Custom service settings

Configure a service that runs in an application server.

From the admin console, click...

        Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server. Then, in the Server Infrastructure section, click Administration > Custom services > custom_service_name.

(Dist) If we are developing a custom service for a node agent, click...

        System Administration > Node agents > node agent_name. Then, in the Additional Properties section, click Custom services > custom_service_name to view this administrative console page.

Enable service at server startup

Specifies whether the server attempts to start and initialize the service when its containing process (the server) starts. By default, the service is not enabled when its containing process starts.

Information	Value
Data type	Boolean
Default	false

External Configuration URL

The URL for a custom service configuration file.

If our custom services class requires a configuration file, specify the fully-qualified path name to that configuration file for the value. This file name is passed into our custom service class.

Information	Value
Data type	String
Units	URL

Classname

Class name of the service implementation. This class must implement the Custom Service interface.

Information	Value
Data type	String
Units	Java class name

Display Name

Name of the service.

Information	Value
Data type	String

Description

Describes the custom service.

Information	Value
Data type	String

Classpath

Class path used to locate the classes and JAR files for this service.

Information	Value
Data type	String
Units	Class path

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