Asadmin set command fails if the parent config object isn't already present

[OndroMih]

Environment Details

• GlassFish 7.0.0-M9
• JDK version: Zulu17.36+13-CA (build 17.0.4+8-LTS)
• OS: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
• Database: N/A

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Problem Description

When running asadmin set command to set a dotted configuration and the parent dotted configuration doesn't exist, the set command fails to set the configuration.

Steps to reproduce

On a fresh GlassFish installation, run:

 bin/asadmin set configs.config.server-config.network-config.protocols.protocol.http-listener-1.ssl.cert-nickname=s1as

This will fail with the following output:

remote failure: No configuration found for configs.config.server-config.network-config.protocols.protocol.http-listener-1.ssl
Command set failed.

This is because the default domain.xml file doesn't contain any ssl element for the http-listener-1 protocol. It works for the http-listener-2 protocol, which contains the ssl element.

A similar error can be reproduced in Admin Console if GlassFish is built from these branches: #23782 (comment). When editing the SSL tab of the http-listener-1, pressing the Save button leads to the same error and there's no way to fix this in the Admin Console.

Impact of Issue

//: When editing the SSL configuration of the HTTP listener, it's not possible to save the configuration in Admin Console.

Type:Enhancement
Component: Kernel, Admin, Admin Console