About this task
The WebSphere Application Server wsadmin tool provides the ability
to run scripts. The wsadmin tool supports a full range of product administrative
activities.
The following figure illustrates the major components involved
in a wsadmin scripting solution:
Figure 1: A WebSphere Application
Server scripting solution
The wsadmin tool supports two scripting languages:
Jacl and Jython. Five objects are available when you use scripts:
- AdminControl: Use to run operational commands.
- AdminConfig: Use to run configurational commands to create or modify
WebSphere Application Server configurational elements.
- AdminApp: Use to administer applications.
- AdminTask: Use to run administrative commands.
- Help: Use to obtain general help.
The scripts use these objects to communicate with MBeans that run in
WebSphere Application Server processes. MBeans are Java objects that represent
Java Management Extensions (JMX) resources. JMX is an optional package addition
to Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE). JMX is a technology that provides
a simple and standard way to manage Java objects.
To perform a task
using scripting, you must first perform the following steps:
What to do next
Before you perform any task using scripting, make sure that you are
familiar with the following concepts:
Optionally, you can customize your scripting environment. For more
information, see Scripting
environment properties.
After you become familiar with the scripting
concepts, choose a scripting language, and start the scripting client, you
are ready to perform tasks using scripting.