Use the AdminConfig object to invoke configuration commands and to create or change elements of the WebSphere Application Server - Express configuration.
You can start the scripting client without a running server, if you only want to use local operations. To run in local mode, use the -conntype NONE option to start the scripting client. You will receive a message that you are running in the local mode. If an application server is running, it is recommended that you do not run the AdminConfig tool in local mode.
The following public methods are available for the AdminConfig object:
attributes
Returns a list of the top level attributes for a given type.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is based on the XML configuration files and does not need to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: object type
Example usage:
$AdminConfig attributes ApplicationServer
print AdminConfig.attributes('ApplicationServer')
Example output:
"properties Property*" "serverSecurity ServerSecurity" "server Server@" "id Long" "stateManagement StateManageable" "name String" "moduleVisibility EEnumLiteral(MODULE, COMPATIBILITY, SERVER, APPLICATION)" "services Service*" "statisticsProvider StatisticsProvider"
checkin
Checks a file in to the configuration repository. The file is described by the document URI.
Note: This method only applies to deployment manager configurations.
Parameters: document URI, filename, opaque object
Example usage:
$AdminConfig checkin cells/MyCell/Node/MyNode/serverindex.xml /home/mydir/myfile $obj
AdminConfig.checkin('cells/MyCell/Node/MyNode/serverindex.xml', 'c:\mydir\myfile', obj)
The document URI is relative to the root of the configuration repository (/QIBM/UserData/WebASE51/ASE/instance/config, where instance is the name of your application server instance). The file specified by the filename parameter is used as the source of the file to check in. The opaque object is an object that the extract command of the AdminConfig object returns by a prior call.
contents
Obtains information about object types.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: object type
Example usage:
$AdminConfig contents JDBCProvider
print AdminConfig.contents('JDBCProvider')
Example output:
{DataSource DataSource} {WAS40DataSource WAS40DataSource}
convertToCluster
Converts a server so that it is the first member of a new ServerCluster.
Arguments: server id, cluster name
Example usage:
set serverid [$AdminConfig getid /Server:myServer/] $AdminConfig convertToCluster $serverid myCluster
serverid = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:myServer/') AdminConfig.convertToCluster(serverid, 'myCluster')
Example output:
myCluster(cells/mycell/clusters/myCluster:cluster.xml#ClusterMember_2
create
Creates configuration objects.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files. It does not have to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: type, parent ID, attributes
Example usage:
set jdbc1 [$AdminConfig getid /JDBCProvider:jdbc1/] $AdminConfig create DataSource $jdbc1 {{name ds1}}
jdbc1 = AdminConfig.getid('/JDBCProvider:jdbc1/') AdminConfig.create('DataSource', jdbc1, '[[name ds1]]')
jdbc1 = AdminConfig.getid('/JDBCProvider:jdbc1/') AdminConfig.create('DataSource', jdbc1, [['name', 'ds1']])
Example output:
ds1(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/server1:resources.xml#DataSource_6)
createClusterMember
Creates a new server as a member of an existing cluster.
This method creates a new server object on the node that the node id argument specifies. This server is created as a new member of the existing cluster specified by the cluster id argument, and contains attributes specified in the member attributes argument. The server is created using the server template specified by the template id attribute, and contains the name specified by the memberName attribute. The memberName attribute is required.
Arguments: cluster id, node id, member attributes
Note: The name of the object type that you specify here is the one based on the XML configuration files. It does not need to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Example usage:
set clid [$AdminConfig getid /ServerCluster:myCluster/] set nodeid [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/] set template [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:myServer/] $AdminConfig createClusterMember $clid $nodeid {{memberName newMem1} {weight 5 $template
clid = AdminConfig.getid('/ServerCluster:myCluster/') nodeid = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/') AdminConfig.createClusterMember(clid, nodeid, '[[memberName newMem1] [weight 5]]')
clid = AdminConfig.getid('/ServerCluster:myCluster/') nodeid = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/') AdminConfig.createClusterMember(clid, nodeid, [['memberName', 'newMem1'], ['weight', 5]])
Example output:
myCluster(cells/mycell/clusters/myCluster:cluster.xml#ClusterMember_2)
createDocument
Creates a new document in the configuration repository.
