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

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## Named Configurations

A named configuration is a set of server configuration information, including settings for things such as HTTP listeners, ORB/IIOP listeners, JMS brokers, the EJB container, security, logging, and monitoring. Applications and resources are not defined in named configurations.

Configurations are created in the administration domain. Multiple server instances or clusters in the domain can reference the same configuration, or they can have separate configurations.

For clusters, all server instances in the cluster inherit the cluster’s configuration so that a homogenous environment is assured in a cluster’s instances.

Because a named configuration contains so many required configuration settings, create a new configuration by copying an existing named configuration. The newly-created configuration is identical to the configuration you copied until you change its configuration settings.

There are three ways in which clusters or instances use configurations:

- Stand-alone: A stand-alone server instance or cluster doesn’t share its configuration with another server instance or cluster; that is, no other server instance or cluster references the named configuration. You create a stand-alone instance or cluster by copying and renaming an existing configuration.

- Shared: A shared server instance or cluster shares a configuration with another server instance or cluster; that is, multiple instances or clusters reference the same named configuration. You create a shared server instance or cluster by referencing (not copying) an existing configuration.

- Clustered: A clustered server instance inherits the cluster’s configuration.

  See Also:

- The default-config Configuration

- Configurations Created when Creating Instances or Clusters

- Unique Port Numbers and Configurations

- To Create a Named Configuration

- Editing a Named Configuration’s Properties

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