Overview

The configuration scripting tools enable administrators to perform the following tasks:
  • Create the Web application server configuration rather than following the manual instructions. If the automatic configuration option was disabled in the SAS Deployment Wizard, then the SAS Deployment Wizard provides an Instructions.html file that describes the configuration steps to perform the Web application server configuration. You can use the configuration scripting tools to perform these steps automatically instead of manually.
  • Create the Web application server configuration on another machine. This is useful for sites that do not permit running the SAS Deployment Wizard on the middle-tier machine. The middle-tier environment is archived, copied to the target machine, and then the configuration scripting tools can be used to configure the SAS middle-tier environment. For information about preparing to install and performing the installation, see SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
  • Rebuild the Web application server configuration. The results are identical to what is performed by the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment Manager.
The SAS configuration scripting tools also enable an administrator to perform the following additional tasks:
  • Use a command line to perform a configuration operation on a single resource. For example, creating a server instance can be performed with a single command.
  • Run the configuration scripting tools in interactive mode to perform a series of commands that are entered by hand. This feature is available for WebLogic Server deployments only.
  • Edit property files that are associated with specific resources and then update the resources with the configuration scripting tools.
  • Use existing property files as templates for creating additional resources. For example, an administrator can copy the definitions for SASServer1 to a new file and then use it as a template to create a new server instance.