Configuring middleware descriptors

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:

Procedure

  1. 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 System administration > Middleware descriptors > middleware_platform_name.

      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.

  2. 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.
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