The documentURI argument names the document to create in the repository. The filename argument must be a valid local file name where the contents of the document exist.
Parameters: documentURI, filename
Example usage:
$AdminConfig createDocument cells/mycell/myfile.xml /home/mydir/myfile
AdminConfig.createDocument('cells/mycell/myfile.xml', 'c:\mydir\myfile')
createUsingTemplate
Creates a type of object with the given parent, using a template.
Parameters: type, parent id, attributes, template ID
Example usage:
set node [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/] set templ [$AdminConfig listTemplates JDBCProvider "DB2 JDBC Provider (XA)"] $AdminConfig createUsingTemplate JDBCProvider $node {{name newdriver}} $templ
node = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/') templ = AdminConfig.listTemplates('JDBCProvider', "DB2 JDBC Provider (XA)") AdminConfig.createUsingTemplate('JDBCProvider', node, '[[name newdriver]]', templ)
node = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/') templ = AdminConfig.listTemplates('JDBCProvider', "DB2 JDBC Provider (XA)") AdminConfig.createUsingTemplate('JDBCProvider', node, [['name', 'newdriver']], templ)
defaults
Displays the default values for attributes of a given type.
This method displays all of the possible attributes contained by an object of a specific type. If the attribute has a default value, this method also displays the type and default value for each attribute.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files. It does not have to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: type
Example usage:
$AdminConfig defaults TuningParams
print AdminConfig.defaults('TuningParams')
Example output:
Attribute Type Default usingMultiRowSchema Boolean false maxInMemorySessionCount Integer 1000 allowOverflow Boolean true scheduleInvalidation Boolean false writeFrequency ENUM writeInterval Integer 120 writeContents ENUM invalidationTimeout Integer 30 invalidationSchedule InvalidationSchedule
deleteDocument
Deletes a document from the configuration repository.
The documentURI argument names the document that will be deleted from the repository.
Parameters: documentURI
Example usage:
$AdminConfig deleteDocument cells/mycell/myfile.xml
AdminConfig.deleteDocument('cells/mycell/myfile.xml')
existsDocument
Tests for the existence of a document in the configuration repository.
The documentURI argument names the document to test in the repository.
Parameters: documentURI
Example usage:
$AdminConfig existsDocument cells/mycell/myfile.xml
AdminConfig.existsDocument('cells/mycell/myfile.xml')
Example output:
1
extract
Extracts a configuration repository file described by document URI and places it in the file named by filename.
Note: This method only applies to deployment manager configurations.
Parameters: document URI, filename
Example usage:
set obj [$AdminConfig extract cells/MyCell/Node/MyNode/serverindex.xml /home/mydir/myfile]
obj = AdminConfig.extract('cells/MyCell/Node/MyNode/serverindex.xml', 'c:\mydir\myfile')
The document URI is relative to the root of the configuration repository (/QIBM/UserData/WebASE51/ASE/instance/config, where instance is the name of your application server instance). If the file specified by filename exists, the extracted file replaces it.
getCrossDocumentValidationEnabled
Returns a message with the current cross-document enablement setting.
This method returns true if cross-document validation is enabled.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig getCrossDocumentValidationEnabled
print AdminConfig.getCrossDocumentValidationEnabled()
Example output:
WASX7188I: Cross-document validation enablement set to true
getid
Returns the configuration id of an object.
Parameters: containment path
Example usage:
$AdminConfig getid /Cell:testcell/Node:testNode/JDBCProvider:Db2JdbcDriver/
AdminConfig.getid('/Cell:testcell/Node:testNode/JDBCProvider:Db2JdbcDriver/')
Example output:
Db2JdbcDriver(cells/testcell/nodes/testnode/resources.xml#JDBCProvider_1)
getObjectName
Returns a string version of the object name for the corresponding running MBean.
