default is usually that no users or groups are bound to the role. However, when an application contains an ibm-application-bnd.xmi file, the default value for usernames is obtained from this file. If you are deploying an application containing an ibm-application-bnd.xmi file, and to remove the bound users, specify just the "|" character (which is the separator for multiple user names). This explicitly specifies "no users", and therefore guarantees that no users are bound to the role.

For example: 
-MapRolesToUsersStep [
    [ROLE1 No Yes "" ""] 
    [ROLE2 No No WABTestUser1 ""] 
    [ROLE3 No No "" WABTestGroup1] 
    [ROLE4 Yes No "" ""]]

-BlueprintResourceRefBindingStep

For an EBA asset, Blueprint components can access resource references. Each reference is declared in a Blueprint XML file, and can be secured using a Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) authentication alias. Each bundle in an OSGi application can contain any number of resource reference declarations in its various Blueprint XML files.

When you secure resource references, those resource references can be bound only to JCA authentication aliases that exist on every server or cluster the OSGi application is deployed to. An OSGi application can be deployed to multiple servers and clusters that are in the same security domain. Therefore, each JCA authentication alias must exist in either the security domain of the target servers and clusters, or the global security domain. For more information, see Add an EBA asset to a composition unit using the addCompUnit command.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-BlueprintResourceRefBindingStep [
    [
    bundle_symbolic_name 
    bundle_version 
    blueprint_resource_reference_id 
    interface_name 
    jndi_name 
    authentication_type 
    sharing_setting 
    authentication_alias_name
    ]]

The value for jndi_name must match the jndi name that you declare in the filter attribute of the resource reference element in the Blueprint XML file.

For example, for an EBA file containing a bundle com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.properties.bundle.jar at v1.0.0, which is to be bound to authentication alias alias1, the command is as follows: 
-BlueprintResourceRefBindingStep[
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.properties.bundle 1.0.0 resourceRef 
    javax.sql.DataSource jdbc/Account Container Shareable alias1]]

-WebModuleMsgDestRefs

For an EBA asset, binding a resource reference maps a resource dependency of the web application to an actual resource available in the server runtime environment. At a minimum, this can be achieved using a mapping that specifies the JNDI name under which the resource is known in the runtime environment. By default, the JNDI name is the resource ID that you specified in web.xml during development of the web application bundle (WAB). Use this option to bind resources of type message-destination-ref (message destination reference) or resource-env-ref (resource environment reference), as defined in the Java specification JSR-250: Common Annotations for the Java Platform.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-WebModuleMsgDestRefs [
    [
    bundle_symbolic_name
    bundle_version
    resource_reference_id
    resource_type
    target_jndi_name
    ]]

For example: 
-WebModuleMsgDestRefs [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 
    jms/myQ javax.jms.Queue jms/workQ] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 
    jms/myT javax.jms.Topic jms/notificationTopic]]

-WebModuleResourceRefs

For an EBA asset, binding a resource reference maps a resource dependency of the web application to an actual resource available in the server runtime environment. At a minimum, this can be achieved using a mapping that specifies the JNDI name under which the resource is known in the runtime environment. By default, the JNDI name is the resource ID that you specified in web.xml during development of the web application bundle (WAB). Use this option to bind resources of type resource-ref (resource reference), as defined in the Java specification JSR-250: Common Annotations for the Java Platform.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-WebModuleResourceRefs [
    [
    bundle_symbolic_name
    bundle_version
    resource_reference_id
    resource_type
    target_jndi_name
    login_configuration
    login_properties
    extended_properties
    ]]

For example: 
-WebModuleResourceRefs [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 jdbc/jtaDs javax.sql.DataSource 
    jdbc/helloDs "" "" ""] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 jdbc/nonJtaDs javax.sql.DataSource 
    jdbc/helloDsNonJta "" "" "extprop1=extval1"]]

If we use multiple extended properties, the jython syntax is "extprop1=extval1,extprop2=extval2".

