Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Performance Tuning Guide

Application Server 8 Tuning Parameters

The following table describes the tuning parameters that you can set when you are using Application Server 8 as the Access Manager web container.

Table 2–4 Application Server 8 Web Container Tuning Parameters

Parameter 

Description 

ASADMIN

Specifies the Application Server 8 asadmin utility location.

Default values: 

  • Solaris systems: /opt/SUNWappserver/appserver/bin/asadmin

  • Linux systems: /opt/sun/appserver/bin/asadmin

ASADMIN_USER

Specifies the Application Server 8 administrator user account.

Default: admin

ASADMIN_PASSFILE

Specifies the temporary password file location used by the asadmin utility. The amtune-as8 script creates this file and then deletes it after use.

Default: /tmp/passfile

ASADMIN_HOST

Specifies the Application Server 8 admin host name.

Default: $HOSTNAME

ASADMIN_PORT

Specifies the Application Server 8 admin port.

Default: 4849 

ASADMIN_SECURE

Specifies whether the ASADMIN_PORT is secure: 

  • "--secure" specifies the port is secure.

  • Blank specifies that the port is not secure.

Default: "--secure"

ASADMIN_TARGET

Specifies whether this Application Server 8 installation is used exclusively for Access Manager and Portal Server.

Default: server, indicating that Application Server 8 installation is exclusively used for Access Manager and Portal Server.

ASADMIN_INTERACTIVE

Specifies whether Application Server 8 administrator operates interactively. 

Default: false 

Caution: Do not change this parameter.

AMTUNE_WEB_CONTAINER_JAVA_POLICY

Specifies whether Application Server 8 evaluates Java security descriptors, as specified in the server.policy file.

Default: false 

Caution: Do not change this parameter. Evaluating Java security descriptors can add a significant performance overhead.