2.5.2 System Administration UI - Manage Picos

You can perform the following operations on the Manage Picos page:

  • Create, remove, update, and view pico configurations
  • Start and stop pico instances
  • View runtime information related to pico instances

To open the Pico Management page click System Administration in the navigation bar to the left and then click Manage Picos.

Pico Management page

Creating a Pico Configuration

To create a pico configuration, click New Pico.

Pico Management - Create a New Pico

  1. Select a container from the Container drop-down list. If a container does not appear in the list make sure that it is registered in STR.
  2. Enter the name of the new pico configuration in the Name field. Only lower-case characters are allowed.
  3. Select a pico template. 
  4. To view the contents of the template, click the Template button. The editor will be locked and while the template attributes are displayed.

    Hint!

    You can expand and collapse sections in the HOCON data by clicking on the arrows next to the line numbers. 

  5. To hide the contents of the template, click the Template button again. The editor will be unlocked.
  6. Update the attributes of the pico configuration in the Config field. You can override attributes in the template, e g ec.httpd.port.
  7. Click Create Pico. If the configuration is valid, the changes in the STR are activated.

Viewing and Updating a Pico Configuration

To view a pico configuration, click the Configure () button and an editor will open. A subset of the pico attributes are displayed in the editor:

  • Classpaths
  • JVM arguments
  • Properties

Use the editor to update the attributes in the configuration. To save the changes, click Save or restore or discard the change by clicking Reset.

To view the content of pico templates that are referenced in the configuration, click the Resolved Config button. In the "resolved" mode, editing is disabled.

Pico Configuration

If the pico instance is running and you want to make the saved changes effective click the Restart () button. For further information, see Starting and Stopping Pico Instances below.

Hint!

You can expand and collapse sections in the HOCON data by clicking on the arrows next to the line numbers. 

Removing a Pico Configuration

To remove a pico configuration, click the Remove () button. This button is only available if the pico instance is not running.

Starting and Stopping a Pico Instance

To start a pico instance, click the Start () button.

To restart a running pico instance, by click the Restart () button.

To stop a pico instance, click the Stop () button.

Viewing Runtime Information

To view runtime information related to a pico instance, click the Runtime Information () button.

Runtime Information