Work with application server properties files

Use properties files to create or change application server properties and the associated StateManageable instance under a server.

Determine the changes to make to the application server configuration.

Start the wsadmin scripting tool. To start wsadmin using the Jython language, run...

cd PROFILE_HOME/bin
wsadmin -lang jython

Use a properties file to create, modify, or delete an application server properties.

Run administrative commands using wsadmin to create or change a properties file for an application server, validate the properties, and apply them to the configuration.

Action	Procedure
create	Not available
modify	Edit properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command.
delete	Not available
create Property	Set properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command.
delete Property	Run the deleteConfigProperties command.

Optionally, we can use interactive mode with the commands:

AdminTask.command_name('-interactive')

Modify a properties file for an ApplicationServer object

1. Obtain a properties file for the application server to change.

   We can extract a properties file for an Application Server using the extractConfigProperties command.

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

   For example, modify the ApplicationServer and associated StateManageable under a server. The following properties file shows a property under ApplicationServer with name myName and value myVal:

   #
   # Header
   #
   ResourceType=ApplicationServer
   ImplementingResourceType=ApplicationServer
   ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:Node=!{nodeName}:Server=!{serverName}:ApplicationServer=
   AttributeInfo=components
   #
   
   #
   #Properties
   #
   applicationClassLoaderPolicy=MULTIPLE #ENUM(MULTIPLE|SINGLE),default(MULTIPLE)
   name=null
   applicationClassLoadingMode=PARENT_FIRST #ENUM(PARENT_FIRST|PARENT_LAST),default(PARENT_FIRST)
   server=!{serverName}
   parentComponent=null
   id=-1 #long,default(-1)
   
   
   #
   # Header
   #
   ResourceType=StateManageable
   ImplementingResourceType=ApplicationServer
   ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:Node=!{nodeName}:Server=!{serverName}:ApplicationServer=:StateManageable=
   AttributeInfo=stateManagement
   #
   
   #
   #Properties
   #
   initialState=START #ENUM(STOP|START),default(START)
   managedObject=Cell=!{cellName}:Node=!{nodeName}:Server=!{serverName}:ApplicationServer= #ObjectName(ApplicationServer),readonly
   
   
   #
   # Header
   #
   ResourceType=ApplicationServer
   ImplementingResourceType=ApplicationServer
   ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:Node=!{nodeName}:Server=!{serverName}:ApplicationServer=
   AttributeInfo=properties(name,value)
   #
   
   #
   #Properties
   #
   myName=myVal
   #
   
   EnvironmentVariablesSection
   #
   #Environment Variables
   cellName=WASCell06
   serverName=myServer
   nodeName=WASNode04
   

3. Run the applyConfigProperties command to change an application server configuration and create any new properties.

   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 application server properties

To delete one or more properties, specify only those properties to delete in the properties file and run deleteConfigProperties; for example:

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

Use the properties file to configure and manage the application server object.

What to do next

Save the changes to the configuration.

Subtopics

• Work with class loader properties files
  Use properties files to create or change PARENT_LAST class loader properties under the ApplicationServer object of a server.
• Work with library reference properties files
  Use properties files to create or change library reference properties under a PARENT_LAST class loader that is under the ApplicationServer object of a server.

Extracting properties files

Create server, cluster, application, or authorization group objects using properties files and wsadmin scripting

Deleting server, cluster, application, or authorization group objects using properties files

PropertiesBasedConfiguration .