WebSphere Application Server & Liberty

Hi,

I have installed WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment traditional 9.0.0 on a Red Hat 8 (RHEL8) Linux box. I'm using Jython wsadmin scripts that came with Maximo to configure things and to see what I can do with wsadmin scripting.

It would be really helpful if the wsadmin interactive mode / command line supported editing, like Linux or DOS command lines do. Right now, I have one window / terminal open for editing a "HelloWorld.py" script and another for "<up arrow> <enter>" to rerun that script, but that is feeling inefficient. There must be a better way..

Is there is a way to enable command line editing?

Even better, does the Integrated Solutions Console have an in-console feature, or an installable app, for developing and running wsadmin scripts?

Thanks for your time and attention.

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Blessings,
Jason Uppenborn
Sr. Technical Maximo Consultant
Ontracks Consulting
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Wsadmin scripts is a powerful tool for WAS. But there is no interactive shell for editing.

Currently WAS has command assistance, see article Command assistance simplifies administrative scripting in WebSphere Application Server

And for automation I suggest you to check my Git Hub repository with some Ansible scripts https://github.com/ebasso/ansible-ibm-websphere that use wsadmin.


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ENIO RUBENS BASSO
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed February 03, 2021 04:53 PM
From: Jason Uppenborn
Subject: wsadmin command line editing

Hi,

I have installed WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment traditional 9.0.0 on a Red Hat 8 (RHEL8) Linux box. I'm using Jython wsadmin scripts that came with Maximo to configure things and to see what I can do with wsadmin scripting.

It would be really helpful if the wsadmin interactive mode / command line supported editing, like Linux or DOS command lines do. Right now, I have one window / terminal open for editing a "HelloWorld.py" script and another for "<up arrow> <enter>" to rerun that script, but that is feeling inefficient. There must be a better way..

Is there is a way to enable command line editing?

Even better, does the Integrated Solutions Console have an in-console feature, or an installable app, for developing and running wsadmin scripts?

Thanks for your time and attention.

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Blessings,
Jason Uppenborn
Sr. Technical Maximo Consultant
Ontracks Consulting
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Hello Jason,
unfortunatelly there is - afaik - no command line editing in the wsadmin shell on Linux. Kicking of wsadmin.sh all the time for testing is cumbersome and time consuming. What you can do however is make used of Jython's 'execfile' (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.base.iseries.doc/ae/cxml_jython.html) which allows you to edit the script in your editor of choice, switch to the shell where the wsadmin.sh is open in interactive mode and run the 'execfile' to load the updates and kick of the function again.

I remember that in the earlier days of WebSphere Application Server there was something like WebSphere Application Server Development Tools (Eclipse based) where you could integrate wsadmin development with testing and even integrated with the admin console. You can still set the "Enable command assistance notifications" preference:

The following article https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0812_rhodes/0812_rhodes.html#sec1c describes this, is however pretty old so not sure if that still applies (I still used the execfile approach). But maybe that gives you a hand.


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Hermann Huebler
2innovate IT Consulting GmbH
Vienna
Austria

#IBMChampion
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed February 03, 2021 04:53 PM
From: Jason Uppenborn
Subject: wsadmin command line editing

Hi,

I have installed WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment traditional 9.0.0 on a Red Hat 8 (RHEL8) Linux box. I'm using Jython wsadmin scripts that came with Maximo to configure things and to see what I can do with wsadmin scripting.

It would be really helpful if the wsadmin interactive mode / command line supported editing, like Linux or DOS command lines do. Right now, I have one window / terminal open for editing a "HelloWorld.py" script and another for "<up arrow> <enter>" to rerun that script, but that is feeling inefficient. There must be a better way..

Is there is a way to enable command line editing?

Even better, does the Integrated Solutions Console have an in-console feature, or an installable app, for developing and running wsadmin scripts?

Thanks for your time and attention.

------------------------------
Blessings,
Jason Uppenborn
Sr. Technical Maximo Consultant
Ontracks Consulting
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Thanks to all. I do have "command assistance" turned on, and I have used it extensively. What I'm hearing is that my current configuration is probably saving as much in terms of mouse clicks and typing as is possible. Maybe IBM's liaison with Red Hat will get us all a better wsadmin command prompt, like Linux and DOS have had for decades.

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Blessings,
Jason Uppenborn
Sr. Technical Maximo Consultant
Ontracks Consulting
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri February 05, 2021 04:19 AM
From: Hermann Huebler
Subject: wsadmin command line editing

Hello Jason,
unfortunatelly there is - afaik - no command line editing in the wsadmin shell on Linux. Kicking of wsadmin.sh all the time for testing is cumbersome and time consuming. What you can do however is make used of Jython's 'execfile' (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_8.5.5/com.ibm.websphere.base.iseries.doc/ae/cxml_jython.html) which allows you to edit the script in your editor of choice, switch to the shell where the wsadmin.sh is open in interactive mode and run the 'execfile' to load the updates and kick of the function again.

I remember that in the earlier days of WebSphere Application Server there was something like WebSphere Application Server Development Tools (Eclipse based) where you could integrate wsadmin development with testing and even integrated with the admin console. You can still set the "Enable command assistance notifications" preference:

The following article https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0812_rhodes/0812_rhodes.html#sec1c describes this, is however pretty old so not sure if that still applies (I still used the execfile approach). But maybe that gives you a hand.


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Hermann Huebler
2innovate IT Consulting GmbH
Vienna
Austria

#IBMChampion

Original Message:
Sent: Wed February 03, 2021 04:53 PM
From: Jason Uppenborn
Subject: wsadmin command line editing

Hi,

I have installed WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment traditional 9.0.0 on a Red Hat 8 (RHEL8) Linux box. I'm using Jython wsadmin scripts that came with Maximo to configure things and to see what I can do with wsadmin scripting.

It would be really helpful if the wsadmin interactive mode / command line supported editing, like Linux or DOS command lines do. Right now, I have one window / terminal open for editing a "HelloWorld.py" script and another for "<up arrow> <enter>" to rerun that script, but that is feeling inefficient. There must be a better way..

Is there is a way to enable command line editing?

Even better, does the Integrated Solutions Console have an in-console feature, or an installable app, for developing and running wsadmin scripts?

Thanks for your time and attention.

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Blessings,
Jason Uppenborn
Sr. Technical Maximo Consultant
Ontracks Consulting
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You can run wsadmin.sh under "rlwrap" on linux for basic readline-like editing.

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Eric Covener
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Original Message:
Sent: Wed February 03, 2021 04:53 PM
From: Jason Uppenborn
Subject: wsadmin command line editing

Hi,

I have installed WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment traditional 9.0.0 on a Red Hat 8 (RHEL8) Linux box. I'm using Jython wsadmin scripts that came with Maximo to configure things and to see what I can do with wsadmin scripting.

It would be really helpful if the wsadmin interactive mode / command line supported editing, like Linux or DOS command lines do. Right now, I have one window / terminal open for editing a "HelloWorld.py" script and another for "<up arrow> <enter>" to rerun that script, but that is feeling inefficient. There must be a better way..

Is there is a way to enable command line editing?

Even better, does the Integrated Solutions Console have an in-console feature, or an installable app, for developing and running wsadmin scripts?

Thanks for your time and attention.

------------------------------
Blessings,
Jason Uppenborn
Sr. Technical Maximo Consultant
Ontracks Consulting
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