server task help

Lists detailed help information about a specific server task command.

Requires authentication (administrator ID and password) to use.

server task instance-webseald-host help task

Options

instance-webseald-host

Full server name of the installed WebSEAL instance. Specify in the exact format as displayed in the output of the server list command.

The instance_name specifies the configured name of the WebSEAL instance. The webseald designation indicates the WebSEAL service performs the command task. The host_name is the name of the physical machine where the WebSEAL server is installed.

For example, if the configured name of a single WebSEAL instance is default, and host machine name where the WebSEAL server is installed is abc.ibm.com, the full WebSEAL server name is default-webseald-abc.ibm.com.

If an additional WebSEAL instance is configured and named web2, the full WebSEAL server name is web2-webseald-abc.ibm.com.

task

Lists detailed help for the specified task, such as the command syntax, the description, and the valid options.

Authorization

No special authorization required.

Return codes

0

The command completed successfully.

1

The command failed. When a command fails, the pdadmin command provides a description of the error and an error status code in hexadecimal format (for example, 0x14c012f2).

See "Error messages" in the IBM Knowledge Center which provides a list of the ISAM error messages by decimal or hexadecimal codes.

Examples

• The following example displays output after requesting help for the server task add command at the abc.ibm.com WebSEAL server:
  pdadmin> server task default-webseald-abc.ibm.com help add

  Output is similar to:

  Command:
  add <options> <junction point>
  Description:
  Adds an additional server to a junction
  Usage:
  TCP and SSL Junction Flags
  -iServer treats URLs as case insensitive.
  -h <hostname>Target host (required flag).
  -p <port>TCP port of server. 
  Default is 80 for TCP junctions
  443 for SSL junctions.
  -H <hostname>Proxy hostname.
  -P <port>Port of proxy server.
  -D <"DN">The Distinguished Name of the server -q <relative url> URL for query_contents script.
  -u <UUID>(stateful junctions only).
  -v <hostname>Virtual hostname for server.
  -wWin32 file system support.
  -jScripting support for junction.
  Common Flags
  <junction point>Where to create the junction

The following example displays the output after requesting help for the server task create command at the abc.ibm.com WebSEAL server:

pdadmin> server task default-webseald-abc.ibm.com help create

Output is similar to:

Command:
create -t <type> <options> <junction point>
Description:
Creates a new junction
Usage:
create -t <type> <options> <junction point>

TCP and SSL Junction Flags
...
Common Flags
-t <type>Type of junction.
One of: tcp, tcpproxy, ssl, sslproxy, local.
-fForce the creation: overwrite existing junction.
-RWebSEAL will send the Boolean Rule Header to these
junctions when a rule failure reason is provided.
<junction point>Where to create the junction

See also

help

Parent topic: Command reference