Work with URL properties files

Use properties files to create or change uniform resource locator (URL) properties.

Determine the changes to make to your URL configuration.

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 URL object and its configuration properties.

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

Action	Procedure
create	Set properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command.
modify	Edit properties and then run the applyConfigProperties command.
delete	Uncomment #DELETE=true and run the deleteConfigProperties command.

Optionally, we can use interactive mode with the commands:

AdminTask.command_name('-interactive')

Tasks

• Create a URL and its properties.

  1. Create a properties file for a URL object.

     Open an editor and create a URL properties file. We can copy the example properties file in this step into an editor and modify the properties as needed for our situation.

     An example properties file for a URL named myURLJndiName under the Default URL Provider at cell scope follows:

     #
     # Header
     #
     ResourceType=URL
     ImplementingResourceType=GenericType
     ResourceId=Cell=!{cellName}:URLProvider=Default URL Provider:URL=jndiName#myURLJndiName
     #DELETE=true
     #
     
     #
     #Properties
     #
     spec=mySpec #required
     name=myName #required
     description=null
     category=null
     providerType=null
     provider=Default URL Provider #ObjectName(URLProvider)
     jndiName=myURLJndiName #required
     
     EnvironmentVariablesSection
     #
     #
     #Environment Variables
     cellName=WASCell06
     

  2. Run the applyConfigProperties command to create a URL 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'])
     

• Modify an existing URL.
  1. Obtain a properties file for the URL to change.

     We can extract a properties file for a URL object using the extractConfigProperties command.

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

     Ensure that the environment variables in the properties file match the system.

  3. Run the applyConfigProperties command to change a URL configuration.

• If we no longer need a URL, we can delete the entire URL object.

  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]') 
  

Use the properties file to configure and manage the URL object.

What to do next

Save the changes to the configuration.

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 .