Administer deployed Apache SOAP Web services (XML-SOAP administrative tool)
Administer the deployed Apache SOAP Web service with the XML-SOAP administrative tool.Use the SOAPEarEnabler tool to add administrative interfaces to your EAR files. Then, use the XML-SOAP administrative tool with these EAR files to do the following tasks for each context root:
- List configured services, showing active and stopped services
- Stop a service
- Start a service
- View the Apache SOAP deployment descriptor for a service
Access the XML-SOAP administrative tool through a Web browser by specifying:
where context root is the context specified when installing the SOAP-enabled .ear file.http://localhost/<contextroot>/admin/WAS_Network_Deployment .html
What to do next
One cannot use the XML-SOAP administrative tool to add or remove a service. Use the SoapEarEnabler tool to add or remove services. A stopped service is persisted across starts and stops of the appserver. Therefore, if you stop a service, it remains stopped until the next time you use the XML-SOAP administrative tool to start it again.
One can add the XML-SOAP administrative tool interface to an enterprise application when you SOAP-enable the EAR file. In interactive mode, you are asked whether you want to add the XML-SOAP administrative tool interface. Replying yes will add the necessary Java Server Pages files and bindings allowing access to the XML-SOAP administrative tool interface for the application. The interface is an optional addition because you might not want to expose it in a production environment. Optionally, secure the XML-SOAP administrative tool using the Application Assembly Tool (AAT) to assign roles.
Assembling applications