psadmin create-instance

Description

Sets up a new Portal Server instance and associates it with a portal.

Syntax

Long Format

psadmin create-instance --adminuser uid --passwordfile password-file --portal portal-name --webconfig web-config-file[--instance-name instance-name] --restrictive

Short Format

psadmin create-instance -u uid -f password-filename -p portal-name -w web-config-file[-i instance-name] --restrictive

Options

The following options are required:

[--adminuser | -u] uid

Specifies the administrator's distinguished name (DN) or user ID (uid).

[--passwordfile | -f] password-filename

Specifies the administrator's password in the password file.

[--portal | -p] portal-name

Specifies the name of the portal that the instance belongs to.

[--webconfig | -w] web-config-file

Specifies the name of the web container properties file, which contains web container-specific configuration parameters. This properties file is in the /opt/SUNWportal/template directory for your platform.

[--restrictive]

Allows SRA instances (Gateway, Netlet proxy, and Rewriter proxy) get installed and work without connecting to remote Portal Administration Server.

The following option is optional:

[--instance | -i] intance-name

Specifies the name of the new portal instance. If omitted, the administration framework generates the name as host-name_port-number.

Example

Example 4–5 psadmin create-instance

psadmin create-instance -u admin-user -f password -p portal1 -w /tmp/webcontainer.properties.SJSWS7

In the above example, the command creates an instance of portal1. The instance name by default is machine-name-port-number.