Creating or removing a node agent service on Windows or Linux

By default, the node agent is not registered as a service when it is installed on Microsoft Windows or Linux using the Primary Node configuration profile, so you must register it manually.

About this task

During installation of a Primary Node profile on Windows or Linux, only the Application Server (STMeetingServer, STProxyServer, STMediaServer, STAdvancedServer) is registered as a service. Manually register the node agent as a service so that the servers start and stop in the correct order.

Procedure

  1. Create the service using the WASService command as described in the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server information center topic, WASService command.

    For example, to create a service for the node agent, enter this command:

    WASService -add %SVC_NAME_NA% -serverName nodeagent -profilePath
 %WASHOME%\profiles\%APPPROFILENAME% -logFile %WASHOME%\profiles\
%APPPROFILENAME%\logs\%SERVICEVC_NAME_NA%.log -stopArgs "-username
 %WASADMINID% -password %WASADMINPWD%" -encodeParams
  2. Set the dependency between the new node agent service and the Application Server service to ensure that the node agent always starts before the Application Server.

    For example, on Windows, set the dependency by entering this command:

    sc config "STMeetingServer_service_name" depend= "Node_agent_service_name"

  3. To remove a node agent, enter this command:

    WASService -remove Node_agent_service_name