Administrator Command-Line Interface

The Administrator command-line interface (CLI) provides access to most TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator functions that change the state of Administrator objects.

You can perform the following actions using the CLI:
  • Add, edit, and delete objects
  • Install and uninstall
  • Start and stop objects
  • Set properties and substitution variables
  • Distribute application components to nodes
You can use the CLI for repetitive application of standard actions on large numbers of objects.

The CLI is based on the Ant open source build tool and is implemented in an Ant task named AMXAdminTask. You specify the Ant task in a build target within an Ant build file. Each instance of AMXAdminTask in the build file specifies an action to be performed on one or more objects specified in a data file.

The CLI invokes web services exposed by the Administrator server. You specify the Administrator server location and user credentials in a property file.

TIBCO Business Studio provides a wizard to generate and execute CLI scripts to perform the following application-related actions in a TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator deployment server:
  • Upload a DAA
  • Add or upgrade feature or node
  • Configure and deploy an application
    • Create an application
    • Distribute application fragments to nodes
    • Configure application properties
    • Create resource instances
    • Deploy an application
  • Start an application
  • Undeploy an application
  • Delete an application
  • Delete old application template version(s)
  • Delete old feature version(s)

For information on Ant support in TIBCO Business Studio, see Help > Help Contents > Workbench User Guide > Concepts > Ant & External tools > Ant support.