Custom service settings

Use this page to configure a service that runs in an application server.

To view this administrative console page, click Servers > Application Servers > server_name > Custom Services >custom_service_name.

Configuration tab

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. To enable the service, place a checkmark in the check box.

Data type	Boolean
Default	false

External Configuration URL

Specifies the URL for a custom service configuration file.

If your 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 your custom service class.

Data type	String
Units	URL

Classname

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

Data type	String
Units	Java class name

Display Name

Specifies the name of the service.

Data type

String

Description

Describes the custom service.

Data type

String

Classpath

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

Data type	String
Units	Class path