Creating application servers

During the installation process, the product creates a default application server, named server1. Most installations require several application servers to handle the application serving needs of their production environment. You can use the command-line tool or the administrative console to create additional applications servers.

Before you begin

Determine if you want to use the application server that you are creating as part of a cluster. If this application server is going to be part of a cluster, you must use the Create a new cluster wizard instead of the Create a new application server wizard to create this application server.

About this task

To create a new application server, you can either use the createApplicationServer, createWebServer, or createGenericServer wsadmin command, or you can use the administrative console.

You can also create a new application server when you add a cluster member to a server cluster.

If you are migrating from a previous version of the product, then you can upgrade a portion of the nodes in a cell, while leaving others at the previous product level. This means that, for a period of time, you might be managing servers that are running at two different release levels in the same cell. However, when you create a new server definition, you must use a server configuration template, and that template must be created from a server instance that matches the version of the node on which you are creating a server.

There are no restrictions on what you can do with the servers running on the current release level.

You can use the administrative console to perform the following steps to create a new application server:

Procedure

  1. In the administrative console, click either Servers > Application servers > New, or Servers > Clusters.

    The Servers > Application servers > New path starts the Create a new application server wizard. The Servers > Clusters > New path starts the Create a new cluster wizard. Only use this path if the application server is part of a cluster.

    The Servers > Clusters path brings you to the administrative console page where you can complete one of the following actions:
    • Click New if this application server is the first member of a new cluster, or
    • Click on the name of an existing cluster to make this application server a new member of that cluster.

    Both actions start the Create a new cluster wizard.

  2. Select a node for the application server.
  3. Enter a name for the application server. The name must be unique within the node.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Select a server template for the new server.

    You can use a default application server template for your new server or you can use the template that is optimized for development uses. The new application server inherits all of the configuration settings of the template server.

  6. Click Next, and then select Generate unique HTTP ports if you want the wizard to generate unique ports for the application server.

    By default, this option is enabled. If you select this option, then you might need to update the alias list for the virtual host that you plan to use with this server to contain these new port values. If you deselect this option, then ensure that the default port values do not conflict with other servers on the same physical machine.

  7. Click Next. Review the settings for the new server. If you want to change any of the settings, click Previous until you return to a page where you can change that setting. If you do not want to make any changes, click Finish.
  8. Click Review, select Synchronize changes with Nodes, and then click Save to save any configuration changes that you made.

Results

The new application server is displayed in the list of servers on the administrative console Application servers page.

What to do next

This newly created application server is configured with default settings that are not displayed when you run the Create New Application Server wizard.

You can:




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