The agentadmin program is a utility used to perform a variety of tasks from required tasks, such as installation to optional tasks, such as displaying version information. This section summarizes the tasks that can be performed with the agentadmin program. Many of the tasks performed with this program are related to installation or uninstallation. For detailed information about the options available with this program, see Role of the agentadmin Program in a J2EE Agent for Policy Agent 2.2.
In this section, the options are listed for your quick review to help you get a sense of how the agentadmin program fits in with the other methods of managing J2EE agents, which are all discussed in this chapter.
The location of the agentadmin program is as follows:
PolicyAgent-base/bin
The following table lists options that can be used with the agentadmin command and gives a brief description of the specific task performed with each option.
In this section, the options described are the agentadmin program options that apply to all J2EE agents. Options that only apply to specific J2EE agents are relatively uncommon and are described where necessary within the corresponding J2EE agent guide.
Option |
Task Performed |
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--install |
Installs a new agent instance |
--uninstall |
Uninstalls an existing Agent instance |
--listAgents |
Displays details of all the configured agents |
--agentInfo |
Displays details of the agent corresponding to the specified agent IDs |
--version |
Displays the version information |
--encrypt |
Encrypts a given string |
--getEncryptKey |
Generates an Agent Encryption key |
--uninstallAll |
Uninstalls all agent instances |
--getUuid |
Retrieves a universal ID for valid identity types |
--usage |
Displays the usage message |
--help |
Displays a brief help message |