AutoConfig is a tool that simplifies and standardizes configuration management tasks in an Oracle E-Business Suite. A fresh installation of Release 12 includes AutoConfig as a standard and required configuration management tool.
A number of key configuration and control scripts are developed in an AutoConfig environment. AutoConfig creates several directories for these scripts and their associated files.
AutoConfig Scripts
AutoConfig configuration scripts on UNIX are available as following.
adautocfg.sh – Wrapper script that passes the name of the specific environment context file to adconfig.sh. Located in /admin/scripts on the application tier, and /appsutil/scripts/ on the database tier node.
adconfig.sh – Invoked by adautocfg.sh, this script is a wrapper for adconfig.pl. Located in /bin on the application tier, and /appsutil/bin on the database tier node.
adconfig.pl – Invoked by adconfig.sh, this Perl script calls the Java API to carry out the actual configuration tasks. Located in /bin on the application tier, and /appsutil/bin on the databccase tier node.
AutoConfig Directories
Several directories are created by AutoConfig, as shown in the following table.
| Directory Name | Directory Contents |
| <INST_TOP>/admin/install | Install scripts |
| <INST_TOP>/admin/scripts | Control scripts |
| <INST_TOP>/admin/log | Log files |