Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Administration Guide

Using the psadmin Command-line Interface

Portal Server software provides a command-line interface (CLI). The CLI allows portal administrators to do the following:

The CLI offers a number of psadmin subcommands for managing portal tasks. These include subcommands for:

Most subcommands commands are written specifically to mimic functions in the browser interface. For management functions that have no special commands, administrators use standard UNIX commands.


Caution – Caution –

If you installed Portal Server on Sun Java System Web Server, you must start the Web Server administration server before you invoke psadmin commands.


For information about all psadmin subcommands, see the Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Command Line Reference.