Getting Started with WebSphere Application Server

206 Getting Started with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/community/
Available commands:
? Alias to: help
exit
Exit the shell
clear
Clear the terminal screen
echo
Echo or print arguments to STDOUT
unset
Unset a variable
set
Set a variable
source
Load a file/url into the current shell
print
Alias to: echo
. Alias to: source
help
Show command help
quit
Alias to: exit
Listing 12.1 – Starting the GShell
Visit the following URL for more details about GShell commands:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/wasce/V2.1.1/en/gshell.html
12.2 Customizing a new server assembly
Community Edition is a flexible, component-based Java EE server. Most of the time, in our
application or production environment, you will not need all the components of a Java EE
application server. Users will only require some components critical to their applications
available in the server. Community Edition provides two options for users to assemble a
new server and customize which components to include:
• Function-centric: you can choose the desired set of server plug-ins, such as
Web Container, JMS and Java EE application deployment capabilities;
• Application-centric: you can choose one or more application plug-ins, and
Community Edition server will automatically encapsulate all other necessary plugins
into the new server assembly.
You can use the administrative console or GShell command deploy/assemble to
assemble a customized server as needed.
Visit the following URL for more details about customizable server assemblies:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/wasce/V2.1.1/en/creating-custom-server-assemblies.html
12.3 Plug-in management
The Community Edition server is assembled entirely out of plug-ins. A Community Edition
plug-in is usually referred to as a Configuration archive (.car) file. You may download a
plug-in from a remote running server or a plug-in repository, simply by specifying the