Customizing NodeManager

What is the need of customizing node manager?
           As you know node manager is machine specific, one node manager can control multiple servers of multiple domains as shown below.

What if you want PLAIN Node Manager for one domain and SSL for other one?

Here’s solution …

Let us see how to customize the node manager.

Navigate to the following location

WL_HOME\common

Copy the nodemanager folder to domain’s root directory.

Sample_Domain\

Now from Sample_Domain\nodemanager folder delete all files except nodemanager.domains.

Navigate to the following location

WL_HOME\server\bin

Copy startNodeManager.cmd to Sample_Domain\nodemanager\ folder.

Now open the startNodeManager.cmd file with any text editor.

Provide the nodemanager folder’s path for NODEMGR_HOME as shown below.

Now start the nodemanager by clicking on startNodemanager file.

That’s it you are done with creating a custom nodemanager for your domain.

Now let’s see how to change the port and type (PLAIN or SSL) of nodemanager.

Open the nodemanager.properties file from nodemanager folder.

Enter the port number for ListenPort

If you want PLAIN nodemanager enter “true” for SecureListener.

True --PLAIN

False –SSL 

Save the file.

Now change the port and type in the admin console as well.

Environment --> Machine --> NodeManager.

That’s it.