Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Administration Guide

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## Tools for Administration

- The Application Server includes three administrative tools:

  - Admin Console

  - asadmin Utility

  - Application Server Management Extension (AMX)

### Admin Console

The Admin Console is a browser-based tool that features an easy-to-navigate interface and online help. This manual provides step-by-step instructions for using the Admin Console. The administration server must be running to use the Admin Console.

When the Application Server was installed, you chose a port number for the server, or used the default port of 4849. You also specified a user name and master password.

To start the Admin Console, in a web browser type:

    https://hostname:port

For example:

    https://kindness.sun.com:4849

If the Admin Console is running on the machine on which the Application Server was installed, specify `localhost` for the host name.

On Windows, start the Application Server Admin Console from the Start menu.

The installation program creates the default administrative domain (named `domain1`) with the default port number `4849`, as well as an instance separate from the domain administration server (DAS). After installation, additional administration domains can be created. Each domain has its own domain administration server, which has a unique port number. When specifying the URL for the Admin Console, be sure to use the port number for the domain to be administered.

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.

### asadmin Utility

The `asadmin` utility is a command-line tool. Use the `asadmin` utility and the commands associated with it to perform the same set of tasks that can be performed in the Admin Console. For example, start and stop domains, configure the server, and deploy applications.

Use these commands either from a command prompt in the shell, or call them from other scripts and programs. Use these commands to automate repetitive administration tasks.

To start the `asadmin` utility:

    $ 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 format.

### Application Server Management Extension (AMX)

The Application Server Management eXtension is an API that exposes all of the Application Server configuration and monitoring JMX managed beans as easy-to-use client-side dynamic proxies implementing the AMX interfaces.

For more information on using the Application Server Management Extension, see the JMX chapter in the Application Server Developer's Guide.

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