Installing the WebLogic Migration (OWM) Tool

Follow these procedures to install the WebLogic Migration tool.

At a high level, the steps to install and configure the WebLogic Migration Tool include the following:
  1. Install dependencies.
  2. Validate prerequisites on the source Linux host.
  3. Discover the WebLogic domain.
  4. Discover the infrastructure referenced by that domain.
  5. Discover datasources and generate OCI-related files.
  6. Build an OCI Resource Manager stack ZIP.
  7. Archive the WebLogic environment for transfer.
  8. Optionally upload generated artifacts to OCI Object Storage.
  1. Initiate a Secure Shell (SSH) connection to the AdminServer host, utilizing a user account with read and write file system permissions. This step enables secure remote access and interaction with the server.
  2. Obtain a local copy of the OWM Tool repository in a folder where the user has read and write permissions.

    Note:

    If downloading manually, extract the repository contents to this folder.
  3. If you plan to clone the repository using Git, ensure that the latest version of Git is installed on the host.

    1. Download the most recent release of GIT from Git

    2. Clone the repository with the commands in a folder where the user has read and write permissions:

      git clone https://github.com/oracle-quickstart/oci-weblogic-migration
cd oci-weblogic-migration
ls

      Example output:

      $ git clone https://github.com/oracle-quickstart/oci-weblogic-migration
Cloning into 'oci-weblogic-migration'...
Username for 'https://github.com': <your_username>
Password for 'https://user@github.com': <your_password>
remote: Enumerating objects: 4391, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (962/962), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (333/333), done.
remote: Total 4391 (delta 819), reused 629 (delta 629), pack-reused 3429 (from 2)
Receiving objects: 100% (4391/4391), 9.01 MiB | 40.84 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (2822/2822), done.

ls -lrth oci-weblogic-migration
total 40K
-rw-rw-r--. 1 oracle oracle 1.9K Sep 10 08:18 LICENSE
-rw-rw-r--. 1 oracle oracle  18K Sep 10 08:19 README.md
drwxrwxr-x. 2 oracle oracle   41 Sep 10 08:19 config
drwxrwxr-x. 4 oracle oracle   37 Sep 10 08:19 lib
drwxrwxr-x. 6 oracle oracle   58 Sep 10 08:19 oci
drwxrwxr-x. 3 oracle oracle   17 Sep 10 08:19 wdtconfig
drwxrwxr-x. 4 oracle oracle   28 Sep 10 08:19 deps
drwxrwxr-x. 2 oracle oracle 4.0K Sep 11 08:21 bin
drwxrwxr-x. 3 oracle oracle  113 Sep 11 14:48 out
drwxrwxr-x. 2 oracle oracle 4.0K Sep 11 18:02 logs