Creating and Configuring WebLogic Server Domains

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Overview of WebLogic Server Domains

What Is a Domain?

Contents of a Domain

Administration Server

Managed Servers and Clustered Managed Servers

Resources and Services

Common Domain Types

Domain Restrictions

Domain Directory and config.xml

Domain Directories Structure

Domain Administration Tasks

Creating New Domains Using the Configuration Wizard

Introduction to the Configuration Wizard

What Does the Configuration Wizard Create?

Understanding Configuration Wizard Templates

Determine the Server Name and Listen Address

Server Name Considerations

Listen Address Considerations

Using the Configuration Wizard

Starting the Configuration Wizard

Starting in GUI Mode

Starting in Console Mode

Create a Domain with Administration Server and Stand-Alone Managed Servers

Create a Domain with Administration Server and Clustered Managed Servers

Create a Domain with a Single Server Instance

Configure Support for Remote Managed Servers

Configuring Network Resources

Overview of Network Configuration

New Network Configuration Features in WebLogic Server 7.0

Understanding the Default Network Configuration

Tailoring the Default Network Configuration

Viewing the Default Configuration at Server Startup

Using Network Channels and NAPs

Network Channels

Configuring Outgoing Connections

Common WebLogic Server Channels

Network Access Points (NAPs)

Common Uses for Network Channels and NAPs

Configuring a Domain-Wide Administration Port

Administration Port Restrictions

Administration Port Configuration and Startup

Viewing the Administration Channel at Server Startup

Using a Custom Channel to Simplify Domain Administration

Configuring a Custom Network Channel

Using NAPs to Configure Multiple NICs with a Server

Configuring a Network Access Point

Configuring Network Channels with a Cluster

Create Managed Servers

Create the Cluster

Create and Assign the Network Channel

Define Multicast Address for each Server Instance

Segmenting Network Traffic by Port Number

Separating Internal and External Network Traffic

Configuring Edge Servers

Prioritizing Outgoing Connections

Handling Channel Failures

Upgrading Quality of Service Levels for RMI

Network Channel and NAP Attributes

Channel Attributes

NAP Attributes

Recovering Failed Servers

Backing Up Configuration Data

Backing Up Security Data

Backing Up Security Configuration Data

Dumping Security Configuration Data into an XML File

Modifying the Dumped XML File

Loading XML Data into an MBean Repository

Creating a Default Security Data Repository

Backing Up the WebLogic LDAP Repository

Backing Up SerializedSystemIni.dat and Security Certificates

Restarting an Administration Server When Managed Servers are Running

Restarting an Administration Server on the Same Machine

Restarting an Administration Server on Another Machine

Starting a Managed Server When the Administration Server Is Not Accessible

Starting in Managed Server Independence Mode

The Node Manager and Managed Server Independence

MSI Mode and the Managed Servers Root Directory

MSI Mode and the Domain Log File

Contacting the Security Realm

Replicating the Domain's Configuration Files

How a Managed Server Restores Communication with an Administration Server

Disabling Managed Server Independence

Self-Health Monitoring and Restart for Managed Servers

Managing Server Availability with Node Manager

Overview of Node Manager

Environmental Considerations

Node Manager Runs on Machines that Host Managed Servers

Node Manager Should Run as a Service

Node Manager Uses SSL to Communicate with Administration Servers

Native Support for Node Manager

Node Manager Architecture

Node Manager Capabilities

Node Manager Starts and Stops Managed Servers

Node Manager Monitors Managed Servers that it Started

Node Manager Can Kill Unavailable and Failed Managed Servers

Node Manager Automatically Restarts Managed Servers

Prerequisites for Node Manager Capabilities

Node Manager Ignores Server Startup Mode

Configuring Node Manager

Set Up the Node Manager Hosts File

Configure SSL for Node Manager

Starting Node Manager with SSL

Configure a Machine to Use Node Manager

Configure Startup Arguments for Managed Servers

Configure Monitoring, Shutdown and Restart for Managed Servers

Starting Node Manager

Starting Node Manager Using Start Scripts

Starting Node Manager as a Windows Service

Node Manager Environment Variables

Node Manager Command-Line Arguments

Starting and Stopping Managed Servers with Node Manager

Start and Stop Managed Servers Manually

Start and Stop All Managed Servers in a Domain or Cluster

Start and Stop Servers Using weblogic.Admin

Troubleshooting Node Manager

Managed Server Log Files

Node Manager Log Files

Correcting Common Problems

Node Manager Internal States

Monitoring a WebLogic Server Domain

Overview of Monitoring

Monitoring Servers

Performance

Security

JMS

JTA

Server Self-Health Monitoring

Monitoring JDBC Connection Pools

 

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