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## create-node-dcom

creates a node that is enabled for communication over DCOM

Synopsis

    create-node-dcom [--help]
    --nodehost node-host
    [--installdir as-install-parent] [--nodedir node-dir]
    [--windowsuser windows-user] [--windowsdomain windows-domain]
    [--force={false|true}]
    [--install={false|true}] [--archive archive]
    node-name

Description

The `create-node-dcom` subcommand creates a node that is enabled for communication over the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) remote protocol. The DCOM protocol is available only on Windows systems.

A node represents a host on which the GlassFish Server software is installed. A node must exist for every host on which GlassFish Server instances reside.

In a DCOM-enabled network, the domain administration server (DAS) contacts a node's host through the DCOM connector to manage GlassFish Server instances that reside on the node. DCOM is used only for communications between hosts. DCOM is never used for communications within a single host.

By default, the subcommand fails and the node is not created if the DAS cannot contact the node's host through DCOM. To force the node to be created in the DAS configuration even if the host cannot be contacted through DCOM, set the `--force` option to `true`.

The `create-node-dcom` subcommand cannot create a node that represents the local host, that is, the host on which the subcommand is run. The subcommand fails regardless of how the local host is specified, for example, by using the keyword `localhost`, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the host, or the host name.

This subcommand is supported in remote mode only.

Options

`--help`
`-?`

  Displays the help text for the subcommand.

`--nodehost`

  The name of the host that the node represents. The name of the host must be specified. Otherwise, an error occurs.

`--installdir`

  The full path to the parent of the base installation directory of the GlassFish Server software on the host, for example, `C:\glassfish3`. The default is the parent of the default base installation directory of the GlassFish Server software for the DAS. This default is useful only if GlassFish Server is installed in the same location on all hosts.

`--nodedir`

  The path to the directory that is to contain GlassFish Server instances that are created on the node. The default is as-install`\nodes`, where as-install is the base installation directory of the GlassFish Server software on the host. If a relative path is specified, the path is relative to the as-install directory.

`--windowsuser`
`-w`

  The user on this node's host that is to run the process for connecting to the host through DCOM. The default is the user that is running the DAS process. If the `--nodehost` option is set to `localhost-`domain, the `--windowsuser` option is ignored

`--windowsdomain`
`-d`

  The name of the Windows domain that contains the user that the `--windowsuser` option specifies. The default is the name of the host on which the subcommand is run.

`--force`

  Specifies whether the node is created in the DAS configuration even if validation of the node's parameters fails. To validate a node's parameters, the DAS must be able to contact the node's host through DCOM. Possible values are as follows:

  `false`

    The node is not created if validation of the node's parameters fails (default).

  `true`

    The node is created even if validation of the node's parameters fails.

`--install`

  Specifies whether the subcommand shall install the GlassFish Server software on the host that the node represents.

  Possible values are as follows:

  `false`

    The subcommand shall not install the GlassFish Server software on the host (default).

  `true`

    The subcommand shall install the GlassFish Server software on the host.

`--archive`

  The absolute path to the archive file of the GlassFish Server software that is to be installed. If this option is omitted and the `--install` is `true`, the subcommand creates a ZIP archive of the GlassFish Server software from the installation where this subcommand is run. The archive does not contain the `domains` directory or the `nodes` directory.

Operands

node-name

  The name of the node.

  The name must meet the following requirements:

  - The name may contain only ASCII characters.

  - The name must start with a letter, a number, or an underscore.

  - The name may contain only the following characters:

    - Lowercase letters

    - Uppercase letters

    - Numbers

    - Hyphen

    - Period

    - Underscore

  - The name must be unique in the domain and must not be the name of another node, a cluster, a named configuration, or a GlassFish Server instance.

  - The name must not be `domain`, `server`, or any other keyword that is reserved by GlassFish Server.

Examples

Example 1 Creating a Node

  This example creates the node `wpmdl1` for the host `wpmdl1.example.com`. By default, the parent of the base installation directory of the GlassFish Server software is `C:\glassfish3`.

      asadmin> create-node-dcom
      --nodehost wpmdl1.example.com wpmdl1
      Command create-node-dcom executed successfully.

Example 2 Creating a Node With a Specific Installation Directory

  This example creates the node `wyml1` for the host `wyml1.example.com`. The parent of the base installation directory of the GlassFish Server software on this host is `C:\middleware\glassfish3`.

      asadmin> create-node-dcom --installdir C:\middleware\glassfish3
      --nodehost wyml1.example.com wyml1
      Command create-node-dcom executed successfully.

Example 3 Forcing the Creation of a Node

  This example forces the creation of node `xkyd` for the host `xkyd.example.com`. The node is created despite the failure of the DAS to contact the host `xkyd.example.com` to validate the node's parameters.

      asadmin> create-node-dcom --force --nodehost xkyd.example.com xkyd
      Warning: some parameters appear to be invalid.
      com.sun.enterprise.universal.process.WindowsException: Connection in error
      Continuing with node creation due to use of --force.
      Command create-node-dcom executed successfully.

Exit Status

0

  command executed successfully

1

  error in executing the command

See Also

create-node-config(1), create-node-ssh(1), delete-node-dcom(1), install-node-dcom(1), list-nodes(1), uninstall-node-dcom(1), update-node-dcom(1)

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