asadmin(1)

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NAME

asadmin – wrapper utility for performing administrative tasks for the Sun Java System Application Server on Ubuntu Linux

Synopsis

asadmin  subcommand [-short_option[ short_option_argument]]*
 [--long_option[ long_option_argument]]* [operand]*

Description

Use this asadmin utility wrapper script to run asadmin from the /usr/bin directory. This script automatically creates a default domain in user_home_directory/glassfishv2/domains, if one has not already been created.

This asadmin script is a wrapper for the asadmin utility found in /usr/share/glassfishv2/bin by default when you install Application Server. All commands sent to this script are forwarded to that utility.

The script is a convenience wrapper to create a domain in the user's home directory. If the script fails, or there are other domains occupying the same ports or hosts, run the asadmin utility located in /usr/share/glassfishv2/bin. You can create a domain in any location using the create-domain command with the domaindir option.

Use the asadmin utility to perform administrative tasks for Sun Java System Application Server. You can use asadmin in place of the Admin Console interface.

The subcommand identifies the operation or task you wish to perform. Subcommands are case-sensitive. Short option arguments have a single dash (-); while long option arguments have two dashes (--). Options control how the utility performs a subcommand. Options are also case-sensitive. Most options require argument values except boolean options, which toggle to switch a feature ON or OFF. Operands appear after the argument values, and are set off by a space, a tab, or double dashes (--). The asadmin utility treats anything that comes after the options and their values as an operand.

For this wrapper script, the most common subcommands are:

• start-domain, which creates a domain in user_home_directory/glassfishv2/domains if one doesn't already exist, and starts it. If the domain already exists, it starts the domain.

• stop-domain, which stops the domain in user_home_directory/glassfishv2/domains.

• delete-domain, which deletes the domain in user_home_directory/glassfishv2/domains.

• help, which gives you help for asadmin. asadmin help gives you a list of valid subcommands. asadmin subcommand --help gives you help for the subcommand.

Local subcommands can be executed without the presence of an administration server. However, it is required that the user be logged into the machine hosting the domain in order to execute the subcommand and have access (permissions) for the installation and domain directories.

Remote subcommands are always executed by connecting to an administration server and executing the subcommand there. A running administration server is required. All remote subcommands require the following options:

-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 --host

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

-p --port

The HTTP/S port for administration. This is the port to which you should point your browser in order to manage the domain. For example, http://localhost:4848.

The default port number is 4848.

-s --secure

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

-u --user

The authorized domain administration server administrative username.

If you have authenticated to a domain using the asadmin login command, then you need not specify the --user option on subsequent operations to this particular domain.

--passwordfile

The --passwordfile option specifies the name, including the full path, of a file containing the password entries in a specific format. The entry for the password must have the AS_ADMIN_ prefix followed by the password name in uppercase letters.

For example, to specify the domain administration 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, and AS_ADMIN_ALIASPASSWORD.

All remote commands must specify the admin password to authenticate to the domain administration server, either through --passwordfile or asadmin login, or interactively on the command prompt. The asadmin login command can be used only to specify the admin password. For other passwords, that must be specified for remote commands, use the --passwordfile or enter them at the command prompt.

If you have authenticated to a domain using the asadmin login command, then you need not specify the admin password through the --passwordfile option on subsequent operations to this particular domain. However, this is applicable only to AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD option. You will still need to provide the other passwords, for example, AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD, as and when required by individual commands, such as update-file-user.

For security reasons, passwords specified as an environment variable will not be read by asadmin.

The default value for AS_ADMIN_MASTERPASSWORD is changeit.

--help

Displays the help text for the command.

The --passwordfile option takes the file containing the passwords. The valid contents for the file are:

AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=value
AS_ADMIN_ADMINPASSWORD=value
AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD=value
AS_ADMIN_MASTERPASSWORD=value

If AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD has been exported to the global environment, specifying the --passwordfile option will produce a warning about using the --password option. Unset AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD to prevent this from happening.

The master password is not propagated on the command line or an environment variable, but can be specified in the passwordfile.

To use the --secure option, you must use the set command to enable the security-enabled flag in the admin http-listener in the domain.xml configuration file.

When you use the asadmin subcommands to create and/or delete, you must restart the server for the newly created command to take affect. Use the start-domain command to restart the server.

You can obtain overall usage information for any of the asadmin utility subcommands by invoking the --help option. If you specify a subcommand, the usage information for that subcommand is displayed. Using the help option without a subcommand displays a listing of all the available subcommands.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Unstable

See Also

asadmin(1M), start-domain(1), stop-domain(1), delete-domain(1).

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