Hi, Mark, thanks for bringing this topic on the table.
In the Java world, JMX (Java Management Extensions) is the weapon of choice for the use cases you are describing. (see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jmx/index.html) However, in James 2.2.0 and the upcoming 2.3 release, the support for JMX within James is limited. But, work has started to put more management operations in. This can currently be found in source code only (in the "trunk"). It covers more or less all operations already available in the telnet console (RemoteManager). This functionality will become available in the next major release, I guess. So this is not an answer to your question, but I am interested in hearing from you and others what management operations are currently missing to do the administrative work, so we can steadily improve James' JMX interface. When talking about manipulating the config file(s). There are many, many configuration items within James and the list is growing for the upcoming 2.3. It think it would be cool to have a wizzard-like installer application which is able to present and alter the config file content in a user-friendly way, separating basic from advanced options, presenting help texts, guiding the user through the whole setup process. Maybe someone wants to start some effort in this direction? Bernd On 7/25/06, Mark Brennand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am interested in what Administration solutions other JAMES users are currently using. Still remotely managing via telnet?? Have built custom management interface?? Using an open source management tool that I haven't heard of?? Obviously the DB backend lends itself to direct manipulation but I am not ready to switch all storage mail over to DB just yet. I am, however, ready to generate a system that can directly manipulate config and environment vars, offer reporting and analysis via log parsing etc It would be great to hear what everyone else is doing (or even thinking of doing). Regards MB --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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