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Installing WebLogic Server Using Graphical-Mode Installation
The following sections describe how to install WebLogic Server using the graphical user interface (GUI) mode installation on both Windows and UNIX systems:
Before you start the WebLogic Server installation, please review the following information:
Starting the Installation Program in Graphical Mode on Windows Platforms
To start the GUI-mode installation process on a Windows system, follow these steps:
serverXXX_win32.exe (package installer file—WebLogic Server, WebLogic Workshop, and related samples)
net_platformXXX_win32.exe (net installer file—WebLogic Platform)
where XXX is the version number of the software you are installing.
Note: The net installer installs all or part of the WebLogic Platform, which includes WebLogic Server with WebLogic Workshop. See Web Distribution of WebLogic Server for more details.
Starting the Installation Program in Graphical Mode on a UNIX Platform
The WebLogic Server installation program requires a Java run-time environment (JRE) to run. A Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK), which includes a JRE, is bundled in the Windows installation program and in some UNIX installation programs (those with filenames ending in .bin). For other UNIX platforms, the WebLogic Server installation program does not include the Java 2 SDK in the installation program. Filenames for these installation programs end in .jar. To run the .jar installation programs, you must have the appropriate version of the Java 2 SDK installed on your system, and include the bin directory of the Java 2 SDK at the front of the PATH variable. It is important that you use an SDK because the installation process sets the JAVA_HOME and related variables to point to this directory.
Note: To run graphical-mode installation, your console must support a Java-based GUI. If the installation program determines that your system cannot support a Java-based GUI, the installation program automatically starts console-mode installation. For details, see Installing WebLogic Server Using Console-Mode Installation.
Starting Graphical-Mode Installation for .bin Installation Files
If you have an installation program file that ends in .bin, follow these steps to start the installation program in graphical mode on a UNIX system:
chmod a+x filename
./filename.bin
./filename.bin
Starting Graphical-Mode Installation for .jar Installation Files
To start the graphical-mode installation process for installation files ending in .jar, follow these steps.
Note: If you are installing WebLogic Server on a hardware platform other than Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, or IBM AIX, there may be special installation instructions that apply to your hardware platform. Check your hardware platform listing on the Supported Configurations page before you run the installation program.
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH
java -classpath filename.jar |
For each command, filename.jar is the name of the WebLogic Server installation file, for example pj_serverXXX_generic.jar. Filenames for the net installer are preceded by net_, for example, net_pj_platformXXX_generic.jar.
Note: You can also include the -log=/full_path_to_log_file option on the command line to create a log file during installation. For example:
java -jar filename.jar -log=/nfs/home1/logs/wls_install.log
The installation program creates a verbose installation log. For more information, see Generating a Verbose Installation Log.
Running the Installation Program
The installation program prompts you to enter specific information about your system and configuration.
Click the Next button to proceed or cancel the installation at any time by clicking Exit. |
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Read the BEA Software License Agreement and indicate your acceptance of the terms of the agreement by selecting Yes. To continue with the installation, you must accept the terms of the license agreement and then click Next. |
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Specify the BEA Home directory that will serve as the central support directory for all BEA products installed on the target system. If you already have a BEA Home directory on your system, you can select that directory (recommended) or create a new BEA Home directory. If you choose to create a new directory, the WebLogic Server installer program automatically creates the directory for you. For details about the BEA Home directory, see BEA Home Directory. |
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Select the option button for the type of installation you want to perform:
Note: When you choose the Typical installation option, the Configuration Wizard is not invoked automatically as part of the installation. However, you can launch it manually after the installation is complete from the Start menu or with a command line script. See Configuring Domains, Servers, and Clusters with the Configuration Wizard.
