System Properties Listing
OpenEJB system properties
Name
Value
Description
openejb.embedded.remotable
bool
activate or not the remote services when available
prefix>.threads
host or IP, port, bool
override the host. Available for ejbd and httpejbd services (used by jaxws and jaxrs), number of thread to maneg requests
openejb.embedded.initialcontext.close
LOGOUT or DESTROY
configure the hook called when closing the initial context. Useful when starting OpenEJB from a new InitialContext([properties]) instantiation. By default it simply logs out the logged user if it exists. DESTROY means clean the container.
jakarta.persistence.provider
string
override the JPA provider value
jakarta.persistence.transactionType
string
override the transaction type for persistence contexts
jakarta.persistence.jtaDataSource
string
override the JTA datasource value for persistence contexts
jakarta.persistence.nonJtaDataSource
string
override the non JTA datasource value for persistence contexts
openejb.descriptors.output
bool
dump memory deployment descriptors. Can be used to set complete metadata to true and avoid scanning when starting the container or to check the used configuration.
openejb.deployments.classpath.require.descriptor
CLIENT or EJB
can allow to filter what you want to scan (client modules or ejb modules)
openejb.descriptors.output.folder
path
where to dump deployement descriptors if activated.
openejb.strict.interface.declaration
bool
add some validations on session beans (spec validations in particular). false by default.
openejb.conf.file or openejb.configuration
string
OpenEJB configuration file path
openejb.debuggable-vm-hackery
bool
remove JMS informations from deployment
openejb.validation.skip
bool
skip the validations done when OpenEJB deploys beans
openejb.deployments.classpath.ear
bool
deploy the classpath as an ear
openejb.webservices.enabled
bool
activate or not webservices
openejb.validation.output.level
TERSE or MEDIUM or VERBOSE
level of the logs used to report validation errors
openejb.user.mbeans.list
-
or a list of classes separated by ,
+ list of mbeans to deploy automatically
+ openejb.deploymentId.format
+ composition (+string) of {ejbName} {ejbType} {ejbClass} and \{ejbClass.simpleName}
+ default {ejbName}. The format to use to deploy ejbs.
+ openejb.deployments.classpath
+ bool
+ whether or not deploy from classpath
+ openejb.deployments.classpath.include and openejb.deployments.classpath.exclude
+ regex
+ regex to filter the scanned classpath (when you are in this case)
+ openejb.deployments.package.include and openejb.deployments.package.exclude
+ regex
+ regex to filter scanned packages
+ openejb.autocreate.jta-datasource-from-non-jta-one
+ bool
+ whether or not auto create the jta datasource if it doesn’t exist but a non jta datasource exists. Useful when using hibernate to be able to get a real non jta datasource.
+ openejb.altdd.prefix
+ string
+ prefix use for altDD (example test to use a test.ejb-jar.xml).
+ org.apache.openejb.default.system.interceptors
+ list of interceptor (qualified names) separated by a comma or a space
+ add these interceptor on all beans
+ openejb.jndiname.strategy.class
+ class name
+ an implementation of org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.JndiBuilder.JndiNameStrategy
+ openejb.jndiname.failoncollision
+ bool
+ if a NameAlreadyBoundException is thrown or not when 2 EJBs have the same name
+ openejb.jndiname.format
+ composition (+string) of these properties: ejbType, ejbClass, ejbClass.simpleName, ejbClass.packageName, ejbName, deploymentId, interfaceType, interfaceType.annotationName, interfaceType.annotationNameLC, interfaceType.xmlName, interfaceType.xmlNameCc, interfaceType.openejbLegacyName, interfaceClass, interfaceClass.simpleName, interfaceClass.packageName
+ default {deploymentId}\{interfaceType.annotationName}. Change the name used for the ejb.
+ openejb.org.quartz.threadPool.class
+ class qualified name which implements org.quartz.spi.ThreadPool
+ the thread pool used by quartz (used to manage ejb timers)
+ openejb.localcopy
+ bool
+ default true. whether or not copy EJB arguments[/method/interface] for remote invocations.
+ openejb.cxf.jax-rs.providers
+ the list of the qualified name of the JAX-RS providers separated by comma or space. Note: to specify a provider for a specific service suffix its class qualified name by ".providers", the value follow the same rules. Note 2: default is a shortcut for jaxb and json providers.
+ openejb.wsAddress.format
+ composition (+string) of {ejbJarId}, ejbDeploymentId, ejbType, ejbClass, ejbClass.simpleName, ejbName, portComponentName, wsdlPort, wsdlService
+ default /{ejbDeploymentId}. The WS name format.
