wls saf error handler
Overview
This resource allows you to manage a SAF Error Handler in a JMS Module of a WebLogic domain.
Here is an example on how you should use this:
wls_saf_error_handler { 'jmsClusterModule:ErrorHandling-0':
ensure => 'present',
policy => 'Discard',
}
In this example you are managing a SAF error handler in the default domain. When you want to manage a SAF error handler in a specific domain, you can use:
wls_saf_error_handler { 'my_domain/jmsClusterModule:ErrorHandling-1':
ensure => 'present',
logformat => '%header%%properties%',
policy => 'Log',
}
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Attributes
Attribute Name | Short Description |
---|---|
disable_autorequire | Puppet supports automatic ordering of resources by autorequire. |
disable_corrective_change | Disable the modification of a resource when Puppet decides it is a corrective change. |
disable_corrective_ensure | Disable the creation or removal of a resource when Puppet decides is a corrective change. |
domain | With this parameter, you identify the domain, where your objects is in. |
ensure | The basic property that the resource should be in. |
error_handler_name | SAF error handler name |
jmsmodule | The JMS module name. |
log_format | Specifies how information is logged when Policy is set to Log . |
logformat | logformat of the SAF imported destination |
name | The name. |
notes | Optional information that you can include to describe this named JMS descriptor bean. |
policy | policy of the SAF imported destination |
provider | resource. |
saf_error_destination | Specifies the error destination when Policy is set to Redirect . |
timeout | Timeout for applying a resource. |
disable_autorequire
Puppet supports automatic ordering of resources by autorequire. Sometimes, however, this causes issues. Setting this parameter to true
, disables autorequiring for this specific resource.
USE WITH CAUTION!!
Here is an example on hopw to use this:
...{'domain_name/...':
disableautorequire => true,
...
}
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disable_corrective_change
Disable the modification of a resource when Puppet decides it is a corrective change.
(requires easy_type V2.11.0 or higher)
When using a Puppet Server, Puppet knows about adaptive and corrective changes. A corrective change is when Puppet notices that the resource has changed, but the catalog has not changed. This can occur for example, when a user, by accident or willingly, changed something on the system that Puppet is managing. The normal Puppet process then repairs this and puts the resource back in the state as defined in the catalog. This process is precisely what you want most of the time, but not always. This can sometimes also occur when a hardware or network error occurs. Then Puppet cannot correctly determine the current state of the system and thinks the resource is changed, while in fact, it is not. Letting Puppet recreate remove or change the resource in these cases, is NOT wat you want.
Using the disable_corrective_change
parameter, you can disable corrective changes on the current resource.
Here is an example of this:
crucial_resource {'be_carefull':
...
disable_corrective_change => true,
...
}
When a corrective ensure does happen on the resource Puppet will not modify the resource and signal an error:
Error: Corrective change present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_change
Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Crucial_resource[be_carefull]/parameter: change from '10' to '20' failed: Corrective change present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_change. (corrective)
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disable_corrective_ensure
Disable the creation or removal of a resource when Puppet decides is a corrective change.
(requires easy_type V2.11.0 or higher)
When using a Puppet Server, Puppet knows about adaptive and corrective changes. A corrective change is when Puppet notices that the resource has changed, but the catalog has not changed. This can occur for example, when a user, by accident or willingly, changed something on the system that Puppet is managing. The normal Puppet process then repairs this and puts the resource back in the state as defined in the catalog. This process is precisely what you want most of the time, but not always. This can sometimes also occur when a hardware or network error occurs. Then Puppet cannot correctly determine the current state of the system and thinks the resource is changed, while in fact, it is not. Letting Puppet recreate remove or change the resource in these cases, is NOT wat you want.
Using the disable_corrective_ensure
parameter, you can disable corrective ensure present or ensure absent actions on the current resource.
Here is an example of this:
crucial_resource {'be_carefull':
ensure => 'present',
...
disable_corrective_ensure => true,
...
}
When a corrective ensure does happen on the resource Puppet will not create or remove the resource and signal an error:
Error: Corrective ensure present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_ensure.
Error: /Stage[main]/Main/Crucial_resource[be_carefull]/ensure: change from 'absent' to 'present' failed: Corrective ensure present requested by catalog, but disabled by parameter disable_corrective_ensure. (corrective)
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domain
With this parameter, you identify the domain, where your objects is in.
The domain name is part of the full qualified name of any WebLogic object on a system. Let’s say we want to describe a WebLogic server. The full qualified name is:
wls_server{'domain_name/server_name':
ensure => present,
...
}
When you don’t specify a domain name, Puppet will use default
as domain name. For every domain you want to manage, you’ll have to put a wls_settings
in your manifest.
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ensure
The basic property that the resource should be in.
Valid values are present
, absent
.
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error_handler_name
SAF error handler name
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jmsmodule
The JMS module name.
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log_format
Specifies how information is logged when Policy
is set to Log
. Any change to this parameter affects only incoming messages; stored messages are not affected.
An example on how to use this:
wls_saf_error_handler {a_wls_saf_error_handler :
...
log_format => 'a_value'
...
}
This is an extended property. Before you can use it add it to the wls_settings
property extra_properties
.
wls_setting{'domain':
...
extra_properties => ['wls_saf_error_handler:log_format']
...
}
This help text generated from MBean text of the WebLogic server.
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logformat
logformat of the SAF imported destination
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name
The name.
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notes
Optional information that you can include to describe this named JMS descriptor bean. JMS module saves this note in the JMS descriptor file as XML PCDATA. All left angle brackets (<) are converted to the XML entity <
. Carriage returns/line feeds are preserved. <dl> <dt>Note:</dt> <dd> If you create or edit a note from the Administration Console, the Administration Console does not preserve carriage returns/line feeds. </dd> </dl>
An example on how to use this:
wls_saf_error_handler {a_wls_saf_error_handler :
...
notes => 'a_value'
...
}
This is an extended property. Before you can use it add it to the wls_settings
property extra_properties
.
wls_setting{'domain':
...
extra_properties => ['wls_saf_error_handler:notes']
...
}
This help text generated from MBean text of the WebLogic server.
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policy
policy of the SAF imported destination
Valid values are absent
, Discard
, Log
, Redirect
, Always-Forward
.
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provider
The specific backend to use for this wls_saf_error_handler
resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.Available providers are:
- simple
- saf error handler in a JMS module of an WebLogic domain via regular WLST
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saf_error_destination
Specifies the error destination when Policy
is set to Redirect
. Any change to this parameter affects only incoming messages; stored messages are not affected.
An example on how to use this:
wls_saf_error_handler {a_wls_saf_error_handler :
...
saf_error_destination => 'a_value'
...
}
This is an extended property. Before you can use it add it to the wls_settings
property extra_properties
.
wls_setting{'domain':
...
extra_properties => ['wls_saf_error_handler:saf_error_destination']
...
}
This help text generated from MBean text of the WebLogic server.
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timeout
Timeout for applying a resource.
To be sure no Puppet operation, hangs a Puppet daemon, all operations have a timeout. When this timeout expires, Puppet will abort the current operation and signal an error in the Puppet run.
With this parameter, you can specify the length of the timeout. The value is specified in seconds. In this example, the timeout
is set to 600
seconds.
wls_server{'my_server':
...
timeout => 600,
}
The default value for timeout
is 120 seconds.