Jython script library: Server configuration scripts

Server configuration scripts

The scripting library provides script procedures to automate the application server configurations. Use the application server scripts to create application servers, web servers, and generic servers. We can run each script individually, or combine procedures to create custom automation scripts for the environment.

All server management script procedures are located in the app_server_root/scriptLibraries/servers/V70 directory. If we do not want to set an argument, specify an empty string as the value for the argument, as the following syntax demonstrates: "".

Use the following script procedures to administer the application server:

createApplicationServer
createAppServerTemplate
createGenericServer
createWebServer
deleteServer
deleteServerTemplate

createApplicationServer

Create a New application server in the environment. During the installation process, the product creates a default application server, named server1. Most installations require several application servers to handle the application serving needs of their production environment.

Argument Description
nodeName Name of the node on which to create the application server.
serverName Name of the server to create.
templateName Optional. The template to use to create the application server.

Syntax
AdminServerManagement.createApplicationServer(nodeName, serverName, templateName)
Example usage
AdminServerManagement.createApplicationServer("myNode", "myServer", "default")
createAppServerTemplate

Create a New application server template in the configuration. A server template is used to define the configuration settings for a new application server. When we create a new application server, you either select the default server template or a template we previously created, based on another, already existing application server. The default template is used if we do not specify a different template when we create the server.

Argument Description
nodeName Node that corresponds to the server from which to base the template.
serverName Name of the server from which to base the template.
newTemplateName Name of the new template to create.

Syntax
AdminServerManagement.createAppServerTemplate(nodeName, serverName, newTemplateName)
Example usage
AdminServerManagement.createAppServerTemplate("myNode", "myServer", "myNewTemplate")
createGenericServer

Configure a new generic server in the configuration. A generic server is a server that the application server manages, but does not supply. If we do not want to set an argument, specify an empty string as the value for the argument, as the following syntax demonstrates: "".

Argument Description
nodeName Name of the node on which to create the server.
newServerName Name of the server to create.
templateName Optional. The template to use to create the server.
startCmdPath Optional. The path to the command that will run when this generic server is started.
startCmdArguments Optional. The arguments to pass to the startCommand when the generic server is started.
workingDirectory Optional. The working directory for the generic server.
stopCmdPath Optional. The path to the command that will run when this generic server is stopped.
stopCmdArguments Optional. The arguments to pass to the stopCommand parameter when the generic server is stopped.

Syntax
AdminServerManagement.createGenericServer(nodeName, newServerName, templateName, 
startCmdPath, startCmdArguments, workingDirectory, stopCmdPath, stopCmdArguments)
Example usage

(Windows)
AdminServerManagement.createGenericServer("myNode", "myServer", 
 "default", "", "", "c:\temp", "", "")
(AIX) (Linux) (HPUX) (Solaris) (iSeries) (ZOS)
AdminServerManagement.createGenericServer("myNode", "myServer", 
 "default", "", "", "/temp", "", "")
createWebServer

Configure a web server in the configuration. An application server works with a web server to handle requests for dynamic content, such as servlets, from web applications. A web server uses Web Server Plug-ins to establish and maintain persistent HTTP and HTTPS connections with an application server. If we do not want to set an argument, specify an empty string as the value for the argument, as the following syntax demonstrates: "".

Argument Description
nodeName Name of the node on which the web server is defined.
newServerName Name of the web server to create.
port Optional. The port from which to ping the status of the web server.
serverInstallRoot Optional. The fully qualified path where the web server is installed. This field is required if we are using IBM HTTP Server. For all other web servers, this field is not required. If we enable any administrative function for non-IBM HTTP Server web servers, the installation path is necessary.
pluginInstallPath The installation path for the Web server plug-in.
configFilePath Configuration file for our Web server. Specify the file and not just the directory of the file. The application server generates the plugin-cfg.xml file by default. The configuration file identifies applications, application servers, clusters, and HTTP ports for the web server. The web server uses the file to access deployed applications on various application servers.
(Windows) windowsServiceName (Windows)
The Windows Operating System name for the web server.

errorLogPath Location of the error log file.
accessLogPath Location of the access log file.
webProtocol Protocol to use for web server communications. Use the HTTPS protocol to securely communicate with the web server. The default is HTTP.

Syntax
AdminServerManagement.createWebServer(nodeName, newServerName, port, 
 serverInstallRoot, pluginInstallPath, configFilePath, 
 (Windows) windowsServiceName, errorLogPath,   accessLogPath, webProtocol)
Example usage
AdminServerManagement.createWebServer("myNode", "myWebServer", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" )
deleteServer

This script removes a server from the application server configuration.

Argument Description
nodeName Name of the node of interest.
serverName Name of the server to delete.

Syntax
AdminServerManagement.deleteServer(nodeName, serverName)
Example usage
AdminServerManagement.deleteServer("myNode", "myServer")
deleteServerTemplate

This script deletes a server template from the configuration.

Argument Description
templateName Name of the template to delete.

Syntax
AdminServerManagement.deleteServerTemplate(templateName)
Example usage
AdminServerManagement.deleteServerTemplate("newServerTemplate")
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Argument	Description
nodeName	Name of the node on which to create the application server.
serverName	Name of the server to create.
templateName	Optional. The template to use to create the application server.

Argument	Description
nodeName	Node that corresponds to the server from which to base the template.
serverName	Name of the server from which to base the template.
newTemplateName	Name of the new template to create.

Argument	Description
nodeName	Name of the node on which to create the server.
newServerName	Name of the server to create.
templateName	Optional. The template to use to create the server.
startCmdPath	Optional. The path to the command that will run when this generic server is started.
startCmdArguments	Optional. The arguments to pass to the startCommand when the generic server is started.
workingDirectory	Optional. The working directory for the generic server.
stopCmdPath	Optional. The path to the command that will run when this generic server is stopped.
stopCmdArguments	Optional. The arguments to pass to the stopCommand parameter when the generic server is stopped.

Argument	Description
nodeName	Name of the node on which the web server is defined.
newServerName	Name of the web server to create.
port	Optional. The port from which to ping the status of the web server.
serverInstallRoot	Optional. The fully qualified path where the web server is installed. This field is required if we are using IBM HTTP Server. For all other web servers, this field is not required. If we enable any administrative function for non-IBM HTTP Server web servers, the installation path is necessary.
pluginInstallPath	The installation path for the Web server plug-in.
configFilePath	Configuration file for our Web server. Specify the file and not just the directory of the file. The application server generates the plugin-cfg.xml file by default. The configuration file identifies applications, application servers, clusters, and HTTP ports for the web server. The web server uses the file to access deployed applications on various application servers.
(Windows) windowsServiceName	(Windows) The Windows Operating System name for the web server.
errorLogPath	Location of the error log file.
accessLogPath	Location of the access log file.
webProtocol	Protocol to use for web server communications. Use the HTTPS protocol to securely communicate with the web server. The default is HTTP.

Argument	Description
nodeName	Name of the node of interest.
serverName	Name of the server to delete.