This method returns an empty string if there is no corresponding running MBean.
Parameters: configuration id
Example usage:
set server [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:server1/] $AdminConfig getObjectName $server
server = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:server1/') AdminConfig.getObjectName(server)
Example output:
WebSphere:cell=mycell, name=server1,mbeanIdentifier=cells/mycell/nodes/mynode/servers/ server1/server.xml#Server_1,type=Server,node=mynode,process=server1, processType=UnManagedProcess
getSaveMode
Returns the mode used when you invoke a save command.
Possible values include the following:
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig getSaveMode
print AdminConfig.getSaveMode()
Example output:
rollbackOnConflict
getValidationLevel
Returns the validation used when files are extracted from the repository.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig getValidationLevel
AdminConfig.getValidationLevel()
Example output:
WASX7189I: Validation level set to HIGH
getValidationSeverityResult
Returns the number of validation messages with the given severity from the most recent validation.
Parameters: severity
Example usage:
$AdminConfig getValidationSeverityResult 1
AdminConfig.getValidationSeverityResult(1)
Example output:
16
hasChanges
Returns true if unsaved configuration changes exist.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig hasChanges
AdminConfig.hasChanges()
Example output:
1
help
Displays static help information for the AdminConfig object.
Parameters: none
Usage:
$AdminConfig help
print AdminConfig.help()
Output:
WASX7053I: The AdminConfig object communicates with the Config Service in a WebSphere server to manipulate configuration data for a WebSphere installation. AdminConfig has commands to list, create, remove, display, and modify configuration data, as well as commands to display information about configuration data types. Most of the commands supported by AdminConfig operate in two modes: the default mode is one in which AdminConfig communicates with the WebSphere server to accomplish its tasks. A local mode is also possible, in which no server communication takes place. The local mode of operation is invoked by bringing up the scripting client with no server connected using the command line "-conntype NONE" option or setting the "com.ibm.ws.scripting.connectionType=NONE" property in the wsadmin.properties. The following commands are supported by AdminConfig; more detailed information about each of these commands is available by using the "help" command of AdminConfig and supplying the name of the command as an argument. attributes Show the attributes for a given type checkin Check a file into the the config repository. convertToCluster converts a server to be the first member of a new ServerCluster create Creates a configuration object, given a type, a parent, and a list of attributes, and optionally an attribute name for the new object createClusterMember Creates a new server that is a member of an existing cluster. createDocument Creates a new document in the config repository. installResourceAdapter Installs a J2C resource adapter with the given rar file name and an option string in the node. createUsingTemplate Creates an object using a particular template type. defaults Displays the default values for attributes of a given type. deleteDocument Deletes a document from the config repository. existsDocument Tests for the existence of a document in the config repository. extract Extract a file from the config repository. getCrossDocumentValidationEnabled Returns true if cross-document validation is enabled. getid Show the configId of an object, given a string version of its containment getObjectName Given a config id, return a string version of the ObjectName for the corresponding running MBean, if any. getSaveMode Returns the mode used when "save" is invoked getValidationLevel Returns the validation used when files are extracted from the repository. getValidationSeverityResult Returns the number of messages of a given severity from the most recent validation. hasChanges Returns true if unsaved configuration changes exist help Show help information list Lists all configuration objects of a given type listTemplates Lists all available configuration templates of a given type. modify Change specified attributes of a given configuration object parents Show the objects which contain a given type queryChanges Returns a list of unsaved files remove Removes the specified configuration object required Displays the required attributes of a given type. reset Discard unsaved configuration changes save Commit unsaved changes to the configuration repository setCrossDocumentValidationEnabled Sets the cross-document validation enabled mode. setSaveMode Changes the mode used when "save" is invoked setValidationLevel Sets the validation used when files are extracted from the repository. show Show the attributes of a given configuration object showall Recursively show the attributes of a given configuration object, and all the objects contained within each attribute. showAttribute Displays only the value for the single attribute specified. types Show the possible types for configuration validate Invokes validation
installResourceAdapter
Installs a J2C resource adapter with the given RAR file name and an option string in the node.