+ org.apache.openejb.server.webservices.saaj.provider
+ axis2, sun or null
+ specified the saaj configuration
+ [<uppercase service name>.]<service id>.<name> or [<uppercase service name>.]<service id>
+ whatever is supported (generally string, int …)
+ set this value to the corresponding service. example: [EnterpriseBean.]<ejb-name>.activation.<property>, [PERSISTENCEUNIT.]<persistence unit name>.<property>, [RESOURCE.]<name>
+ log4j.category.OpenEJB.options
+ DEBUG, INFO, …
+ active one OpenEJB log level. need log4j in the classpath
+ openejb.jmx.active
+ bool
+ activate (by default) or not the OpenEJB JMX MBeans
+ openejb.nobanner
+ bool
+ activate or not the OpenEJB banner (activated by default)
+ openejb.check.classloader
+ bool
+ if true print some information about duplicated classes
+ openejb.check.classloader.verbose
+ bool
+ if true print classes intersections
+ openejb.additional.exclude
+ string separated by comma
+ list of prefixes you want to exclude and are not in the default list of exclusion
+ openejb.additional.include
+ string separated by comma
+ list of prefixes you want to remove from thedefault list of exclusion
+ openejb.offline
+ bool
+ if true can create datasources and containers automatically
+ openejb.exclude-include.order
+ include-exclude or exclude-include
+ if the inclusion/exclusion should win on conflicts (intersection)
+ openejb.log.color
+ bool
+ activate or not the color in the console in embedded mode
+ openejb.log.color.<level in lowercase>
+ color in uppercase
+ set a color for a particular level. Color are BLACK, RED, GREEN, YELLOW, BLUE, MAGENTA, CYAN, WHITE, DEFAULT.
+ tomee.serialization.class.blacklist
+ string
+ default list of packages/classnames excluded for EJBd deserialization (needs to be set on server and client sides). Please see the description of Ejbd Transport for details.
+ tomee.serialization.class.whitelist
+ string
+ default list of packages/classnames allowed for EJBd deserialization (blacklist wins over whitelist, needs to be set on server and client sides). Please see the description of Ejbd Transport for details.
+ tomee.remote.support
+ boolean
+ if true /tomee webapp is auto-deployed and EJBd is active (true by default for 1.x, false for 7.x excepted for tomee maven plugin and arquillian)
Note: all resources can be configured by properties, see http://tomee.apache.org/embedded-configuration.html and http://tomee.apache.org/properties-tool.html
OpenEJB client
Name
Value
Description
openejb.client.identityResolver
implementation of org.apache.openejb.client.IdentityResolver
default org.apache.openejb.client.JaasIdentityResolver. The class to get the client identity.
openejb.client.connection.pool.timeout or openejb.client.connectionpool.timeout
int (ms)
the timeout of the client
openejb.client.connection.pool.size or openejb.client.connectionpool.size
int
size of the socket pool
openejb.client.keepalive
int (ms)
the keepalive duration
openejb.client.protocol.version
string
Optional legacy server protocol compatibility level. Allows 4.6.x clients to potentially communicate with older servers. OpenEJB 4.5.2 and older use version "3.1", and 4.6.x currently uses version "4.6" (Default). This does not allow old clients to communicate with new servers prior to 4.6.0
TomEE specific system properties
Name
Value
Description
openejb.crosscontext
bool
set the cross context property on tomcat context (can be done in the traditionnal way if the deployment is don through the webapp discovery and not the OpenEJB Deployer EJB)
openejb.jsessionid-support
bool
remove URL from session tracking modes for this context (see jakarta.servlet.SessionTrackingMode)
openejb.myfaces.disable-default-values
bool
by default TomEE will initialize myfaces with some its default values to avoid useless logging
openejb.web.xml.major
int
major version of web.xml. Can be useful to force tomcat to scan servlet 3 annotatino when deploying with a servlet 2.x web.xml
tomee.jaxws.subcontext
string
sub context used to bind jaxws web services, default is webservices
openejb.servicemanager.enabled
bool
run all services detected or only known available services (WS and RS
tomee.jaxws.oldsubcontext
bool
wether or not activate old way to bind jaxws webservices directly on root context
openejb.modulename.useHash
bool
add a hash after the module name of the webmodule if it is generated from the webmodule location, it avoids conflicts between multiple deployment (through ear) of the same webapp. Note: it disactivated by default since names are less nice this way.
openejb.session.manager
qualified name (string)
configure a session managaer to use for all contexts
TomEE Arquillian adaptor
Name
Value
Description
tomee.ejbcontainer.http.port
int
tomee port, -1 means random. When using a random port you can retreive it getting this property too.
tomee.arquillian.http
int
http port used by the embedded arquillian adaptor
tomee.arquillian.stop
int
shutdown port used by the embedded arquillian adaptor