Patterns: Extended Enterprise SOA and Web Services

Appendix D. WSAdmin Automation Platform 519

WSAdmin Automation Platform can be executed from any host that has

WebSphere Application Server installed. WSAdmin Automation Platform can

connect to WebSphere Application Server running on the local or remote host.

WSAdmin Automation Platform behaves just like wsadmin, in that it accepts input

from the user and then send the commands to be executed by wsadmin. You can

also submit scripting language programs for execution.

D.1.2 Downloading WSAdmin Automation Platform

WSAdmin Automation Platform can be downloaded from the IBM Techdocs Web

site.

http://www.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS981

WSAdmin Automation Platform is provided in a zip file called wap.zip. Download

and unzip wap.zip file into your local directory. To configure the WSAdmin

Automation Platform runtime environment, follow these steps:

1. Set an environment variable, called WAP_SOURCE. This variable must point

to the directory where you unzipped WAP. Example D-1 shows how to set the

environment variable on Unix and Example D-2 on Windows.

Example: D-1 Setting WAP_SOURCE variable on Unix

export WAP_SOURCE=/opt/wap

Example: D-2 Setting WAP_SOURCE variable on Windows

set WAP_SOURCE=c:/wap

2. Add jWAP.jar file to the CLASSPATH environment variable. See Example D-3

and Example D-4.

Example: D-3 Setting CLASSPATH variable on Unix

export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$WAP_SOURCE/jWAP.jar

Example: D-4 Setting CLASSPATH variable on Windows

set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WAP_SOURCE%\jWAP.jar

3. Insert WAP_SOURCE directory into the PATH environment variable. See

Example D-5 on page 519 or Example D-6 on page 520.

Example: D-5 Setting PATH variable on Unix

Note: Do not use \ (back slash); use / (forward slash) instead.