The Sun Java System Administration Guide describes how to configure, manage, and deploy the Application Server subsystems and components.
This book is intended for information technology administrators in production environments. This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:
Basic system administration tasks
Installing software
Using Web browsers
Starting database servers
Issuing commands in a terminal window
The Administration Guide is organized as follows.
Table P–1 How This Book Is Organized
Chapter |
Description |
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Describes Application Server system administration. |
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Describes JDBC resources (data source) provides applications with a means of connecting to a database. |
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Describes how to configure resources for applications that use the Java Message Service (JMS) API. |
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Describes JavaMail Resources, a set of abstract APIs that model a mail system |
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Explains JNDI resources, which are used for accessing different kinds of naming and directory services. |
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Describes Application Server support for connectors. |
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Describes Application Server support for containers. |
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Describes how to configure Application Server security |
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Describes message security for the Application Server. |
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Provides information on how to configure transactions in the Application Server. |
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Describes how to deploy web applications and make deployed web applications accessible by HTTP clients. |
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Describes web services management with Application Server. |
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Describes how to configure the Object Request Broker (ORB) and IIOP listeners. |
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Describes how to create, edit, and delete thread pools in Application Server. |
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Describes how to use the Admin Console to configure logging and view the server log. |
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Contains information about monitoring components using the Application Server Admin Console |
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Contains information about setting administration policies to automate routine administration tasks, configure self-tuning of the application server for diverse runtime condition and improve availability by preventing failures. |
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Explains the diagnostic framework and describes how to generate reports. |
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Explains how to configure JVM settings. |
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Describes automatic restart on various platforms including Windows and Linux. |
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Describes the dotted name attributes that can be used to address the MBean and its attributes. |
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Describes the command-line administration utility known as asadmin. |
The Application Server documentation set describes deployment planning and system installation. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for stand-alone Application Server documentation is http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1343.3. For an introduction to Application Server, refer to the books in the order in which they are listed in the following table.
Table P–2 Books in the Application Server Documentation Set
Book Title |
Description |
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Documentation Center |
Application Server documentation topics organized by task and subject. |
Release Notes |
Late-breaking information about the software and the documentation. Includes a comprehensive, table-based summary of the supported hardware, operating system, JavaTM Development Kit (JDKTM), and database drivers. |
Quick Start Guide |
How to get started with the Application Server product. |
Installation Guide |
Installing the software and its components. |
Application Deployment Guide |
Deployment of applications and application components to the Application Server. Includes information about deployment descriptors. |
Developer’s Guide |
Creating and implementing Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) applications intended to run on the Application Server that follow the open Java standards model for Java EE components and APIs. Includes information about developer tools, security, debugging, and creating lifecycle modules. |
Java EE 5 Tutorial |
Using Java EE 5 platform technologies and APIs to develop Java EE applications. |
Administration Guide |
Configuring, managing, and deploying Application Server subsystems and components from the Admin Console. |
Administration Reference |
Editing the Application Server configuration file, domain.xml. |
Upgrade and Migration Guide |
Migrating your applications to the new Application Server programming model, specifically from Application Server 6.x, and 7.x, and 8.x. This guide also describes differences between adjacent product releases and configuration options that can result in incompatibility with the product specifications. |
Troubleshooting Guide |
Solving Application Server problems. |
Error Message Reference |
Solving Application Server error messages. |
Reference Manual |
Utility commands available with the Application Server; written in man page style. Includes the asadmin command line interface. |
Message Queue documentation: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1307.4
Directory Server documentation: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1224.3
Web Server documentation: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1653.1
The URL for all documentation about Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) and its components is http://docs.sun.com/prod/entsys.06q3.
You can find a directory of URLs for the official specifications at install-dir/docs/index.htm. Additionally, the following resources might be useful.
General Java EE Online Information:
General Java EE Books:
Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies by Deepak Alur, John Crupi, & Dan Malks, Prentice Hall Publishing
Java Security, by Scott Oaks, O’Reilly Publishing
Books on Programming with servlets and JavaServer PagesTM (JSPTM) files:
Java Servlet Programming, by Jason Hunter, O’Reilly Publishing
Java Threads, 2nd Edition, by Scott Oaks & Henry Wong, O’Reilly Publishing
Books on Programming with EJB components:
Enterprise JavaBeans, by Richard Monson-Haefel, O’Reilly Publishing
Books on Programming with JDBC:
Database Programming with JDBC and Java, by George Reese, O’Reilly Publishing
JDBC Database Access With Java: A Tutorial and Annotated Reference (Java Series), by Graham Hamilton, Rick Cattell, & Maydene Fisher
JavadocTM Tool:
A Javadoc tool reference for packages provided with the Application Server is located in install-dir/docs/api.
The following table describes the default paths and file names that are used in this book.
Table P–3 Default Paths and File Names
Placeholder |
Description |
Default Value |
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install-dir |
Represents the base installation directory for Application Server. |
SolarisTM and Linux operating system installations, non-root user: user’s-home-directory/SUNWappserver Solaris and Linux installations, root user: /opt/SUNWappserver Windows, all installations: SystemDrive:\Sun\AppServer |
domain-root-dir |
Represents the directory containing all domains. |
install-dir/domains/ |
domain-dir |
Represents the directory for a domain. In configuration files, you might see domain-dir represented as follows: ${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot} |
domain-root-dir/domain-dir |
The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.
Table P–4 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 |
A placeholder to be replaced with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized (note that some emphasized items appear bold online) |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. |
The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.
Table P–5 Symbol Conventions
Symbol |
Description |
Example |
Meaning |
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[ ] |
Contains optional arguments and command options. |
ls [-l] |
The -l option is not required. |
{ | } |
Contains a set of choices for a required command option. |
-d {y|n} |
The -d option requires that you use either the y argument or the n argument. |
${ } |
Indicates a variable reference. |
${com.sun.javaRoot} |
References the value of the com.sun.javaRoot variable. |
- |
Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes. |
Control-A |
Press the Control key while you press the A key. |
+ |
Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes. |
Ctrl+A+N |
Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys. |
-> |
Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface. |
File -> New -> Templates |
From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates. |
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