Apache Geronimo provides several tools for administering the server. These tools are available via command line and some via a Web based console. The Web based Geronimo console is explained in detail in the following section Introducing Geronimo Administration Console. The currently available command line tools are located in the <GERONIMO_HOME>/bin
directory and are enumerated in the following list:
- client — The client script launches the client application container
- cxf-tools
- deploy
- geronimo — The geronimo script lets you perform two actions, that is start and stop the server in different modes depending on the parameters you specify
- gogo commands for Geronimo — The gogo commands for Geronimo is an extension of Apache karaf Shell http://karaf.apache.org/ to interact with Geronimo kernel.
- jaxws-tools — The jaxws-tools script can be used to generate portable artifacts used in JAX-WS web services
- shutdown
- start-server — The start-server script for Geronimo that starts Geronimo in the foreground.
- startup — The startup script starts the Apache Geronimo server in the background.
- System Properties
Although the tools name is self-explanatory, it may not be the same case with the tool's parameters. The following sections explain more in detail these tools and commands usage.