To enhance the operation of an application server, you can define
command-line information for starting or initializing an application server
process. Such settings define runtime properties such as the program to run,
arguments to run the program, and the working directory.
Why and when to perform this task
A process definition can include characteristics such as JVM settings,
standard in, error and output paths, and the user ID and password under which
a server runs.
Steps for this task
- Go to the settings
page for a process definition in the administrative console. Click
Servers > Application Servers in the console navigation tree, click
on an application server name and then Java and Process Management > Process
Definition. Note that you can also define application server
processes using the wsadmin tool. For more information, see Configuring processes using scripting.
- On the settings page for a process definition, specify the name
of the executable to run, any arguments to pass when the process starts running,
and the working directory in which the process will run. Then click OK.
- Specify process
execution statements for starting or initializing a UNIX process.
- Specify monitoring
policies to track the performance of a process.
- Specify process
logs to which standard out and standard error streams write. Complete
this step if you do not want to use the default file names.
- Specify name-value
pairs for properties needed by the process definition.
Important: Each custom property name must be unique. If the same name
is used for multiple properties, the process uses the value specified for
the first property that has that name.
- Stop the application
server and then restart
the server.
- Check the application server to ensure that the process definition
runs and operates as intended.