Middleware descriptors provide information about different
middleware platform types that includes middleware discovery intervals,
enablement, and installation information.
Before you begin
If you want to add or change installation information to the
middleware descriptor, you must know the installation paths of the
middleware software that you want to configure.
About this task
You can edit the following middleware descriptors that are
provided with the product:
- Application server
- Apache HTTP server
- JBoss server
- PHP server
- Apache Tomcat server
- BEA WebLogic server
- Custom HTTP server
- WebSphere® Application
Server Community Edition server
Procedure
- Edit middleware platform descriptor properties.
- Use the middleware descriptor administrative tasks to edit the
properties for an Apache Tomcat server, a JBoss application server,
a BEA WebLogic server, or an external WebSphere Application Server. You can also
use these tasks for other middleware servers.
- For other middleware servers, in the administrative console, click .
If you are using an Apache HTTP server, WebSphere Application
Server Community Edition, or PHP run time: Configure
the interval at which the discovery function of the middleware platform
runs. Supply a Discovery interval and units
for this discovery interval in seconds, minutes, hours, or days. To
disable middleware discovery, enter -1 in the Discovery
interval field. Click OK to save
these changes. This automated discovery is supported for Apache, WebSphere Application
Server Community Edition, and PHP run times only.
- Edit the middleware platform version details.
- Use the middleware descriptor administrative tasks to edit the
version details for an Apache Tomcat server, a JBoss application server,
a BEA WebLogic server, or an external WebSphere Application Server. You can also
use these tasks for other middleware servers. The version details
vary depending on the middleware platform.
- Click the version that you want to edit. The version properties
vary depending on the middleware platform type, for example, for some
types, you can edit the session affinity descriptor.
For Apache
web servers, WebSphere Application
Server Community Edition servers,
and PHP servers, if you installed the phpRuntime, wasceRuntime, or
apacheWebServerRuntime to a location other than the default path,
you can edit the installation location. You can also define multiple
installation locations. Do not include installation locations for
server installations for which discovery is not preferred, such as
centralized installation manager installations of WebSphere Application
Server Community Edition. If you change or remove
an installation location from servers that were previously discovered,
changes to those servers are no longer discovered.
Results
When enabled, automated discovery can run for Apache,
WebSphere Application
Server Community Edition, and PHP run times that
you configured.