Specifying configuration objects using the wsadmin tool

Specify configuration objects with scripting and the wsadmin tool. Before starting this task, the wsadmin tool must be running. See the Starting the wsadmin scripting client article for more information.

Overview

Procedure

1. Obtain the configuration ID in one of the following ways:

   • Obtain the ID of the configuration object with the getid command, for example:

     Using Jacl:

     set var [$AdminConfig getid /type:name/]

     • Using Jython:

       var = AdminConfig.getid('/type:name/')

     where:

     set	is a Jacl command
     var	is a variable name
     $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
     AdminConfig	is an object representing the WebSphere Application Server configuration
     getid	is an AdminConfig command
     /type:name/	is the hierarchical containment path of the configuration object
     type	is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one that is based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the administrative console.
     name	is the optional name of the object

     You can specify multiple /type:name/ value pairs in the string, for example, /type:name/type:name/type:name/. If you specify the type in the containment path without the name, include the colon, for example, /type:/. The containment path must be a path that contains the correct hierarchical order. For example, if you specify /Server:server1/Node:node/ as the containment path, you do not receive a valid configuration ID because Node is a parent of Server and comes before Server in the hierarchy.

     This command returns all the configuration IDs that match the representation of the containment and assigns them to a variable.

     To look for all the server configuration IDs that reside in the mynode node, use the code in the following example:

     Using Jacl:

     set nodeServers [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:/]

     • Using Jython:

       nodeServers = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:/')

     To look for the server1 configuration ID that resides in mynode, use the code in the following example:

     Using Jacl:

     set server1 [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/Server:server1/]

     • Using Jython:

       server1 = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/Server:server1/')

     To look for all the server configuration IDs, use the code in the following example:

     Using Jacl:

     set servers [$AdminConfig getid /Server:/]

     • Using Jython:

       servers = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:/')

   • Obtain the ID of the configuration object with the list command, for example:

     Using Jacl:

     set var [$AdminConfig list type]

     or

     set var [$AdminConfig list type scopeId]

     • Using Jython:

       var = AdminConfig.list('type')

       or

       var = AdminConfig.list('type', 'scopeId')

     where:

     set	is a Jacl command
     var	is a variable name
     $	is a Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
     AdminConfig	is an object that represents the WebSphere Application Server configuration
     list	is an AdminConfig command
     type	is the object type. The name of the object type that you input here is the one that is based on the XML configuration files and does not have to be the same name that is displayed in the administrative console.
     scopeId	is the configuration ID of a cell, a node, or a server object

     This command returns a list of configuration object IDs of a given type. If you specify the scopeId value, the list of objects is returned within the specified scope. The returned list is assigned to a variable.

     To look for all the server configuration IDs, use the following example:

     Using Jacl:

     set servers [$AdminConfig list Server]

     • Using Jython:

       servers = AdminConfig.list('Server')

     To look for all the server configuration IDs in the mynode node, use the code in the following example:

     Using Jacl:

     set scopeid [$AdminConfig getid /Node:mynode/]
     set nodeServers [$AdminConfig list Server $scopeid]

     • Using Jython:

       scopeid = AdminConfig.getid('/Node:mynode/')
       nodeServers = AdminConfig.list('Server', scopeid)

2. If more than one configuration ID is returned from the getid or the list command, the IDs are returned in a list syntax. One way to retrieve a single element from the list is to use the lindex command. The following example retrieves the first configuration ID from the server object list:

   Using Jacl:

   set allServers [$AdminConfig getid /Server:/]
   set aServer [lindex $allServers 0]

   • Using Jython:

     allServers = AdminConfig.getid('/Server:/')
     
      # get line separator 
      import  java
      lineSeparator = java.lang.System.getProperty('line.separator')
     
      arrayAllServers = allServers.split(lineSeparator)
      aServer = arrayAllServers[0]

   For other ways to manipulate the list and perform pattern matching to look for a specified configuration object, refer to the Jacl syntax.

Results

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