• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• OPTIONS
• OPERANDS
• EXAMPLES
• EXIT STATUS
• SEE ALSO

NAME

 create-application-ref - creates a reference to an application

SYNOPSIS

 create-application-ref user admin_user [passwordfile filename] [host host_name] [port port_number] [secure|s] [terse=false] [echo=false] [interactive=true] [help] [target target] [enabled=true] [virtualservers virtual_servers] reference_name

DESCRIPTION

The create-application-ref command creates a reference from a cluster or an unclustered server instance to a previously deployed application element (for example, a J2EE application, a Web module, or an enterprise bean module). This effectively results in the application element being deployed and made available on the targeted instance or cluster.

The target instance or instances making up the cluster need not be running or available for this command to succeed. If one or more instances are not available, they will receive the new application element the next time they start.

This command is supported in remote mode only.

OPTIONS

u user

The authorized domain application server administrative username.

w password

The password option is deprecated. Use passwordfile instead.

passwordfile

This option replaces the password option. Using the password option on the command line or through the environment is deprecated. The passwordfile option specifies the name of a file containing the password entries in a specified format. The entry for the password must have the AS_ADMIN_ prefix followed by the password name in capital letters. For example, to specify the domain application server password, use an entry with the following format: AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password, where password is the actual administrator password. Other passwords that can be specified include AS_ADMIN_MAPPEDPASSWORD, AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD, AS_ADMIN_SAVEDMASTERPASSWORD, AS_ADMIN_MQPASSWORD, AS_ADMIN_ALIASPASSWORD, and so on.

H host

The machine name where the domain application server is running. The default value is localhost.

p port

The port number of the domain application server listening for administration requests. The default port number for Enterprise Edition is 4849.

s secure

If set to true, uses SSL/TLS to communicate with the domain application server.

t terse

Indicates that any output data must be very concise, typically avoiding human-friendly sentences and favoring well-formatted data for consumption by a script. Default is false.

e echo

Setting to true will echo the command line statement on the standard output. Default is false.

I interactive

If set to true (default), only the required password options are prompted.

h help

Displays the help text for the command.

target

Specifies the target for which you are creating the application reference. Valid values are

• server, which creates the application reference for the default server instance server and is the default value

• cluster_name, which creates the application reference for every server instance in the cluster

• instance_name, which creates the application reference for the named unclustered server instance

enabled

Indicates whether the application should be enabled (that is, loaded). This value will take effect only if the application is enabled at the global level. The default is true.

virtualservers

Comma-separated list of virtual server IDs on which to deploy. This option applies only to Web modules (either standalone or in a J2EE application). If this option is not specified, the application is deployed to all virtual servers except the administrative server, __asadmin.

OPERANDS

reference_name

The name of the application or module, which can be a J2EE application, Web module, EJB module, connector module, application client module, or lifecycle module.

EXAMPLES

Example 1. Using the create-application-ref command

The following command creates a reference to the Web module MyWebApp on the unclustered server instance NewServer.

asadmin> create-application-ref --user admin2
--passwordfile passwords.txt --target NewServer MyWebApp
Command create-application-ref executed successfully.

EXIT STATUS

0

command executed successfully

1

error in executing the command

SEE ALSO

delete-application-ref(1), list-application-refs(1)