This section includes the following topics:
There are common administration tasks you will likely want to perform on your newly created domain.
Table 6-1 Basic Administration Tasks for a New Domain
| Task | Description | More Information |
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Getting familiar with Fusion Middleware administration tools |
Get familiar with tools that you can use to manage your environment. |
"System Administration" in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server. |
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Starting and stopping products and servers |
Learn how to start and stop Oracle Fusion Middleware, including the Administration Server, Managed Servers, and components. |
"Starting and Stopping Servers" in Administering Server Startup and Shutdown for Oracle WebLogic Server. |
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Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) |
Learn how to set up secure communications among Oracle Fusion Middleware components using SSL. |
"Overview of Configuring SSL in WebLogic Server" in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server. |
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Understanding diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures |
Learn recommended diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures for Oracle Fusion Middleware. |
"Monitoring, Diagnosing, and Troubleshooting" in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server. |
There are additional tasks that you probably want to perform on your newly created domain.
Table 6-2 Additional Domain Configuration Tasks
| Task | Description | More Information |
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Deploying applications |
Learn how to deploy your applications to WebLogic Server. |
Deploying Applications in WebLogic Server in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server. |
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Adding a Web Tier front-end to your domain |
Oracle Web Tier hosts Web pages (static and dynamic), provides security and high performance along with built-in clustering, load balancing, and failover features. In particular, the Web Tier can contain Oracle HTTP Server instances. If you are configuring Oracle WebLogic Server for multitenancy, install and configure Oracle Traffic Director in the Web tier. |
See the steps to install and configure a standalone Oracle HTTP Server in Installing and Configuring Oracle HTTP Server. Also see "Installing Multiple Products in the Same Domain" in Planning an Installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware for important information. |
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Tuning and configuring Coherence for your topology. |
A standard installation topology includes a Coherence cluster that contains storage-enabled Managed Coherence Servers. This setup is a good starting point to use Coherence, but depending upon your specific requirements, consider tuning and reconfiguring Coherence to improve performance in a production environment. |
For more on Coherence clusters, see "Configuring and Managing Coherence Clusters" in Administering Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server. To tune Coherence, see Administering Oracle Coherence. To store HTTP session data in Coherence, see "Using Coherence Web with WebLogic Server" in Administering HTTP Session Management with Oracle Coherence*Web. To create and deploy Coherence applications, see Developing Oracle Coherence Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server. |
There are additional tasks you probably want to perform on your newly created domain.
Table 6-3 Additional Domain Configuration Tasks
| Task | Description | More Information |
|---|---|---|
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Deploying applications |
Learn how to deploy your applications to WebLogic Server. |
Deploying Applications in WebLogic Server in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server. |
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Adding a Web Tier front-end to your domain |
Oracle Web Tier hosts Web pages (static and dynamic), provides security and high performance along with built-in clustering, load balancing, and failover features. If you are configuring WebLogic Server MT, install and configure Oracle Traffic Director in the Web Tier. |
Adding Oracle Traffic Director as a WebLogic Server MT Front EndConfiguring Oracle Traffic Director in WebLogic Server MT
Also see "Installing Multiple Products in the Same Domain" in Planning an Installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware for important information. |
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Tuning and configuring Coherence for your topology. |
A standard installation topology includes a Coherence cluster that contains storage-enabled Managed Coherence Servers. This setup is a good starting point to use Coherence, but depending upon your specific requirements, consider tuning and reconfiguring Coherence to improve performance in a production environment. |
For more on Coherence clusters, see "Configuring and Managing Coherence Clusters" in Administering Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server. To tune Coherence, see Administering Oracle Coherence. To store HTTP session data in Coherence, see "Using Coherence Web with WebLogic Server" in Administering HTTP Session Management with Oracle Coherence*Web. To create and deploy Coherence applications, see Developing Oracle Coherence Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server. |
If you are configuring WebLogic Server MT, install and configure Oracle Traffic Director in the Web tier. Oracle Traffic Director (OTD) is a software load balancer for load balancing HTTP/S and TCP traffic to servers in the back-end.
After you install Oracle Traffic Director as the front end to an Oracle WebLogic Server MT domain, you want to connect the two elements.
There are tasks you must perform to scale out your standard installation environment for high availability.
Table 6-4 Tasks Required to Prepare Your Environment for High Availability
| Task | Description | More Information |
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Configuring Node Manager |
Node Manager enables you to start, shut down, and restart the Administration Server and Managed Server instances from a remote location, making this an essential utility for any high availability environment. |
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Enabling failover and replication |
To enable high availability, it is important to provide failover capabilities to another host computer. That way, if one computer goes down, your environment can continue to serve the consumers of your deployed applications. |
"WebLogic Server Clustering" in the Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server. |
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Configuring high availability for your Web Tier components |
If you have added a Web Tier front-end, then you must configure the Web Tier for high availability, as well as the WebLogic Server software. |
"Configuring High Availability for Web Tier Components" in High Availability Guide. |
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Setting up a front-end load balancer |
You can use a load balancer to distribute requests across servers more evenly. |
"Load Balancing HTTP Sessions with an External Load Balancer" in 4Administering Clusters for Oracle WebLogic Server. |