The RAR file name is the fully qualified file name that resides in the node that you specify. The valid options include the following:
All options are optional. The rar.name option is the name for the J2CResourceAdapter. If you do not specify this option, the display name in the rar deployment descriptor is used. If that is not specified, the RAR file name is used. The rar.desc option is a description of the J2CResourceAdapter. The rar.archivePath is the name of the path where the file is to be extracted. If you do not specify this option, the archive will be extracted to the $\{CONNECTOR_INSTALL_ROOT\} directory. The rar.classpath is the additional class path.
Parameters: rar file name, node, options
Example usage:
$AdminConfig installResourceAdapter /rar/mine.rar {-rar.name myResourceAdapter -rar.desc "My rar file"} mynode
print AdminConfig.installResourceAdapter('c:/rar/mine.rar', '[-rar.name myResourceAdapter -rar.desc "My rar file"]', 'mynode')
Example output:
myResourceAdapter(cells/mycell/nodes/mynode:resources.xml#J2CResourceAdapter_1)
list
Returns a list of objects of a given type, possibly scoped by a parent.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: object type
Example usage:
$AdminConfig list JDBCProvider
print AdminConfig.list('JDBCProvider')
Example output:
Db2JdbcDriver(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/resources.xml#JDBCProvider_1) Db2JdbcDriver(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/deploymentmgr/ resources.xml#JDBCProvider_1) Db2JdbcDriver(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/nodeAgent/ resources.xml#JDBCProvider_1)
listTemplates
Displays a list of template object IDs.
Parameters: object type
Example usage:
$AdminConfig listTemplates JDBCProvider
print AdminConfig.listTemplates('JDBCProvider')
This example displays a list of all JDBCProvider templates available on the system.
modify
Supports modification of object attributes.
Parameters: object, attributes
Example usage:
$AdminConfig modify ConnFactory1(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/deploymentmgr/resources.xml #GenericJMSConnectionFactory_1) {{userID newID} {password newPW}}
AdminConfig.modify('ConnFactory1(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/ deploymentmgr/resources.xml#GenericJMSConnectionFactory_1)', '[[userID newID] [password newPW]]')
AdminConfig.modify('ConnFactory1(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/ deploymentmgr/resources.xml#GenericJMSConnectionFactory_1)', [['userID', 'newID'], ['password', 'newPW']])
parents
Obtains information about object types.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: object type
Example usage:
$AdminConfig parents JDBCProvider
AdminConfig.parents('JDBCProvider')
Example output:
Cell Node Server
queryChanges
Returns a list of unsaved configuration files.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig queryChanges
AdminConfig.queryChanges()
Example output:
WASX7146I: The following configuration files contain unsaved changes: cells/mycell/nodes/mynode/servers/server1/resources.xml
remove
Removes a configuration object.
Parameters: object
Example usage:
$AdminConfig remove ds1(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/server1: resources.xml#DataSource_6)
AdminConfig.remove('ds1(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/server1: resources.xml#DataSource_6)')
required
Displays the required attributes contained by an object of a certain type.
Note: The name of the object type that you input here is the one based on the XML configuration files. It does not have to be the same name that the administrative console displays.
Parameters: object
Example usage:
$AdminConfig required URLProvider
print AdminConfig.required('URLProvider')
Example output:
Attribute Type streamHandlerClassName String protocol String
reset
Resets the temporary workspace that holds updates to the configuration.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig reset
AdminConfig.reset()
save
Saves changes in the configuration repository.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig save
AdminConfig.save()
setCrossDocumentValidationEnabled
Sets the cross-document validation enabled mode. Values include true or false.
Parameters: flag
Example usage:
$AdminConfig setCrossDocumentValidationEnabled true
AdminConfig.setCrossDocumentValidationEnabled('true')
setSaveMode
Allows you to toggle the behavior of the save command. The default is rollbackOnConflict. When a conflict is discovered while saving, the unsaved changes are not committed. The alternative is overwriteOnConflict which saves the changes to the configuration repository even if there are conflicts.
