This topic applies to WebSphere Application Server Liberty V8.5.5.9 and earlier. For the latest Liberty topics, see the WebSphere Application Server Liberty documentation.
Adding and removing Liberty features
Features are the units of functionality by which you control the pieces of the runtime environment that are loaded into a particular server. To add or remove a Liberty feature, you add or remove an XML snippet in the <feature> subelement of the server.xml configuration file. When you add or remove Liberty features, the changes are applied dynamically.

Before you begin
You can add and remove Liberty features as described in this topic, or as described in Editing the Liberty configuration by using developer tools.
About this task
For a list of the main Liberty features, including the XML snippets that enable them, see Liberty features.
Procedure
To add or remove Liberty features, complete the following steps: