Automating administrative architecture setup using wsadmin scripting library
The scripting library provides Jython script procedures to assist in automating your environment. Use the server, node, and cluster management scripts to configure servers, nodes, node groups, and clusters in your application server environment.
Before you begin
Before you can complete this task, you must install an application server in your environment.
About this task
- Run scripts from the Jython script library in interactive mode with the wsadmin tool. You can
launch the wsadmin tool, and run individual scripts that are included in the script library using
the following
syntax:
wsadmin>AdminServerManagement.createApplicationServer("myNode", "myServer", "default")
- Use a text editor to combine several scripts from the Jython script library, as the following
sample
displays:
Save the custom script and run it from the command line, as the following syntax demonstrates:# # My Custom Jython Script - file.py # AdminServerManagement.createApplicationServer("myNode", "Server1", "default") AdminServerManagement.createApplicationServer("myNode", "Server2", "default") # Use one of them as the first member of a cluster AdminClusterManagement.createClusterWithFirstMember("myCluster", "APPLICATION_SERVER", "myNode", "Server1") # Add a second member to the cluster AdminClusterManagement.createClusterMember("myCluster", "myNode", "Server3") # Install an application AdminApplication.installAppWithClusterOption("DefaultApplication", "..\installableApps\DefaultApplication.ear", "myCluster") # Start all servers and applications on the node AdminServerManagement.startAllServers("myNode")
bin>wsadmin -language jython -f path/to/your/jython/file.py
- Use the Jython scripting library code as sample syntax to write custom scripts. Each script example in the script library demonstrates best practices for writing wsadmin scripts. The script library code is located in the app_server_root/scriptLibraries directory. Within this directory, the scripts are organized into subdirectories according to functionality. For example, the app_server_root/scriptLibraries/application/V70 subdirectory contains procedures that perform application management tasks that are applicable to Version 7.0 and later of the product. The subdirectory V70 in the script library paths does not mean the scripts in that subdirectory are Version 7.0 scripts.
- The server and cluster management procedures are located in the app_server_root/scriptLibraries/servers/V70 subdirectory.
- The node and node group management procedures are located in the app_server_root/scriptLibraries/system/V70 subdirectory.

Use the following steps to create a node group and add three nodes to the group:
Procedure
Results
The wsadmin script libraries return the same output as the associated wsadmin commands. For example, the AdminServerManagement.listServers() script returns a list of available servers. The AdminClusterManagement.checkIfClusterExists() script returns a value of true if the cluster exists, or false if the cluster does not exist. If the command does not return the expected output, the script libraries return a 1 value when the script successfully runs. If the script fails, the script libraries return a -1 value and an error message with the exception.
wsadmin>AdminApplication.startApplicationOnCluster("myApplication","myCluster","true")
What to do next
Create custom scripts to automate your environment by combining script procedures from the scripting library. Save custom scripts to a new subdirectory of the app_server_root/scriptLibraries directory.