Accessing wsadmin objects via Jython - websphere

Question

I'm trying to access the Admin objects via a Jython script in order to update a Maven app deployed to a WebSphere Application Server without having to march through the Integrated Solutions Console every time I make a change. My question is simple: I know how to invoke the commands once I access the Admin objects, but I'm having difficulty getting that far. Once I'm in the bin folder of my server profile, do I need to assign them to objects, or can I just call them directly? And how, specifically, would I do that? Here's the code I have now:
#!usr/bin/local/python
import sys
import os
try:
serverPath = 'c:\IBM\WebSphere8\AppServerND\profiles\\WAS8\\bin\\'
os.chdir(serverPath)
print AdminApp.listModules('restreportscore-application')
except:
e = sys.exc_info()[0]
print( "Error: %s" % e )
endSelect = raw_input("Press Enter to continue...")
But it's throwing an error of type 'exceptions.NameError.'

Answer 1

It doesn't work the way it looks like you think it works. The jython interface mirrors the cmd line actions, but isn't the same. You call a jython script like this:
sudo /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/wsadmin.sh lang jython -f ./trecs-installer.py
So it already knows "where" it is. At that point you execute your commands through the AdminApp, AdminConfig and AdminTask APIs like this:
AdminApp.install(earDir + "trecs.ear", "[" + settings + ' -MapModulesToServers [' + mapModulesToServers + '] -MapRolesToUsers [' + mapRolesToUsers + "]")
or
# Add destinations and queues...
for item in trecsQueues:
if isNetworkDeploy:
AdminTask.createSIBDestination("[-bus " + trecsBus + " -name " + item + " -type Queue -reliability ASSURED_PERSISTENT -cluster " + clusterName + ']')
AdminTask.createSIBJMSQueue(clusterLongName, "[-name " + item + " -jndiName queue/" + item + " -busName " + trecsBus + " -queueName " + item + ']')
else:
AdminTask.createSIBDestination("[-bus " + trecsBus + " -name " + item + " -type Queue -reliability ASSURED_PERSISTENT -node " + nodeName + ' -server ' + serverName + ']')
AdminTask.createSIBJMSQueue(serverLongName, "[-name " + item + " -jndiName queue/" + item + " -busName " + trecsBus + " -queueName " + item + ']')