Tools for Administration
The Application Server includes three administrative tools:
Admin Console
The Admin Console is a browser-based tool that features an easy-to-navigate interface and online help. The administration server must be running to use the Admin Console.
When the Application Server was installed, you chose a port number for the server, or used the default port of 4848. You also specified a user name and master password.
To start the Admin Console, in a web browser type:
http://hostname:port |
For example:
http://kindness.sun.com:4848 |
If the Admin Console is running on the machine on which the Application Server was installed, specify localhost for the host name.
On Windows, start the Application Server Admin Console from the Start menu.
The installation program creates the default administrative domain (named domain1) with the default port number 4848, as well as an instance separate from the domain administration server (DAS). After installation, additional administration domains can be created. Each domain has its own domain administration server, which has a unique port number. When specifying the URL for the Admin Console, be sure to use the port number for the domain to be administered.
asadmin Utility
The asadmin utility is a command-line tool. Use the asadmin utility and the commands associated with it to perform the same set of tasks that can be performed in the Admin Console. For example, start and stop domains, configure the server, and deploy applications.
Use these commands either from a command prompt in the shell, or call them from other scripts and programs. Use these commands to automate repetitive administration tasks.
To start the asadmin utility:
$ asadmin |
To list the commands available within asadmin:
asadmin> help |
It is also possible to issue an asadmin command at the shell’s command prompt:
$ asadmin help |
To view a command’s syntax and examples, type help followed by the command name. For example:
asadmin> help create-jdbc-resource |
The asadmin help information for a given command displays the UNIX man page of the command. These man pages are also available in HTML format.
Application Server Management Extension (AMX)
The Application Server Management eXtension is an API that exposes all of the Application Server configuration and monitoring JMX managed beans as easy-to-use client-side dynamic proxies implementing the AMX interfaces.
For more information on using the Application Server Management Extension, see Chapter 20, Using the Application Server Management Extensions, in Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9 Developer’s Guide.
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