Automatic generation of the plugin-cfg.xml file
The information on this page can be used to generate the plugin-cfg.xml file automatically for the web server, which is used to forward HTTP requests from a supported web server to one or more application servers. The plug-in takes a request and checks the request against configuration data in the plugin-cfg.xml file.
- When the Liberty server is started
- When an application is deployed to the Liberty server
- When an application is undeployed from the Liberty server
- When an application programmatically modifies the session cookie configuration name during application initialization
- When server configuration is updated
The plugin-cfg.xml file is generated in the
<server.config.dir>/logs/state directory. Generating the
plugin-cfg.xml file automatically during the specified events helps to get the
most recent plugin-cfg.xml file immediately. This avoids the need to manually
generate the plugin-cfg.xml file when applications are deployed or undeployed.
The customizations that are required for generating the plugin-cfg.xml file can
be configured by using the <pluginConfiguration> element in the
server.xml file. For more information, see Generating the plug-in configuration file.