Setting monitored directory deployment values

Before you can use the monitored directory application deployment service, you must enable it. You can optionally change the default monitored directory and polling interval values. By default, the monitored directory application deployment service is not enabled, the monitored directory is app_server_root/monitoredDeployableApps, and the polling interval is 5 seconds.

• Use the Global deployment settings page of an administrative console to set monitored directory values.
  1. Click Applications > Global deployment settings.
  2. To enable monitored directory deployment, select Monitor directory to automatically deploy applications.

     To disable monitored directory deployment, clear Monitor directory to automatically deploy applications.

  3. To change the monitored directory path, specify a new value for Monitored directory.

     Ensure that the directory that you specified for Monitored directory exists. The product does not create the directory for you.

  4. To change the polling interval, specify the number of seconds for Polling interval.
  5. Click Apply.
  6. If you are using an administrative console for a base (stand-alone) application server to change monitored directory values, restart the application server.

     If you are using an administrative console for a deployment manager to change monitored directory values, restart the deployment manager.

  To view a default value, after a non-default value is set, clear the field.

• Use wsadmin scripting to set monitored directory values.
  1. Start wsadmin at a command prompt for the bin directory of the profile.
  2. Set the cell context for the profile to a variable.

     Run the AdminConfig getid command and set a variable for the cell name of the profile. For example, to set the c1 variable to the myNode01Cell cell name, run the following command:

     Using Jython:

     c1 = AdminConfig.getid('/Cell:helyarNode01Cell/')

     Using Jacl:

     set c1 [$AdminConfig getid /Cell:myNode01Cell/]

  3. Set the monitoredDirectoryDeployment attribute of the cell to a variable.

     Run the AdminConfig showAttribute command and set a variable for the monitored directory deployment attribute of the cell. For example, to set the md variable to the monitoredDirectoryDeployment attribute, run the following command:

     Using Jython:

     md = AdminConfig.showAttribute(c1, "monitoredDirectoryDeployment")

     Using Jacl:

     set md [$AdminConfig showAttribute $c1 monitoredDirectoryDeployment]

  4. Set monitored directory values.
     • To enable monitored directory deployment, run the AdminConfig modify command and set the enabled attribute to true.
       Using Jython:

       AdminConfig.modify(md, [['enabled', "true"]])

       Using Jacl:

       $AdminConfig modify $md {{enabled true}}

       To disable monitored directory deployment, run the modify command and set the enabled attribute to false. The product converts values other than true or false to a boolean value of false.

       Using Jython:

       AdminConfig.modify(md, [['enabled', "false"]])

       Using Jacl:

       $AdminConfig modify $md {{enabled false}}

     • To change the polling interval, run the modify command and set the pollingInterval attribute to a positive integer. Values other than integers result in a com.ibm.ws.scripting.ScriptingException error.
       Using Jython:

       AdminConfig.modify(md, [['pollingInterval', "10"]])

       Using Jacl:

       $AdminConfig modify $md {{pollingInterval 10}}

     • To change the monitored directory, run the modify command and set the monitoredDirectory attribute to a directory on the computer.

       Using Jython:

       

       AdminConfig.modify(md, [['monitoredDirectory', "/newPath"]])

       

       AdminConfig.modify(md, [['monitoredDirectory', "C:/newPath"]])

       Using Jacl:

       

       $AdminConfig modify $md {{monitoredDirectory /newPath}}

       

       $AdminConfig modify $md {{monitoredDirectory C:/newPath}}

       Ensure that the specified monitored directory exists. The product does not create the newPath directory for you.

     • To clear an attribute value and reset it to the default value, run the unsetAttributes command.
       Using Jython:

       AdminConfig.unsetAttributes(md, 'enabled')
       
       AdminConfig.unsetAttributes(md, 'pollingInterval')
       
       AdminConfig.unsetAttributes(md, 'monitoredDirectory')

       Using Jacl:

       $AdminConfig unsetAttributes $md {enabled}
       
       $AdminConfig unsetAttributes $md {pollingInterval}
       
       $AdminConfig unsetAttributes $md {monitoredDirectory}

  5. To view monitored directory values, run the AdminConfig show command.
     Using Jython:

     print AdminConfig.show(md)

     Using Jacl:

     $AdminConfig show $md

     Running the show command displays attribute values such as the following:

     [enabled false]
     [monitoredDirectory ${USER_INSTALL_ROOT}/monitoredDeployableApps]
     [pollingInterval 5]

  6. Save configuration changes.
     Using Jython:

     AdminConfig.save()

     Using Jacl:

     $AdminConfig save

  7. If you are changing monitored directory values for a base (stand-alone) application server, restart the application server.

     If you are changing monitored directory values for a deployment manager, restart the deployment manager.