Can security information be simply copied from one server to another?

Question

Hi,
In WL6.1, we managed to set up a build and deploy system, with an RDBMS realm,
using ant. What we did is that we created a config.xml file, put it in our CVS
and modified it manually when needed. However, using this system, we always had
a one-step process for configuring and adding new information in our realm. Can
I expect to be able to do that with 8.1?
I'm not too clear on the entire JAAS principles involved and it does seem to be
more complex than in 6.1. We do a lot of automated testing and need a way to test
our security where we don't need to continually do manual labour.
My impression is that in our production environment, we will need to:
- Create a new server and domain manuall
- Configure the initial Realm manually
- After that, manual changes in our config.xml should be able to work correctly
Am I correct in my assessment? Or are there some peculiarites to the whole security
system that would prevent me to do what I want without a lot of manual intervention?
Thanks,
L

Answer 1

Hi KK,
Yes you can copy from one server to other server but make your that you change the restiry.xml file correctly.
1 what are the changes we need to do?
Major thing is you need change few path from following files.
from %BEA_Home%
-- .home
-- registry.xml
-- domain-registry.xml
Wlserver_103 folder
-- .home
--.product.properties
Majorly path changes from common / bin folder and server / bin folder in startup scripts.
-- Majorly you need maintain same folder structure for your Domain or BEA Home.
-- Thats it make your JDK are available on setted path.
Note when you copy directly in similar folder structure major issue will be solved out.
let me know if you need any further query on this issue.
Regards,
Kal