JBI Administration Tools Overview

There are several tools that allow you to administer binding components, service engines, shared libraries, and service assemblies, all of which are considered JBI components as a general term in this documentation.

The primary tools used to manage JBI components are:

• NetBeans JBI Manager: The NetBeans JBI Manager is a NetBeans application invoked from the Services window of the NetBeans IDE. You can right-click a JBI component or service assembly to view the administration options available.

• GlassFish Application Server Admin Console: The GlassFish Application Server's Admin Console is a browser-based administrative tool that features an easy-to-navigate interface and online help. Not only does the Admin Console provide JBI Administration, it also supports system operations.

• asadmin Administrative Command Line Interface (asadmin Utility): The GlassFish Application Server asadmin Administrative Command Line Interface (CLI) is a command-line tool that is integrated with the JBI Command Line Interface (CLI). The asadmin utility and the commands associated with it perform the same set tasks that can be performed in the Admin Console or JBI Manager. For example, start and stop domains, configure the server, and deploy applications. The asadmin utility also provides advantages for programmers and script writers interested in creating automated or batched applications.

• Ant Tool (asant Utility): You can also use the asant utility to administer JBI components. The JSR 208 specification defines a standard set of Ant tasks for administering a JBI components, and are provided as GlassFish Ant extensions. JBI Ant tasks and commands are not covered in this document. For more information about using the asant utility to administer JBI Components, see JBI Ant Task Details.

• JConsole: JConsole is a Java application, included in the Java SE JDK, that allows you to connect to a JMX agent and view the information that is collected by the MBeans that are managed by an MBean Server. For more information on JConsole, see Using JConsole to Monitor Applications by Many Chung.

• Scripting: Scripting can be used to write small programs to perform simple management tasks. Scripting goes through the JDK's standard scripting interface, allowing you to use dozens of languages such as JRuby, Groovy, Jython, JACL, to name a few. Scripting for the Java Platform is specified by JSR-223, and describes mechanisms that allow scripting language programs to access information developed in the Java Platform and allow scripting language pages to be used in Java Server-side Applications. For more information, visit http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=223.