System Properties (Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Application Development Guide)

Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Application Development Guide

System Properties

The following predefined system properties, also called variables, are available for use in the server.policy file. The system property most frequently used in server.policy is ${com.sun.aas.instanceRoot}. For more information about system properties, see the asadmin create-system-properties command in the Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Reference Manual.

Table 5–1 Predefined System Properties


Property	Default	Description
`com.sun.aas.installRoot`	depends on operating system	Specifies the directory where the GlassFish Server is installed.
`com.sun.aas.instanceRoot`	depends on operating system	Specifies the top level directory for a server instance.
`com.sun.aas.hostName`	none	Specifies the name of the host (machine).
`com.sun.aas.javaRoot`	depends on operating system	Specifies the installation directory for the Java runtime.
`com.sun.aas.imqLib`	depends on operating system	Specifies the library directory for the GlassFish Message Queue software.
`com.sun.aas.configName`	`server-config`	Specifies the name of the configuration used by a server instance.
`com.sun.aas.instanceName`	`server1`	Specifies the name of the server instance. This property is not used in the default configuration, but can be used to customize configuration.
`com.sun.aas.domainName`	`domain1`	Specifies the name of the domain. This property is not used in the default configuration, but can be used to customize configuration.