Return value

The command returns the configuration IDs of the composition unit and the new composition unit created for the asset in the asset relationship, as the following example displays: 

WebSphere:cuname=cu4
WebSphere:cuname=cua
WebSphere:cuname=cud

Batch mode example usage

Use the following examples to add a non-enterprise asset:

Use the following examples to add a business-level application composition unit:

Use the following examples to associate an SCA component in a business-level application to the EAR file defined as a component implementation in the SCA composite definition. For each SCA component that defines an EAR asset on the archive attribute of an implementation.jee tag in the component definition, specify a row with values for componentName, archiveName and applicationName. The following examples associate one SCA component to one EAR asset composition unit:

Use the following example to create an EBA composition unit and add it to a business-level application. For more information, see Add an EBA asset to a composition unit using the addCompUnit command. 

AdminTask.addCompUnit('[
  -blaID WebSphere:blaname=helloWorldService 
  -cuSourceID WebSphere:assetname=com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.eba
  -CUOptions [
    [WebSphere:blaname=helloWorldService.eba 
    WebSphere:assetname=com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.eba 
    com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService_0001.eba "" 1 false DEFAULT]] 
  -MapTargets [[ebaDeploymentUnit WebSphere:node=node01,server=server1]] 
  -ActivationPlanOptions [[default ""]]  
  -ContextRootStep [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 "/hello/web"] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot 0.9.0 "/hello/service"]]
  -VirtualHostMappingStep [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 
    "HelloWorld service" default_host]
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot 0.9.0 
    "HelloWorld second service" test_host]]
  -MapRolesToUsersStep [
    [ROLE1 No Yes "" ""] 
    [ROLE2 No No WABTestUser1 ""] 
    [ROLE3 No No "" WABTestGroup1] 
    [ROLE4 Yes No "" ""]]
  -BlueprintResourceRefBindingStep[
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.properties.bundle 1.0.0 resourceRef 
    javax.sql.DataSource jdbc/Account Container Shareable alias1]]
  -WebModuleMsgDestRefs [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 
    jms/myQ javax.jms.Queue jms/workQ] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 
    jms/myT javax.jms.Topic jms/notificationTopic]]
  -WebModuleResourceRefs [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 jdbc/jtaDs javax.sql.DataSource 
    jdbc/helloDs "" "" ""] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 jdbc/nonJtaDs javax.sql.DataSource 
    jdbc/helloDsNonJta "" "" "extprop1=extval1"]]
]')

Use the following examples to add a composition unit for a non-enterprise asset and deploy the composition unit to multiple targets:

Use the following examples to add a composition unit that is a non-enterprise asset with a deployable unit:

Use the following examples to add a composition unit for a non-enterprise asset as a shared library:

Use the following examples to add a composition unit for a non-enterprise asset with a dependency. For this example, the cub composition unit exists as a shared library of the ourBLA business-level application:

Use the following examples to add an enterprise asset:

Interactive mode example usage


deleteCompUnit

The deleteCompUnit command removes a composition unit. Both parameters for this command accept incomplete configuration IDs, as long as the system can match the string to a unique ID.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, required)

-cuID

Configuration ID of the composition unit to delete. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-force

Whether to force the system to delete the composition unit, even if other composition units depend on this composition unit. (Boolean, optional)

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the composition unit the system deleted, as the following example displays:

Interactive mode example usage


editCompUnit

The editCompUnit command modifies additional composition unit options. We can use this command to modify the starting weight of the composition unit, deployment targets, activation plan options, and relationship settings.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, required)

-cuID

Configuration ID of the composition unit to edit. (String, required)

Optional steps

We can also specify values for optional steps to edit properties of the composition unit. These steps do not apply to enterprise assets. For optional steps, use the .* characters to specify a read-only argument in the command syntax. Specify an empty string with the "" characters to keep the existing value of the argument. If we do not specify a value or an empty string for a writable argument, the command resets the argument to a null value.

