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
- Liberty profile 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 using one
of the following two options:
- Use the middleware descriptor administrative tasks command to
edit the properties.
- 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 using a wsadmin command,
or using the administrative console. The version properties
vary depending on the middleware platform type, for example, for some
types, you can edit the session affinity descriptor.
- Use the middleware descriptor administrative tasks command to
edit the version detail.
- In the administrative console, click the version that you want
to edit.
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.