WAS v8.5 > Set up the application serving environmentWork with server configuration files
Application server configuration files define the available application servers, their configurations, and their contents.
A configuration repository stores configuration data.
By default, configuration repositories reside under profile_root/config.
Do NOT store any non-default XML or XML backup files under profile_root/config.
Limit the config directory and subdirectories to valid default WAS configuration files. A variety of symptoms and exceptions are possible if non-default files are stored in this directory.
You should periodically save changes to your administrative configuration. We can change the default locations of configuration files, as needed.
- Edit configuration files.
The master repository is comprised of .xml configuration files
We can edit configuration files using the dmgr console, scripting, wsadmin commands, programming, or by editing a configuration file directly.
- Save changes made to configuration files. Using the console, we can save changes...
System Administration | Save changes to master repository | Save
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Handle temporary configuration files resulting from a session timing out.
Change the location of temporary configuration files.
Change the location of backed-up configuration files.
Change the location of temporary workspace files.
Back up and restore configurations.
Subtopics
- Configuration documents
- Configuration document descriptions
- Object names: What the name string cannot contain
- Handle temporary configuration files resulting from session timeout
- Change the location of temporary configuration files
- Change the location of backed-up configuration files
- Change the location of the wstemp temporary workspace directory
- Back up and restore administrative configuration files
- Server configuration files: Resources for learning
- Configuration documents
- Configuration document descriptions
- Object names: What the name string cannot contain
- Handle temporary configuration files resulting from session timeout
- Change the location of temporary configuration files
- Change the location of backed-up configuration files
- Change the location of the wstemp temporary workspace directory
- Back up and restore administrative configuration files
- Server configuration files: Resources for learning
- Configuration problem settings
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