-CUOptions

Specifies additional properties for the composition unit. Specify the following options with the CUOptions step:

parentBLA (read-only)

Parent business-level application for the composition unit.

backingID (read-only)

Specifies the composition unit source ID.

name (read-only)

Name of the composition unit.

description

Description of the composition unit.

startingWeight

Starting weight of the composition unit. Supported values are from 1 to 2147483647, the maximum Integer value.

startedOnDistributed

Whether to start the composition unit after distributing changes to the target nodes. Default is false.

restartBehaviorOnUpdate

Nodes to restart after editing the composition unit. Specify ALL to restart each target node. Specify DEFAULT to restart the nodes controlled by the sync plug-ins. Specify NONE to prevent the system from restarting nodes.

For example, specify the syntax for this step as -CUOptions [[.* .* cu4 "cu4 description" 0 false DEFAULT]]

-MapTargets

Specifies additional properties for the composition unit target mapping. Specify the following options with the MapTargets step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

For an enterprise bundle archive (EBA) asset, this URI is ebaDeploymentUnit.

server

Target or targets to deploy the composition units. Default is the server1 server. Use the plus sign character ( + ) to specify multiple targets. Use the plus sign character ( + ) as a prefix to add an additional target. Specify the complete object name format for each server not a WAS server.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as -MapTargets [[a1.jar cluster1+cluster2] [a2.jar server1+server2]]

-ActivationPlanOptions

Specifies additional properties for the composition unit activation plan. Specify the following options with the ActivationPlanOptions step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

activationPlan

List of runtime components as the activation plan. Specify each activation plan in the format specName=xxx,specVersion=yyy, where specName represents the name of the specification and is required. Use the plus sign character ( + ) to specify multiple activation plans.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as -ActivationPlanOptions [[a1.jar specname=actplan0+actplan1] [a2.jar specname=actplan1+specname=actplan2]]

For an EBA asset, do not modify the activation plan. Keep the following default values that were set when the composition unit was added: -ActivationPlanOptions [[default ""]]

-RelationshipOptions

Specifies additional properties for relationships between assets, composition units, and business-level applications. Use this step if the source ID of the composition unit is an asset that has a matching composition unit in the business-level application. Specify the following options with the RelationshipOptions step:

deplUnit (read-only)

Deployable unit Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

relationship

Defines the composition unit relationships. Specify the composition unit object name in the format: cuName=xxx. Use the plus sign character (+) to specify multiple composition unit object names in the relationship. If the composition unit specified in the relationship does not exist under the same business-level application, the system returns an error.

matchTarget

Whether to match the targets of the composition unit relationship with the targets of the new composition unit. Default is true.

WAS v8.5 does not save the value specified for matchTarget. Thus if you select to not match the target (false) now and later edit the composition unit, when we edit the composition unit you must disable this setting again for the product to not match the targets.

For example, specify the syntax of this step as –RelationshipOptions [[a1.jar a.jar auxCU true] [a2.jar a.jar defaultCU false]]

-ReferenceJMSBindingResources

Specifies JNDI settings for the resource reference element of a JMS binding for a SCA composite of the business-level application. To run the editCompUnit command, specify the required parameters and this optional step. We can edit the destination JNDI name or connection factory JNDI name. The command updates the resource defined in the JMS binding. The JMS resource must exist. WAS v8.5 does not dynamically create JMS resources when we edit a composition unit.

-ServiceJMSBindingResources

Specifies editable JNDI settings for the resource service element of a JMS binding for a Service Component Architecture (SCA) composite of the business-level application. To run the editCompUnit command, specify the required parameters and this optional step. We can edit the destination JNDI name or activation specification JNDI name. The command updates the resource defined in the JMS binding. The JMS resource must exist. WAS v8.5 does not dynamically create JMS resources when we edit a composition unit.

