Understanding Domain Configuration
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Introduction and Roadmap
This document describes WebLogic Server® domains and how they are configured. A domain is the basic administration unit for WebLogic Server. A domain consists of one or more WebLogic Server instances (and their associated resources) that you manage with a single Administration Server.
The following sections describe the contents and organization of this guide—Understanding Domain Configuration.
Document Scope and Audience
This document is written mainly for J2EE system architects, application developers, and system administrators who are developing or deploying Web-based applications on one or more WebLogic server domains.
The topics in this document are relevant during the design and development phases of a software project. This document does not address production phase administration, monitoring, or performance tuning topics. For links to WebLogic Server documentation and resources for these topics, see Related Documentation.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with J2EE, basic concepts of XML, and general networking and application management concepts.
Guide to this Document
- This chapter, Introduction and Roadmap, introduces the purpose, organization, and context of this guide.
- Understanding WebLogic Server Domains, introduces WebLogic Server domains.
- Domain Configuration Files, describes the configuration and directories that maintain the on-disk representation of a domain and its contents.
- Managing Configuration Changes, describes change management features in WebLogic Server.
Related Documentation
For information about system administration tasks and the various tools you can use to perform them, see:
- the System Administration documentation page
- Overview of WebLogic Server System Administration
- Monitoring and Managing with the J2EE Management APIs
- WebLogic Server MBean Reference
- WebLogic SNMP Management Guide
For more detailed information about tools you can use to create and configure WebLogic Server domains, see:
- Creating WebLogic Domains Using the Configuration Wizard
- WebLogic Scripting Tool
- Developing Custom Management Utilities with JMX
- WebLogic Server Command Reference
- Administration Console Online Help
For a reference to the XML Schema used to persist domain configuration in WebLogic Server, see the WebLogic Server Domain Configuration Schema Reference.
WebLogic Server 9.0 introduced several new and important changes to WebLogic Server domain configuration. For more information, see What's New in WebLogic Server 9.0.
Samples and Tutorials
In addition to this document, BEA Systems provides code samples and tutorials that are relevant to domain configuration and administration.
The BEA WebLogic Server Examples are optionally installed at WL_HOME/samples/server/examples/src/examples, where WL_HOME is the top-level directory of your WebLogic Server installation. These examples are also available from the Start menu on Windows machines. These examples include:
- WebLogic Scripting Tool Online Scripts example, which shows how to use the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) to interact and configure a running WebLogic Administration server.
- The Clustering example, which leads you through the process of creating and configuring a new cluster of server instances in a domain using the WebLogic Configuration Wizard and Administration Console.
The Avitek Medical Records Sample Application is a WebLogic Server sample application suite that concisely demonstrates all aspects of the J2EE platform. It includes:
