Work with cache provider properties files

Use properties files to create, modify, or delete cache provider properties and custom properties.

Determine the changes to make to the cache provider configuration or its configuration objects.

Start the wsadmin scripting tool. To start wsadmin using the Jython language, run the wsadmin -lang jython command from the bin directory of the server profile.

Use a properties file to create, modify, or delete a cache provider object. We can also create, modify, or delete cache provider custom properties.

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

Action	Procedure
create	Set required properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command.
modify	Edit properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command to modify the value of a custom property.
delete	Run the deleteConfigProperties command to delete a property. If the deleted property has a default value, the property is set to the default value. To delete the entire CacheProvider object, uncomment #DELETE=true and then run the deleteConfigProperties command.
create Property	Not applicable
delete Property	Not applicable

Optionally, we can use interactive mode with the commands:

AdminTask.command_name('-interactive')

Tasks

• Create or edit a cache provider properties file.

  1. Set CacheProvider properties as needed.

     Open an editor on a CacheProvider properties file. Modify the Environment Variables section to match the system and set any property value that needs to be changed. An example CacheProvider properties file follows:

     #
     # Header
     #
     #
     ResourceType=CacheProvider
     ImplementingResourceType=CacheProvider
     ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:CacheProvider=myCacheProvider
     #DELETE=true
     #
     
     #
     #Properties
     #
     classpath={}
     name=myCacheProvider #required
     isolatedClassLoader=false #boolean,default(false)
     nativepath={}
     description=Default Cache Provider
     providerType=null
     
     #
     EnvironmentVariablesSection
     #
     #
     #Environment Variables
     cellName=myCell04
     

  2. Run the applyConfigProperties command to change a cache provider configuration.

     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'])
     

• If we no longer need the cache provider or an existing custom property, we can delete the entire cache provider object or the custom property.

  • To delete the entire object, specify DELETE=true in the header section of the properties file and run the deleteConfigProperties command; for example:

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

  • To delete a custom property, specify only the property to be deleted in the properties file and then run the deleteConfigProperties command.

Use the properties file to configure and manage the cache provider object and its properties.

What to do next

Save the changes to the configuration.

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Extracting properties files

Validate 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

Create, modifying, and deleting configuration objects using one properties file

Properties file syntax

PropertiesBasedConfiguration .