-ReferenceJMSBindingResponseResources

Specifies editable JNDI settings for the response resource reference element of a JMS binding for a Service Component Architecture (SCA) composite of the business-level application. To run the editCompUnit command, specify the required parameters and this optional step. We can edit the response destination JNDI name or response connection factory JNDI name. The command updates the response resource defined in the JMS binding. The JMS resource must exist. WAS v8.5 does not dynamically create JMS resources when we edit a composition unit.

-ServiceJMSBindingResponseResources

Specifies JNDI settings for the response resource service element of a JMS binding for a SCA composite of the business-level application. To run the editCompUnit command, specify the required parameters and this optional step. We can edit the response destination JNDI name or response connection factory JNDI name. The command updates the response resource defined in the JMS binding. The JMS resource must exist. WAS v8.5 does not dynamically create JMS resources when we edit a composition unit.

-ContextRootStep

For an EBA asset, context roots determine where the web pages of a particular web application bundle (WAB) are found at run time.

The context root specified here is combined with the defined server mapping to compose the full URL that you enter to access the pages of the WAB. For example, if the application server default host is www.example.com:8080 and the context root of the WAB is /sample, the web pages are available at www.example.com:8080/sample.

You should list the context roots for all the WAB modules that are contained in the OSGi application.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
  -ContextRootStep [
    [bundle_symbolic_name_1 bundle_version_1 context_root_1]
    [bundle_symbolic_name_2 bundle_version_2 context_root_2]]

For example, for an EBA file containing two WABs (com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web at version 1.0.0, which is to be mapped to /hello/web, and com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot at version 0.9.0, which is to be mapped to /hello/service), this aspect of the command is as follows: 
  -ContextRootStep [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 "/hello/web"] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot 0.9.0 "/hello/service"]]

-VirtualHostMappingStep

For an EBA asset, we use a virtual host to associate a unique port with a module or application. The aliases of a virtual host identify the port numbers defined for that virtual host. A port number specified in a virtual host alias is used in the URL used to access artifacts such as servlets and JavaServer Page (JSP) files in a web module. For example, the alias myhost:8080 is the host_name:port_number portion of the URL http://myhost:8080/sample.

Each WAB contained in a deployed asset must be mapped to a virtual host. WABs can be installed on the same virtual host, or dispersed among several virtual hosts.

If we specify an existing virtual host in the ibm-web-bnd.xml or .xmi file for a given WAB, the specified virtual host is set by default. Otherwise, the default virtual host setting is default_host, which provides several port numbers through its aliases:

80

An internal, insecure port used when no port number is specified

9080

An internal port

9443

An external, secure port

Unless to isolate your WAB from other WABs or resources on the same node (physical machine), default_host is a suitable virtual host. In addition to default_host, WAS provides admin_host, which is the virtual host for the dmgr console system application. admin_host is on port 9060. Its secure port is 9043. Do not select admin_host unless the WAB relates to system administration.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-VirtualHostMappingStep [
    [bundle_symbolic_name_1 bundle_version_1 
    web_module_name_1 virtual_host_1]
    [bundle_symbolic_name_2 bundle_version_2 
     web_module_name_2 virtual_host_2]]

For example, for an EBA file containing two WABs (com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web at version 1.0.0, which is to be mapped to default_host, and com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot at version 0.9.0, which is to be mapped to test_host), this aspect of the command is as follows: 
-VirtualHostMappingStep [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 "HelloWorld service" default_host]
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.withContextRoot 0.9.0 "HelloWorld second service" test_host]]

-MapRolesToUsersStep

For an EBA asset, use this step to map security roles to users or groups.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-MapRolesToUsersStep [
    [role_name everyone? 
    all_authenticated_in_realm? 
    usernames groups]]

Key:

  • role_name is a role name defined in the application.
  • everyone? is set to Yes or No, to specify whether or not everyone is in the role.
  • all_authenticated_in_realm? is set to Yes or No, to specify whether or not all authenticated users can access the application realm.
  • usernames is a list of WAS user names, separated by the "|" character.
  • groups is a list of WAS groups, separated by the "|" character.

