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Defining the Oracle WebLogic Cluster Environment for the Billing and Payment Application

You must configure the Oracle WebLogic cluster environment.

This task is a step in Process of Configuring the Billing and Payment Application on an Oracle WebLogic Cluster.

To configure the Oracle WebLogic cluster environment

1. Log in to the Oracle WebLogic administrative console on the computer where the admin server is located, using the following URL format:

   http://IP_Address:7001/console

   where:

   • IP_Address is the name of the computer, such as 10.240.12.163.
   • 7001 is the port number where you installed the Billing and Payment application.
2. Create the Oracle WebLogic cluster:
   1. Click Environment, Clusters, then New.
   2. Enter a name for the cluster, such as EBillingCluster.
   3. Select the messaging mode. For best performance, it is recommended to choose Multicast.
   4. Leave the default values for the other configuration parameters.
   5. Click OK.
3. Click the name of the cluster you just created. For each computer in the cluster, follow these steps:
   1. Click Environment, Machines, New, and Next.
   2. Select Plain as the protocol to use with the node manager on this computer.
   3. Enter the listen address (IP address) of the computer and the listen port number, such as 5556.
   4. Click Finish.
   5. Click the computer that contains the node manager. Click the Monitoring tab, and then click Clusters.

      The Monitoring option continuously verifies that Node Manager is accessible.

   6. Click the name of the cluster you created. Click the Servers tab.
4. For each managed server in the cluster, follow these steps:
   1. Click Environment, Server, and then New.
   2. Enter a name for the managed server.
   3. Specify the server listen address (where the server will listen for incoming connections) and the port number.
   4. Choose the Stand-Alone cluster.
   5. Check the Listen Port Enabled option.
   6. Click Next, and then Finish.
5. Create the Proxy Server, which functions as a load balancer:
   1. Click Environment, Servers, and then New.
   2. Specify a name for the proxy server, such as EBillingProxy.
   3. Specify the listen address as the IP address of the computer where the admin server is located, such as 10.240.12.163. Specify the listen port, such as 9007.
   4. Choose the Standalone cluster.
6. Add each server to the cluster. For each server, perform the following steps:
   1. Click Clusters, click the name of the cluster, and then click the Servers tab.
   2. Select the servers to add to the cluster and click Add.
   3. Click Finish.