Parameters: mode
Example usage:
$AdminConfig setSaveMode overwriteOnConflict
AdminConfig.setSaveMode('overwriteOnConflict')
setValidationLevel
Sets the validation used when files are extracted from the repository.
There are five validation levels: none, low, medium, high, or highest.
Parameters: level
Example usage:
$AdminConfig setValidationLevel high
AdminConfig.setValidationLevel('high')
Example output:
WASX7189I: Validation level set to HIGH
show
Returns the top level attributes of the given object.
Parameters: object, attributes
Example usage:
$AdminConfig show Db2JdbcDriver(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/ resources.xm#JDBCProvider_1)
Example output: for Jacl
{name "Sample Datasource"} {description "Data source for the Sample entity beans"}
showall
Recursively shows the attributes of a given configuration object.
Parameters: object, attributes
Example usage:
$AdminConfig showall "Default Datasource(cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/servers/server1: resources.xml#DataSource_1)
print AdminConfig.show('Db2JdbcDriver (cells/mycell/nodes/DefaultNode/resources.xm#JDBCProvider_1)')
Example output for Jacl:
{authMechanismPreference BASIC_PASSWORD} {category default} {connectionPool {{agedTimeout 0} {connectionTimeout 1000} {maxConnections 30} {minConnections 1} {purgePolicy FailingConnectionOnly} {reapTime 180} {unusedTimeout 1800}}} {datasourceHelperClassname com.ibm.websphere.rsadapter.CloudscapeDataStoreHelper} {description "Datasource for the WebSphere Default Application"} {jndiName DefaultDatasource} {name "Default Datasource"} {propertySet {{resourceProperties {{{description "Location of Cloudscape default database."} {name databaseName} {type java.lang.String} {value ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/bin/DefaultDB}} {{name remoteDataSourceProtocol} {type java.lang.String} {value {}}} {{name shutdownDatabase} {type java.lang.String} {value {}}} {{name dataSourceName} {type java.lang.String} {value {}}} {{name description} {type java.lang.String} {value {}}} {{name connectionAttributes} {type java.lang.String} {value {}}} {{name createDatabase} {type java.lang.String} {value {}}}}}}} {provider "Cloudscape JDBC Driver(cells/pongo/nodes/pongo/servers/server1:resources.xml#JDBCProvider_1)"} {relationalResourceAdapter "WebSphere Relational Resource Adapter(cells/pongo/nodes/pongo/servers/server1:resources.xml#builtin_rra)"} {statementCacheSize 0}
showAttribute
Displays only the value for the single attribute that you specify.
The output of this command is different from the output of the show command when a single attribute is specified. The showAttribute command does not display a list that contains the attribute name and value. It only displays the attribute value.
Parameters: config id, attribute
Example usage:
set ns [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/] $AdminConfig showAttribute $n hostName
ns = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/') print AdminConfig.showAttribute(ns, 'hostName')
Example output:
mynode
types
Returns a list of the configuration object types that you can manipulate.
Parameters: none
Example usage:
$AdminConfig types
print AdminConfig.types()
Example output:
AdminService Agent ApplicationConfig ApplicationDeployment ApplicationServer AuthMechanism AuthenticationTarget AuthorizationConfig AuthorizationProvider AuthorizationTableImpl BackupCluster CMPConnectionFactory CORBAObjectNameSpaceBinding Cell CellManager Classloader ClusterMember ClusteredTarget CommonSecureInteropComponent
validate
Invokes validation.
This command requests configuration validation results based on the files in your workspace, the value of the cross-document validation enabled flag, and the validation level setting. The scope of this request is the object named by the config id argument.
Parameters: config id
Example usage:
$AdminConfig validate
print AdminConfig.validate()
Example output:
WASX7193I: Validation results are logged in /QIBM/UserData/WebASE51/ASE/myInstance/logs/wsadmin.valout: Total number of messages: 16 WASX7194I: Number of messages of severity 1: 16