Note: If you downloaded software using the net installer option and you want to install WebLogic Server without the additional WebLogic Platform components, select the Custom installation option and select only the components you want to install. If you want to install components other than server and server examples, see the WebLogic Platform Installation Guide. For additional information about installation types, see Choosing the Type of Installation. If you are using the typical installation option, go to the Choose Product Directory window. |
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Note: This window is displayed only if you select Custom installation in the Choose Install Type window. |
Select the components to install by selecting or clearing the appropriate check boxes. This window displays a tree-view of all the components available for installation. In an initial installation, all components are checked. The check boxes for components already installed on your system appear as a greyed-check box. If you want to install components other than server and server examples, see the WebLogic Platform Installation Guide. Note: When you select or deselect components to install, the installation program checks for dependencies between components and automatically modifies the list of selected components. |
Note: This window is displayed only if you are using the net installer. |
Indicate your preferences for downloading the software as follows:
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Note: This window is displayed only if you are using the net installer. |
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Note: This window is displayed only if you are using the net installer. |
This window is displayed while the installation program verifies that the component archive files downloaded successfully. |
Note: This window is not displayed if you are performing a Custom installation and you have selected the same BEA Home directory that contains previously installed WebLogic Server components. In that case, the selected components are installed in the Product Directory you specified during the initial installation. |
Specify the directory in which you want to install the WebLogic Server software and click Next. You can accept the default product directory (weblogic700) or create a new product directory. For additional information and a description of the resulting directory structure, see Product Installation Directory. If you choose to create a new directory, the installation program automatically creates the directory for you, if necessary. When you click Next, the installation program begins copying the components you specified to your system. |
Read the information displayed about BEA products and services and click Next when the installation program has finished copying the specified files to your system. If you are performing a Typical installation, the installation is complete. |
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Note: This window is displayed only if you select Custom installation in the Choose Install Type window. |
Indicate whether you want to run the Configuration Wizard to create an application domain by selecting the appropriate option. If you choose Yes, proceed to Configuring Domains, Servers, and Clusters with the Configuration Wizard for a summary description of the Configuration Wizard. For complete details, refer to Creating New Domains Using the Configuration Wizard in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Server Domains. If you choose No, you can run the Configuration Wizard from the Start menu (Windows only) or from the command line at a later time. |
Configuring Domains, Servers, and Clusters with the Configuration Wizard
If you are performing a custom installation, at the end of the installation process you can run the Configuration Wizard to create and configure WebLogic domains. Or, in both Custom and Typical installations, you can start the Configuration Wizard from the Start menu or the command line. For complete details, refer to Creating New Domains Using the Configuration Wizard in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Server Domains.
You use the Configuration Wizard to create and configure custom WebLogic domains. A domain is an interrelated set of WebLogic Server resources that are managed as a unit. A domain includes one or more WebLogic Servers, and may also include WebLogic Server clusters.
The Configuration Wizard uses pre-configured domain templates that you use to create a domain for the target environment. WebLogic Server 7.0 includes the following templates:
If you install additional WebLogic Platform components, you may see additional templates when you start the Configuration Wizard. For detailed procedures for using the Configuration Wizard with WebLogic Platform, see Using the Configuration Wizard. For details about available Configuration Wizard templates, see the Configuration Wizard Template Reference.
Based on the pre-configured domain template that you choose when running the Configuration Wizard, you are prompted to supply certain types of information for each domain. The following list offers a sampling of the type of information you need to provide. Complete details are provided in Creating New Domains Using the Configuration Wizard in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Server Domains.
Note: You must follow XML guidelines for characters when specifying values in the Configuration Wizard. That is, you cannot use characters reserved for use in XML, such as <, >, [, and ].
To learn more about WebLogic Server 7.0, view the following files:
Summarizes new features in this version of WebLogic Server and provides pointers to useful related information.
On a Windows system, access this file by using the About WebLogic Server shortcut on the Start Menu. On both Windows and UNIX systems, access the about_wls.html file at WL_HOME\server\about_wls.html, where WL_HOME represents the top-level installation directory for the WebLogic Server software.