New OpenNTF.org project: Administration Scripts for WebSphere

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Author: Christoph Stoettner
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HCL Connections Jython Security WebSphere

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I started a new project on OpenNTF for the collection of scripts we created to speed up and simplify WebSphere and Connections Administration.

Link to this project: Administration Scripts for WebSphere

In the moment most of documentation is only as comment in these scripts. Descriptions can be found in Github and Scripting101 .

Highlights

  • J2EE Security Role Backup and Restore

  • Set initial Security Roles for Connections Applications (Author: Klaus Bild )

Documentation

When you want to start with this collection, copy the jython script to your Deployment Manager bin-folder ($WAS_HOME/profiles/Dmgr01/bin) and call the scripts with wsadmin.sh -f scriptname

I will create more documentation in the next days. Please use the slideshare documents Scripting101 and icon uk presentation to begin using and coding jython.

Dannotes

I will present some of these scripts on 50. Dannotes on Thursday 28th November in Korsør.

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