Is it possible to autostart or create an init script that runs automatically at Linux boot up and starts all of these middleware services ?
If I could do this without having to do a root logon to start the middleware services that would be ideal. The object here is to automate as much as possible. Yes we will be using xautolog to start each Linux instance. The problem I need to resolve is how to enable the middleware on each Linux instance in a specific order. There are dependancies between WebSeal Server, HTTP server, Tivoli Access Manager Server and Policy Authorization server, LDAP Server, DB2 UDB Server, WebSphere Application Server. In the case of LDAP and WebSeal there was no option to autostart that I am aware of. You need to logon as root to start each middleware service as well as stop each service. TAM does autostart successfully if it was shutdown properly to begin with. DB2 UDB does autostart at boot up. WebSphere Application Server v5.0 does not autostart. As installed it requires root to start the WAS server so that it is open for ebusiness. WebSphere can be changed so that a non-root userid can start WAS. I thought that using REXX I could have more control on the IPL order and the middleware services startup order. I have nine Linux instances to startup that support a web based application. Dave, will your presentations be on linuxvm.org ? Thanks ............. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Boyes responded: You should do this with init scripts run by Linux, not external logins. You may want to combine this approach with some simple REXX coding to check startup order, etc, but the bulk will need to be done in the Linux world. Look in /etc/init.d. You'll find everything you need in that directory. Be certain you follow the template provided there if you plan to use them with SLES8 yast -- it gets mighty unhappy if it doesn't find it's magic strings. Better yet, come to the next Hillgang meeting and see my presentation on Linux initialization and runlevels. -- db ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regards, Terry L. Spaulding IBM Global Services [EMAIL PROTECTED]