For usernames, and groups, the empty string "" means "use the default or existing value". Default is usually that no users or groups are bound to the role. However, when an application contains an ibm-application-bnd.xmi file, the default value for usernames is obtained from this file. If you are deploying an application containing an ibm-application-bnd.xmi file, and to remove the bound users, specify just the "|" character (which is the separator for multiple user names). This explicitly specifies "no users", and therefore guarantees that no users are bound to the role.

For example: 
-MapRolesToUsersStep [
    [ROLE1 No Yes "" ""] 
    [ROLE2 No No WABTestUser1 ""] 
    [ROLE3 No No "" WABTestGroup1] 
    [ROLE4 Yes No "" ""]]

-BlueprintResourceRefPostDeployStep

For an EBA asset, Blueprint components can access resource references. Each reference is declared in a Blueprint XML file, and can be secured using a Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) authentication alias. Each bundle in an OSGi application can contain any number of resource reference declarations in its various Blueprint XML files.

When you secure resource references, those resource references can be bound only to JCA authentication aliases that exist on every server or cluster the OSGi application is deployed to. An OSGi application can be deployed to multiple servers and clusters that are in the same security domain. Therefore, each JCA authentication alias must exist in either the security domain of the target servers and clusters, or the global security domain. For more information, see Modify the configuration of an EBA composition unit using the editCompUnit command.

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-BlueprintResourceRefPostDeployStep [
    [
    bundle_symbolic_name 
    bundle_version 
    blueprint_resource_reference_id 
    interface_name 
    jndi_name 
    authentication_type 
    sharing_setting 
    authentication_alias_name
    ]]

The value for jndi_name must match the jndi name that you declare in the filter attribute of the resource reference element in the Blueprint XML file.

For example, for an EBA file containing a bundle com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.properties.bundle.jar at v1.0.0, which is to be bound to authentication alias alias1, the command is as follows: 
-BlueprintResourceRefPostDeployStep[
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.properties.bundle 1.0.0 resourceRef 
    javax.sql.DataSource jdbc/Account Container Shareable alias1]]

-WebModuleResourceRefs

For an EBA asset, binding a resource reference maps a resource dependency of the web module to an actual resource available in the server runtime environment. At a minimum, this can be achieved using a mapping that specifies the JNDI name under which the resource is known in the runtime environment. By default, the JNDI name is the resource ID that you specified in web.xml during development of the web application bundle (WAB).

Specify the syntax of this step as follows: 
-WebModuleResourceRefs [
    [
    bundle_symbolic_name
    bundle_version
    resource_reference_id
    resource_type
    target_jndi_name
    login_configuration
    login_properties
    extended_properties
    ]]

For example: 
-WebModuleResourceRefs [
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 jdbc/jtaDs javax.sql.DataSource 
    jdbc/helloDs "" "" ""] 
    [com.ibm.ws.eba.helloWorldService.web 1.0.0 jdbc/nonJtaDs javax.sql.DataSource 
    jdbc/helloDsNonJta "" "" "extprop1=extval1"]]

If we use multiple extended properties, the jython syntax is "extprop1=extval1,extprop2=extval2".

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the composition unit the system edits.

Batch mode example usage

Use the following examples to edit a composition unit of an asset and replace the target from existing targets:

Use the following examples to edit a composition unit of an asset and its relationships:

Use the following examples to edit a composition unit by adding a new relationship to the existing relationship:

Use the following examples to edit an enterprise composition unit configuration:

Interactive mode example usage


listCompUnits

The listCompUnits command displays each composition unit associated with a specific business-level application.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-includeDescription

Whether to include a description of each asset the command returns. (String, optional)

-includeType

Whether to include the type for each asset the command returns. (String, optional)

Return value

The command returns a list of configuration IDs and the type for each composition unit, as the following example displays: 

