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6.6.0.1.6: Find the best place to start in the Java console

6.6.0.1.6: Find the best place to start in the Java console

Chances are, you would like to start performing administrative tasks right away. This table suggests the best place to start when you have an administrative task.

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Configure an application server On the console menu bar, click Console -> Task -> Configure an application server.
Support Java components that access databases On the console menu bar, click Console -> Task -> Create data source.
Introduce new resources, such as servlets, into the administrative domain To configure new servlets, Web pages and JSP files, use the console menu bar selections:
  • Console -> Tasks -> Add a servlet.
  • Console -> Tasks -> Add a JSP file or Web resource.

To configure new enterprise beans to use an existing application server and container (such as the default server and container):

  1. On the console menu bar, click View -> Topology.
  2. Locate and right-click the container to use.
  3. Click Create -> Enterprise Beans.

To configure new enterprise beans when you do not yet have an application server or container, click Console -> Tasks -> Configure an application server.

Combine servlets, JSP files, or Web pages into a "Web" application On the console menu bar, click Console -> Tasks -> Configure a Web application.
Combine enterprise beans, Web applications, JSP files or Web pages into an enterprise application Combine Web applications, JSP files, or Web pages into an enterprise application On the console menu bar, click Console -> Tasks -> Create enterprise application.
Alter the contents of an application On the console menu bar, click -> Edit enterprise application.
Fine-tune the configurations of resources
  1. On the console menu bar, click View -> Topology.
  2. Locate and click the resource to display and edit its properties in the right side of the console.
Start, stop and ping resources
  1. On the console menu bar, click View -> Topology.
  2. Right-click a resource for a menu of actions you can perform on it, such as Start, Stop and Ping.
Specify default configurations for new resources to inherit
  1. On the console menu bar, click View -> Type
  2. Locate and click a resource type to configure default properties for the resource type.
Add or remove resources
  1. On the console menu bar, click View -> Topology.
  2. Locate and right-click the resource.
  3. Click Remove.
Set up security Click Console -> Tasks. The security tasks include the Configure Global Settings task and the tasks below it.
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