Starting applications using wsadmin.sh

Use scripting and the wsadmin tool to start an application that is not running.

There are two ways to complete this task. This topic uses the AdminControl object to start an application. Alternatively, you can use the scripts in the AdminApplication script library to start, stop, and manage applications.

Tasks

1. Start the wsadmin scripting tool.
2. Identify the application manager MBean for the server where the application resides and assign it the appManager variable. The following example returns the name of the application manager MBean.
   • Jacl:

      set appManager [$AdminControl queryNames cell=mycell,node=mynode,type
     =ApplicationManager,
     process=server1,*]
     

   • Jython:

     appManager = AdminControl.queryNames('cell=mycell,node=mynode,type
     =ApplicationManager,
     process=server1,*')
     print appManager
     

   Command element	Description
   set	Jacl command
   appManager	Variable name
   $	Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   AdminControl	Enable the manipulation of MBeans running in a WebSphere Application Server process
   queryNames	AdminControl command
   cell=mycell,node=mynode,type=ApplicationManager,process=server1	is the hierarchical containment path of the configuration object
   print	Jython command

   Example output:

   WebSphere:cell=mycell,name=ApplicationManager,mbeanIdentifier=ApplicationManager,
   type=ApplicationManager,node=mynode,process=server1
   

3. Start the application. The following example invokes the startApplication operation on the MBean, providing the application name that you want to start.
   • Jacl:

     $AdminControl invoke $appManager startApplication myApplication
     

   • Jython:

     AdminControl.invoke(appManager, 'startApplication', 'myApplication')
     

   Command element	Description
   $	Jacl operator for substituting a variable name with its value
   AdminControl	Enable the manipulation of MBeans running in a WAS process
   invoke	AdminControl command
   appManager	Evaluate to the ID of the server specified in step number 1
   startApplication	Attribute of the modify command
   myApplication	Value of the startApplication attribute

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