You can create representations of servers that run other
middleware software in the administrative console. After you create
these representations, you can then manage the servers from the administrative
console.
Middleware servers encompass all servers in the middleware tier
that provide the infrastructure for applications or their data. The
steps vary depending on if you are configuring assisted life-cycle
management middleware servers or complete life-cycle management middleware
servers.
With assisted life-cycle servers, you use templates to create representations
of the servers in the administrative console. However, these servers
still exist within the administrative domain of their respective middleware
platform. You can control the servers operationally, monitor and view
server health and performance, and configure the administrative console
to display log files and configuration files for these servers. The
following server types are supported with assisted life-cycle middleware
server support:
- Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3, Version 2.0, and Version 2.2
- Apache Tomcat Version 4.1.x, Version 5.0.x, Version 5.5.x, Version
6.0
- Apache Geronimo Version 1.0 and Version 1.1
- JBoss Version 4.0.x
- BEA WebLogic Server Version 8.x, Version
9.x, Version 10.x
- External WebSphere application servers Version 5.1 and later
- WebSphere® Application Server
Community Edition
Complete life-cycle servers include any servers that the environment
can instantiate or create. You can control the servers operationally,
deploy applications, and monitor and view server health and performance.
The following server types are supported with complete life-cycle
middleware server support:
- WebSphere Application Server
Community Edition Version 2.0 (all
releases)
- PHP Version 4.x and Version 5.x
To support any other server that supports HTTP traffic, you can
create a custom HTTP server representation of the server in the administrative
console.