Upgrading WebLogic Application Environments
As of 9.0, WebLogic Server offers the following enhancements to the structure of the WebLogic domain directory:
config.xml
, in the new domain_name
/config
directory. (Here domain_name
specifies the domain directory.) In previous releases, the config.xml
file was the repository for all configuration information. Now, new subdirectories of config
maintain configuration modules for diagnostic, JDBC, JMS, Node Manager, and security subsystems. Each configuration file adheres to an XML Schema definition.domain_name
/bin
directory. In previous releases, they were stored in the root directory of the domain. In addition to the structural enhancements to the domain directory, WebLogic Server supports new utilities for managing changes to server configuration. These new tools enable you to implement a secure, predictable means for distributing configuration changes in a domain. For more information, see "Managing Configuration Changes" in Understanding Domain Configuration at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs91/domain_config/changes.html
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For more details about the WebLogic Server 9.x domain directory structure, see "Domain Configuration Files" in Understanding Domain Configuration at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs91/domain_config/config_files.html
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Figure B-1 compares the domain directory structures for WebLogic Server 9.x and WebLogic Server 8.1.
Figure B-1 WebLogic Server 9.x and WebLogic Server 8.1 Directory Structures
The following sections describe the domain directory structures for WebLogic Server 8.1, 7.0, and 6.1.
In WebLogic Server 8.1 environments, the domain directory structure created by the Configuration Wizard contains:
mydomain
or petstore
. This directory contains the following: When you start a server instance in a domain for the first time, WebLogic Server creates the following subdirectories in the domain directory:
logs
directory for storing domain-level logsFor more details about the WebLogic Server 8.1 domain directory structure, see "Overview of WebLogic Server Domains" in Configuring and Managing WebLogic Server at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs81/adminguide/overview_domain.html
. For a summary of the directory structure contents for the default configuration templates, see "Template Reference" in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Domains Using the Configuration Wizard at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13196_01/platform/docs81/confgwiz/tempref.html
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In WebLogic Server 7.0 environments, the root of the domain directory structure is a directory with the same name as the domain, such as mydomain
or petstore
. This directory should contain the following:
config.xml
file for the domain applications
. When you start a server instance in a domain for the first time, WebLogic Server creates the following subdirectories in the domain directory:
data
directory for storing security informationlogs
directory for storing domain-level logsserver_name
directory for storing server-level logstemp
directory for storing temporary filesThe following sample tree shows where the directories are created in a domain directory called mydomain
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For more information about the WebLogic Server 7.0 domain directory structure, see "Domain Directories Structure" in "Domain Restrictions" in "Overview of WebLogic Server Domains" in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Server Domains at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs70/admin_domain/overview.html
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In WebLogic Server 6.1 environments, the configuration information for all of the WebLogic administrative domains resides in the configuration repository, which is located, in turn, in the WL_HOME
/config
directory. Specifically, config
contains a configuration subdirectory for each domain. The name of each domain-specific subdirectory must match the name of the domain.
The domain directory structure contains a root directory with the same name as the domain, such as mydomain
or petstore
. This directory should contain the following:
config.xml
file for the domain applications
logs
directory for storing domain-level logsFor more information about the WebLogic Server 6.1 domain directory structure, see "Creating a New Domain" in "Overview of WebLogic Server Management" in WebLogic Server Administration Guide at http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E13222_01/wls/docs61/adminguide/overview.html
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