[jboss-as7-dev] Naming a domain controller

[Brian Stansberry]

On 4/2/12 10:03 AM, ssilvert at redhat.com wrote:
> On 4/2/2012 10:48 AM, Brian Stansberry wrote:
>> Ah, you're looking for a name for the entire *domain* as opposed to the
>> domain controller itself. That wouldn't have any particular use within a
>> domain itself, but could certainly be helpful for tooling that manages
>> multiple domains.
> Exactly.
>>
>> Heiko Rupp -- do you want this? That would raise the priority on it.
>>
>> I think the default value would have to be 'undefined', i.e. null. We
>> can create default names for hosts, using machine data, but there's no
>> equivalent for a domain. And I don't want to force people to name domains.
> I'd pefer some default name.  'undefined' looks bad in a tool.  Even if
> the default is just something like 'domain' or 'JBoss AS Domain' it
> would be helpful.  Then if an admin needs to manage multiple domains he
> can give them unique names and know which domain his tool is managing.
>>

Yeah, that's true. Really, 'undefined' is a name too; i.e. if 2 domains 
are named 'undefined' that's a conflict for any tool that manages both, 
so might as well use a real name.

>> On 4/2/12 9:30 AM, ssilvert at redhat.com wrote:
>>> OK.  So can you have more than one host per domain controller instance?
>>> If so then there should still be a unique name in the<domain>   tag.
>>>
>>> This list result suggests that indeed, more than one host is allowed,
>>> but I'm really not sure.
>>> /host=*/:read-attribute(name=name,include-defaults=true)
>>> {
>>>       "outcome" =>   "success",
>>>       "result" =>   [{
>>>           "address" =>   [("host" =>   "master")],
>>>           "outcome" =>   "success",
>>>           "result" =>   "master"
>>>       }]
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/30/2012 10:53 AM, Brian Stansberry wrote:
>>>> In host.xml:
>>>>
>>>> <host name="Michael" ...
>>>>
>>>> On 3/30/12 8:26 AM, ssilvert at redhat.com wrote:
>>>>> In the first element of standalone.xml I can rename my server<server
>>>>> name="George" ...
>>>>>
>>>>> But for a domain controller, I don't see any way to give it a name.  It
>>>>> has no name at all.  Is there any reason for this?
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be helpful to give your domain controller a name.  That way if
>>>>> you have more than one you can tell which one you are talking to over
>>>>> the management interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> Stan
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