Websphere:cuname=cu1
asset
"description for cu1"
Websphere:cuname=cu4
bla
"description for cu4"
WebSphere:cuname=defaultapp
Java EE "description for defaultapp"

Interactive mode example usage


setCompUnitTargetAutoStart

The setCompUnitTargetAutoStart command enables or disables automatic starting of composition units. If you enable this option, the system automatically starts the composition unit when the composition unit target starts.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. The command accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches it to a unique business-level application ID. (String, required)

-cuID

Specifies the composition unit of interest. The command accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches it to a unique composition unit ID. (String, required)

-targetID

Name of the target of interest. For example, specify the server name to set the target to a specific server. (String, required)

-enable

Whether to automatically start the composition unit of interest when the specified target starts. Specify true to start the composition unit automatically. If we do not specify true, the system will not start the composition unit when the target starts. Default is true. (String, required)

Return value

The command does not return output.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage


viewCompUnit

The viewCompUnit command displays configuration information for a composition unit that belongs to a specific business-level application.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches it to a unique business-level application ID. (String, required)

-cuID

Configuration ID of the composition unit of interest. This parameter accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches it to a unique composition unit ID. (String, required)

Optional parameters

None

Return value

The command returns configuration information for the composition unit of interest, as the following example displays: 

Specify Composition Unit options (CUOptions)

Specify name, description options for Composition Unit.

Parent BLA (parentBLA): [WebSphere:blaname=myBLA]
Backing Id (backingId): [WebSphere:assetname=asset1.zip]
Name (name): [cu1]
Description (description): [cuDesc]
Starting Weight (startingWeight): [0]
Started on distributed (startedOnDistributed): [false]
Restart behavior on update (restartBehaviorOnUpdate): [DEFAULT]

Specify servers (MapTargets)

Specify targets such as application servers or clusters of application servers where you want 
to deploy the cu contained in the application.

Deployable Unit (deplUnit): [default]
*Servers (server): [WebSphere:node=myNode,server=server1]

Specify Composition Unit activation plan options (ActivationPlanOptions)

Specify CU activation plan optionsDeployableUnit Name (deplUnit): [default]
Activation Plan (activationPlan): [WebSphere:specname=actplan0+WebSphere:specname=actplan1]

If the composition unit is a Service Component Architecture (SCA) composite that uses JMS bindings, the viewCompUnit command also returns information on JMS binding references or services.

If the composition unit contains an enterprise bundle archive (EBA) asset, the composition unit status is also displayed. This status is one of the following values:

For more information, see Checking the update status of an OSGi composition unit.

The following example displays configuration information for a non-enterprise asset:

The following example displays configuration information for an enterprise asset:

Interactive mode example usage


createEmptyBLA

The createEmptyBLA command to create an empty business-level application. After creating a business-level application, we can add assets or other business-level applications as composition units to the application.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-name

Unique name for the new business-level application. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-description

Description of the new business-level application. (String, optional)

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the new business-level application, as the following example displays:

Interactive mode example usage


deleteBLA

The deleteBLA command removes a business-level application from your configuration. Before deleting a business-level application, use the deleteCompUnit command to remove each composition unit associated with the business-level application. Also, verify that no other business-level applications reference the business-level application to delete.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. The command accepts an incomplete ID for the blaID parameter, as long as the system can match the string to a unique identifier. For example, we can specify the myBLA partial ID to identify the WebSphere:blaname=myBLA configuration ID. (String, required)

Optional parameters

None

Return value

The command returns the configuration ID of the deleted business-level application, as the following example displays:

Interactive mode example usage


editBLA

The editBLA command modifies the description of a business-level application.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, required)

Optional steps

For optional steps, use the .* characters to specify a read-only argument in the command syntax. Specify an empty string with the "" characters to keep the existing value of the argument. If we do not specify a value or an empty string for a writable argument, the command resets the argument to a null value.

