Deploying WebLogic Platform Applications

Overview of WebLogic Platform Deployment

About WebLogic Platform Applications

Promoting a WebLogic Platform Application from Development to Production

Comparing Development and Production Environments

Understanding the Application Promotion Process

How WebLogic Platform Supports Application Promotion

Planning the Promotion

Summary of Tasks for Promoting a WebLogic Platform Application to Production

Automating the Promotion Process

Where to Find Additional Information

Understanding the Target Environment

Typical Deployment Environment

Considerations for Configuring WebLogic Platform Domains

WebLogic Platform Domain Examples

Development Domain Example

Components Shown in Example

Considerations for this Configuration

Single-Cluster Platform Domain Example

Components Shown in Example

Considerations for this Configuration

Multi-Domain Example

Components Shown in Example

Considerations for this Configuration

Multi-Cluster Platform Domain Example

Components Shown in Example

Configuration Considerations

Creating and Configuring the WebLogic Domain

Tools for Configuring the Target Domain

Considerations for Configuring and Targeting Resources

Guidelines for Specifying the Names and Addresses of the Members in a Cluster

Autoconfiguration Using the Configuration Wizard and WLST Offline

Adding Application Resources Required by the WebLogic Workshop Runtime

Configuring Servers to Start in Production Mode

Setting the SDK

Setting Up the Managed Servers on Remote Machines

Setting Up the Managed Server Directories

Configuring the Managed Server Start Attributes

Configuring Node Manager

Example: How to Configure a Single-Cluster Platform Domain Using WLST Offline

Example: How to Configure a Multi-Domain Environment Using WLST Offline

Example: How to Configure a Multi-Domain Environment Using the Configuration Wizard in Silent Mode

Example: How to Configure a Multi-Cluster Platform Domain Using WLST Offline

Configuring the Production Database

Creating and Preparing a Production Database

Creating Conversational State Database Tables

Promoting Database Information to the Production Database

Promoting WebLogic Portal Datasync Information

Promoting LDAP and Portal Database Data

Promoting WebLogic Integration Application Database Information

Example: How to Load the Domain Database Using WLST Offline

Example: How to Load the Application Database Using Ant

Example: How to Create the Conversational State Database Tables Using Ant

Configuring Security

Ways to Secure the Target Environment

Considerations for Configuring Security

Promoting Embedded LDAP Security Data to the Target Database

Promoting Security Data to the Target Environment

Promoting WebLogic Portal and WebLogic Integration Data

Maintaining Security Policy Files Under Version Control

Using Load Balancers and Web Proxy Servers

Load Balancing with an External Hardware Load Balancer

Load Balancing with a Web Proxy Server

Considerations When Configuring Load Balancers and Web Proxy Servers

Preparing the Application for Deployment

Summary of Application Preparation Tasks

Summary of Changes to Deployment Descriptors and Configuration Files

Managing Application Files for Promotion to Production

Access to Application Files

Using a Version Control System

Files that Should Not Be Under Version Control

Enabling High Availability

Enabling Inter-Application Communication

Example Web Service Control URL

Techniques for Updating URLs in Web Service Controls

Enabling Session Replication

Specifying a Concurrency Strategy for Stateful Business Process Entity Beans

Reconfiguring Application Views and Adapters

Reconfiguring Application Views

Specifying Event Generator Targets

Preparing Application Security

Limiting Access to Authenticated Users

Restricting Application Access to SSL Traffic Only

Packaging the Application

Updating the Server Path Attribute

Generating the EAR File

Deploying the Application

About Deployment Units

Overview of the Deployment Tools

Deployment Considerations

Archive Type

Application Targets

Security Roles

Staging Modes

Load Order

Deployment Descriptors

Steps to Deploy the Application

Step 1: Start the Servers

Step 2: Upload the Application to the Administration Server (Optional)

Step 3: Deploy the Application

Deploying a WebLogic Integration, WebLogic Server, or WebLogic Workshop Application

Deploying a WebLogic Platform or WebLogic Portal Application

Step 4: Deploy Event Generators

Starting the Servers

Before You Start the Servers

Starting the Administration Server

Starting the Managed Servers

Example: How to Deploy a WebLogic Integration Application Using weblogic.Deployer and Ant

Example: How to Deploy WebLogic Platform, WebLogic Portal, and WebLogic Integration Applications Using weblogic.Deployer and Ant