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Sun N1 Service Provisioning System User's Guide for BEA WebLogic 8 Plug-In 3.0

ProcedureHow to Install the WebLogic Software

You need to install the WebLogic software before you create WebLogic domains, Administration Servers, or Managed Servers. When you install the WebLogic software, a virtual host that represents the software installation is created. You use this virtual host later as the target host for WebLogic Administration Servers and Managed Servers.

Managed Servers and Administration Servers use the same Install component, which installs the WebLogic 8 software on the Remote Agent. After you have installed the Install component on a Remote Agent, you do not have to reinstall that component again.

You can use this procedure to install the WebLogic software or you can use this procedure to register existing software within the provisioning system by selecting the markOnly option.

Before You Begin

Review the Process Overview

Steps

  1. Set the WebLogic session variables: WL_DEFAULT_PASSWORD and WL_DEFAULT_USER.

    See Chapter 5, Session Variables, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Plan and Component Developer’s Guide.

  2. Prepare all hosts.

    The WebLogic 8 plug-in contains a new system service that must be distributed to all hosts in the provisioning system. See Preparing a Physical Host in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 System Administration Guide.

  3. In the Common Tasks section in the browser interface, click WebLogic 8.

  4. Click the WebLogic Software Installation: Install link.

    The plan's Details page displays.

  5. Click Run.

    The Run page displays.

  6. In the Plan Parameters area, select the variable settings for the Install component that you plan to deploy.

    • If the variable settings have been established for this component, select the appropriate settings from the menu.

    • If the settings are not available from the menu, click Select From List.

      The Select Variable Settings From List window displays.

      • To create a new set of variable settings, select Create Set.

        The following list provides commonly updated variables for the Install component.

        variable set name

        Required. A name for the new variable set you create

        beaHome

        Required. The WebLogic BEAHOME directory. The default value for beaHome is /usr/local/bea. You need to update this value if you plan to have multiple installations of the WebLogic software on one machine.

        Note –

        This directory or link must exist or be able to be created by the weblogicUser. If the directory or link exists, the weblogicUser must have write access to the directory.

        sourceImage

        Required for all non-markOnly installations. The absolute path to the WebLogic binary package installer or JAR file.

        x86supplementalJAR

        Required only for Solaris x86 installations. The absolute path to the WebLogic Solaris x86 Supplemental JAR file.

        sdkJavaHome

        Required only for AIX and Solaris x86 JAR file installers. JAVA_HOME for SDK version 1.4.2, or compatible version.

        componentPaths

        Optional. Sets the WebLogic components to be installed. The WebLogic 8 Plug-In only supports the installation and configuration of WebLogic Server.

        By default, the software required to run WebLogic domains and application servers is installed. If additional components are selected, more space (beyond the 350 Mbytes) is required.

        altTempDir

        Optional. An alternative directory to expand the install image. The default value is the /var/tmp directory. If the /var/tmp/ directory does not contain 1 Gbyte of available space, set altTempDir to another directory.

        webLogicUser

        Required. The UNIX user to run the WebLogic installation. This user must exist on the host to be installed and must have write permission on the beaHome directory. You can change the default value from weblogic to this to root if you do not want to create a new user.

        targetRefName

        Required. The unique virtual hostname for this installation. This value is used as the target host during domain and Managed Server creation. You need to provide a unique value for this variable for each installation of WebLogic.

        Note –

        If you install the WebLogic software multiple times on the same host, you need to change this variable to a new value. beaHome must also be different for each installation.

        1. In the text field at the top of the table, type the name of the new variable settings set.

        2. To change the path to where you plan to install WebLogic, select the installPath row and type the correct path.

          The installPath variable, beaHome variable, and the WebLogic BEAHome of installation plan variable must contain the same value .

          The default value for these three variables is /usr/local/bea.

          Note –

          The value for the installPath variable is treated as a relative path to the default Remote Agent directory, unless you specify an absolute path, such as /opt or c:\mydir. For example, for a Windows Remote Agent, if you set the installPath variable to c\mydir and deploy the file to an Agent with a default home directory of c:\Program Files\N1 Service Provisioning System\agent, the file is deployed to c:\Program Files\N1 Service Provisioning System\agent\c\mydir.

        3. To change the location of the WebLogic installer, select the sourceImage row and type the new location.

        4. To include additional WebLogic components in this installation, select the componentPaths row and type the additional components.

          Additional components can be specified in a pipe-separated list. For example, WebLogic Server|WebLogic Workshop|WebLogic Integration|WebLogic Portal.

        5. Click Save.

          The new variable settings display in the table.

        6. Click Select.

    • To use variable components from another component, click Import Set.

      For more information about importing variable sets, see How to Run a Plan in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.2 Operation and Provisioning Guide.

  7. Select the target host.

    Install the WebLogic software on the Remote Agent that you plan to use as an Administration Server or a Managed Server.

  8. If you are capturing an existing WebLogic domain within the provisioning system, select the markOnly option.

  9. Click Run Plan (Includes Preflight).