Display and manage an instance's configuration (config)

Purpose

View, add, update, or delete the property values specified in ../conf/appserver.properties and in ../conf/catalina.properties.

When you run tcman.sh config with no parameters, it displays the core Tomcat server’s configuration, and all the properties in both .../conf/appserver.properties and .../conf/jvm.properties. Note, however, that you can only view jvm.properties. You cannot modify its contents with the config action.

Syntax

tcman.sh config [general_options] [prop_name|prop_name=value|+prop_name=value|~prop_name]

Parameters

general_options

Specify one or more of the general TCMAN options. Run tcman.sh help config to see which general options are appropriate.

prop_name

Display the specified property and its value.

prop_name=value

Set the value of a property that exists in .../conf/appserver.properties.

+prop_name=value

Add a new property to .../conf/appserver.properties and set its value.

~prop_name

Remove the specified property from .../conf/appserver.properties.

Examples

Show the configuration and properties of acme1, an instance of the core server, pashome:

$: /psc/acme1/bin/tcman.sh config
Using CATALINA_BASE: /psc/acme1
Using CATALINA_HOME: /psc/pashome
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /psc/acme1/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /tools/linuxx86_64/java64/jdk1.7.0_02/
Using CLASSPATH: /psc/pashome/bin/bootstrap.jar:/psc/pashome/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Using CATALINA_PID: /psc/acme1/temp/catalina.pid
Server version: Apache Tomcat/7.0.42
Server built: Jul 2 2013 08:57:41
Server number: 7.0.42.0
OS Name: Linux
OS Version: 2.6.18-164.el5
Architecture: amd64
JVM Version: 1.7.0_02-b13
...

Display the value of a single property:

$: /psc/acme1/bin/tcman.sh config psc.as.http.port
psc.as.http.port=8501

Update the value of a property that exists in the appserver.properties file and then check the value:

$: /psc/acme1/bin/tcman.sh config psc.as.http.port=6543
$: tcman.sh config psc.as.http.port
psc.as.http.port=6543

Add a new property/value pair to the appserver.properties file and check the value:

$: /psc/acme1/bin/tcman.sh config +my.home.dir=/home/jarhead
$: tcman.sh config my.home.dir
my.home.dir=/home/jarhead

Update the server certificate in the catalina.properties file (see https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19879-01/821-0185/ablqz/index.html for information about generating, exporting, and downloading a new server certificate):

$: /psc/acme1/bin/tcman.sh config psc.as.https.keyalias=myNewCert

Remove a property/value pair from the appserver.properties file and check if deletion was successful:

$: /psc/acme1/bin/tcman.sh config ~my.home.dir
$: tcman.sh config my.home.dir
Property does not exist - my.home.dir

Caution: There are no restrictions to property removal. The server will be unable to start if you remove a property required by conf/server.xml.

Notes

All property names are case sensitive.

You cannot enter multiple property names (prop_name) on the command line to view, update, or add properties to the appserver.properties file.

You cannot use the config action to update existing values or add new values to the jvm.properties file