WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Defining application server processes

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Specify process execution statements for starting or initializing a UNIX process.
  4. Specify monitoring policies to track the performance of a process.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Stop the application server and then restart the server.
  8. Check the application server to ensure that the process definition runs and operates as intended.



Sub-topics
Automatically restarting server processes

Related tasks
Running application servers from a non-root user
Running an application server from a non-root user and the node agent from root
Running an Application Server and node agent from a non-root user
Running the deployment manager with a non-root user ID

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