Example of Ansible playbook to start an application in WebSphere Application Server

 ---

- name: Test was start app

  hosts: fedora_was

  vars:

   WAS_HOME: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

   PROFILE_NAME: AppSrv01

   WASADMIN_USERNAME: wasadmin

   WASADMIN_PASSWORD: web1sphere

   APPLICATION_NAME: DefaultApplication

   

  tasks:

  

   - name: Create script file check_app_state.py

     copy:

      dest: /tmp/check_app_state.py

      content: |

        objectName = AdminControl.completeObjectName('type=Application,name=' + '{{ APPLICATION_NAME }}' + ',*'); print ('Started','Stopped')[objectName == '']

       

       

   - name: Check app state

     ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ WAS_HOME }}/bin/wsadmin.sh -lang jython -profileName {{ PROFILE_NAME }} -user {{ WASADMIN_USERNAME }} -password {{ WASADMIN_PASSWORD }} -f /tmp/check_app_state.py | sed '1d'"

     register: command_output

   - debug: msg={{ command_output.stdout }} 

 

 

   - name: Create script file start_app.py

     copy:

      dest: /tmp/start_app.py

      content: |

        appManager = AdminControl.queryNames('type=ApplicationManager,*');

        AdminControl.invoke(appManager, 'startApplication', '{{ APPLICATION_NAME }}')

   

       

   - name: Start the application

     ansible.builtin.command: "{{ WAS_HOME }}/bin/wsadmin.sh -lang jython -profileName {{ PROFILE_NAME }} -user {{ WASADMIN_USERNAME }} -password {{ WASADMIN_PASSWORD }} -f /tmp/start_app.py"

     register: start_command_output     

     when: command_output.stdout == "Stopped"

   - debug: msg={{ start_command_output.stdout }}

     when: start_command_output.stdout is defined