Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Server Automation10.50

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Application Configuration concepts

With Server Automation you can manage configuration files, including XML configuration files, from a central location and easily propagate changes and updates across multiple servers in your data center. You can manage a single configuration file such as the /etc/hosts file on UNIX systems, or multiple complex configuration files associated with an application, such as the configuration files associated with a large business application such as WebLogic or Websphere.

Configuration files are any files on your servers that you need to control the contents of. This includes configuration files for applications as well as system configuration files, such as:

Files that control the behavior of application servers, web servers, databases, or other applications. For example, you can manage the httpd.conf file for the Apache Web Server running across several different servers. You can attach an application configuration for this file and enter specific values for each instance of that file on each server.
Files on your servers such as the /etc/hosts, /etc/fstab, /etc/passwd, or /etc/groups files on UNIX servers.
Any other files on your servers that are used to configure your servers.

In addition, you can do the following with application configurations:

Run scripts before or after the configuration file is placed on the server. For example, you could use a script that restarts the application after pushing the configurations to the server. For details, see Running scripts with Application Configurations.
Use application configurations in a software policy as part of deployment and ongoing management of applications. For details, see Application Configurations in software policies.
Audit to determine if servers conform to the desired application configuration file contents. For details, see Auditing Application Configurations.
Check compliance of your servers against the application configuration you have defined. For details, see Application Configuration compliance.
Restore a previous configuration file. For details, see Restoring a configuration file to a previous state.

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