-BLAOptions

Use the BLAOptions step to specify a new description for the business-level application of interest.

name (read-only)

Name of the business-level application.

description

Description of the business-level application.

Return value

The command does not return output.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage


getBLAStatus

The getBLAStatus command displays whether a business-level application or composition unit is running or stopped.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. Use the listBLAs command to display a list of business-level application configuration IDs. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-cuID

Configuration ID of the composition unit of interest. Use the listCompUnits command to display a list of composition unit configuration IDs. (String, optional)

Return value

The command returns the status of the business-level application or composition unit of interest.

Batch mode example usage

Interactive mode example usage


listBLAs

The listBLAs command displays the business-level applications in your configuration.

Target object

None

Optional parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, optional)

-includeDescription

Whether to include a description of each business-level application the command returns. Specify true to display the business-level application descriptions. (String, optional)

Return value

The command returns a list of configuration IDs for each business-level application in your configuration, as the following example displays: 

WebSphere:blaname=myBLA
WebSphere:blaname=yourBLA

Batch mode example usage

The following example lists each business-level application in the configuration:

Use the following examples to list each business-level application in the configuration:

Use the following examples to list each business-level application and the corresponding descriptions:

Interactive mode example usage


listControlOps

The listControlOps command displays the control operations for a business-level application and the corresponding composition units.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. (String, required)

Optional parameters

-cuID

Specifies the composition unit of interest. (String, optional)

-opName

Operation name of interest. (String, optional)

-long

Whether to include additional configuration information in the command output. (String, optional)

Return value

The command returns a list of operations, operation descriptions, and parameter descriptions for the query scope, as the following example displays: 

"Operation: start"
   "Description: Start operation"
   "Operation handler ID: com.mycompany.myasset.ControlOpHandler" 
   "Operation handler data URI: None"
"Operation: stop"
   "Description: Stop operation"
   "Operation handler ID: com.mycompany.myasset.ControlOpHandler"
   "Operation handler data URI: None"
"Operation: clearCache"
   "Description: Clears specified cache or all caches"
   "Operation handler ID: com.mycompany.myasset.ControlOpHandler"
   "Operation handler data URI: None"
   "Parameter: cacheName"
      "Description: Name of cache to clear.  If not specified, all caches are cleared."

Interactive mode example usage


startBLA

The startBLA command starts the business-level application of interest.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application to start. The command accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches the string to a unique ID in your configuration. (String, required)

Return value

The command returns a status message if the business-level application starts. If the business-level application does not start, the command does not return output. The following example displays the status message output:

Interactive mode example usage


stopBLA

The stopBLA command stops the business-level application of interest.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application to stop. The command accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches the string to a unique ID in your configuration. (String, required)

Return value

The command returns a status message if the business-level application stops. If the business-level application does not stop, the command does not return output. The following example displays the status message output:

Interactive mode example usage


viewBLA

The viewBLA command displays the name and description of the business-level application of interest.

Target object

None

Required parameters

-blaID

Configuration ID of the business-level application of interest. The command accepts an incomplete configuration ID if the system matches the string to a unique business-level application. (String, required)

Optional parameters

None

Return value

The command returns configuration information for the business-level application of interest, as the following example displays: 

Specify BLA options (BLAOptions)

Specify options for BLA

*BLA Name (name): [DefaultApplication]
BLA Description (description): []

Interactive mode example usage


Related concepts:

Assets
Composition units
Business-level applications


Related


Set up business-level applications using wsadmin.sh
Delete business-level applications using wsadmin.sh
Start business-level applications using scripting
Stopping business-level applications using scripting
Manage assets using wsadmin.sh
Update bundle versions for an EBA asset using the editAsset command
Add an EBA asset to a composition unit using the addCompUnit command
Modify the configuration of an EBA composition unit using the editCompUnit command
Checking the update status of an EBA composition unit
View JMS bindings on references and services of SCA composites using scripting
Edit JMS bindings on references and services of SCA composites using scripting


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