featureUtility installServerFeatures

The featureUtility installServerFeatures command installs the required features that are listed in the server.xml file of a server.

Usage example

Install the server features for the myserver server:

featureUtility installServerFeatures myserver

Install the features for the myserver server, which includes custom user features:

featureUtility installServerFeatures myserver --featuresBom=my.user.features:myBOM:<runtime-version>

In this example, the <runtime-version> value is the version of the Open Liberty server where you want to install the feature, for example, 21.0.0.11.

Syntax

Run the command from the path_to_liberty/wlp/bin directory.

featureUtility installServerFeatures serverName [options]

serverName: The name of the server to run the command against.

Options

Options for the featureUtility installServerFeatures command
Option	Description
--acceptLicense	Accepts the license agreement for the feature if the feature has a different license from the Liberty server into which it’s installed.
--featuresBom	Specifies the Maven coordinates for a features BOM file. Use this option to install custom user features from a Maven repository. Ensure that the repository also contains the associated features JSON file in the same group ID as the BOM.
--noCache	Specifies that features that are installed from a remote repository, such as Maven Central, aren’t cached locally.
--verbose	Displays additional debug information while the action runs.
--to	Specify the extension location to install user features. If this option is not specified, the feature is installed to default `{wlp.install.dir}/usr/extension` directory.

Exit codes

The following exit codes are available for the featureUtility installServerFeatures command:

Exit codes for the featureUtility installServerFeatures command
Code	Explanation
0	OK. 0 indicates successful completion of the requested operation.
20	20 indicates that one or more arguments are not valid.
21	21 indicates that a runtime exception occurred because of one or more of the following conditions: - A runtime exception occurred during the installation of the `.esa` subsystem archive file. - A license is not accepted or acknowledged. - The `.esa` subsystem archive file did not extract correctly.
22	22 indicates that feature to be installed already exists.
23	23 indicates that the feature definition was not valid for one or more of the following reasons: - The feature does not have a valid manifest file. - The version of the feature is not supported in this Open Liberty environment. - The `.zip` or `.jar` file that contains the feature files does not exist.
24	24 indicates that the `.esa` subsystem archive file is missing content.
25	25 indicates that an I/O exception occurred during the installation of the `.esa` subsystem archive file.
29	29 indicates that the feature is not valid for the current product.