How to call one jython script from another to perform wsadmin function
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Problem
The Information Center documents how one jython script can call another. However, using the second script to perform wsadmin commands can fail with a NamingError.
 
Cause
Example error:

WASX7093I: Issuing message: "WASX7017E: Exception received while running file "MyScript.py"; exception information: com.ibm.bsf.BSFException: exception from Jython:
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<string>", line 10, in ?
  File "C:/temp/MyScript2.py",
  line 8, in saveChanges          
NameError: AdminConfig


The problem is that "AdminConfig" is not identified as a valid function, keyword, or variable in the second script.
 
Solution
The example below shows how one jython script can call another jython script to perform a wsadmin command. The example simply has one script (CreateVirtualHost.py) which creates a new virtual host, and calls a second script (save.py), which performs the save. This example can be used as a template for a more complex scenario.


The contents of CreateVirtualHost.py:

execfile('C:/temp/save.py')
cell = AdminConfig.getid('/Cell:<Cell_Name>/')
print cell
vtempl = AdminConfig.listTemplates('VirtualHost', 'default_host')
print vtempl
AdminConfig.createUsingTemplate('VirtualHost', cell, [['name',            'newVirtualHostName']], vtempl)
print "Calling save module"
print save()



The contents of save.py:

def save():
  AdminConfig.save()
  return "Save Complete"


Execution:

wsadmin.bat -lang jython -f C:/TEMP/CreateVirtualHost.py

Note: the "-lang jython" is only needed if jacl is the default language
 
Related information
Jython documentation in Information Center
 
CreateVirtualHost.py save.py
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Application Servers Runtimes for Java Technology Java SDK
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Administrative Scripting Tools (for example: wsadmin or ANT)
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 6.1
Software edition:
Reference #: 1239296
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Apr 30, 2007