Sun Microsystems Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1, Administration Manual

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If your configuration includes remote server instances, create node agents to manage and
facilitate remote server instances. It is the responsibility of the node agent to create, start, stop,
and delete a server instance. Use the command line interface (CLI) commands to set up node
agents.
Command-line Interface (
asadmin
Utility)
The
asadmin
utility is a command-line interface for the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server. Use
the
asadmin
utility and the commands associated with it to perform the same set of
administrative tasks offered by the Admin Console. The default installation root directory on
Solaris is
/opt/SUNWappserver
.
To start the
asadmin
utility, go to the as-install /bin directory and enter:
$ ./asadmin
To list the commands available within
asadmin
:
asadmin> help
It is also possible to issue an
asadmin
command at the shell’s command prompt:
$ asadmin help
To view a command’s syntax and examples, type
help
followed by the command name. For
example:
asadmin> help create-jdbc-resource
The
asadmin help
information for a given command displays the UNIX man page of the
command. These man pages are also available in HTML and PDF format in the Sun GlassFish
Enterprise Server 2.1 Reference Manual .
JConsole
JConsole is used to monitor the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server. You can use either the
JConsole remote tab, or the advanced tab to connect to the Enterprise Server.
■
Remote Tab: identify the username, password, administration server host, and JMS port
number (8686 by default), and select Connect.
■
Advanced Tab: identify the
JMXServiceURL
as
service:
jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://host:jms-port/jmxrmi
and select Connect. The
JMXServerURL
is printed in the
server.log
file as well as output in the command window of
the domain creation command.
Enterprise Server Overview and Concepts
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