To define middleware servers, you can use middleware server
templates and middleware descriptors. To manage middleware servers
that are defined, you can view your middleware server log files and
configuration files and configure server operations to run on your
middleware servers.
Before you begin
To configure middleware server templates, middleware server
operations, the external configuration service, or the external log
viewing service, you must create the middleware server. For more information,
read about adding middleware servers to configurations.
You can
configure middleware descriptors before or after you add your middleware
servers.
Procedure
- Configure middleware descriptors. If discovery
applies to your specific platform, mMiddleware descriptors provide
information about your middleware platform, such as the installation
location and the interval at which an installation can be discovered.
For more information, read about configuring middleware descriptors.
- Define middleware server templates. By creating
a middleware server template, you copy all of the configuration data
for that server so that you can create other servers from the template.
If you have many middleware servers with a similar configuration,
middleware server templates can make this configuration easier. For
more information, read about creating middleware server templates.
- Configure middleware server operations. For
an Apache Tomcat server, a JBoss application server, a BEA WebLogic
server, or an external WebSphere® Application
Server, use wsadmin scripting to use middleware
server operations to run executable files. For other middleware servers,
you can use the administrative console. Middleware operations can
perform tasks such as enabling or disabling tracing, starting or stopping
servers, or querying the running state of the server. For more information,
read about configuring middleware server operations.
- View and edit configuration files for your middleware servers. You can specify the path for the configuration files that you
want to view or edit in the administrative console. For more information,
read about viewing middleware server configuration files.
Avoid trouble: You cannot use the external configuration
service with an Apache Tomcat server, a JBoss application server,
a BEA WebLogic server, or an external WebSphere Application Server. You can view
and edit configuration files for these middleware servers on the machines
that host them.
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- Configure the external log viewing service. With
the external log viewing service, you can view the log files from
your middleware servers in the administrative console. For more information,
read about configuring the external log viewing service.
Avoid trouble: You cannot use the external log viewing
service with an Apache Tomcat server, a JBoss application server,
a BEA WebLogic server, or an external WebSphere Application Server. You can view
logs for these middleware servers on the machines that host them.
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