Apply the Patched Images to the Running JRF Domain

For Domain in PV domains, the container image contains only the JDK and the WebLogic Server binaries, and its domain home that gets created is located in a persistent volume. For this domain home source type, you can create your own patched images using the following steps or you can obtain the patched images from Oracle Container Registry. See Obtain Images From the Oracle Container Registry.

1. Add the patch to the WebLogic Image Tool (WIT) cache.

   $ /u01/shared/tools/imagetool/bin/imagetool.sh cache addPatch --patchId=<patch_id> --path=<path>

2. Check if the patch is added correctly to the WIT cache.

   $ /u01/shared/tools/imagetool/bin/imagetool.sh cache listItems

3. Create the container image with all the patches.

   /u01/shared/tools/imagetool/bin/imagetool.sh update --fromImage <primordial_domain_image> --tag <tag_for_the_final_build_image> --patches <patch_ids>

4. Update the domain's configmap with the new base image.

   kubectl edit configmap <configmap_name> -n <domain_ns>

   This command will open the Vim editor where you can replace the value of primordial_domain_image with the new image.

To apply the patched image:

1. Edit the domain resource image reference with the new image name in domain.yaml. For example:

   output/weblogic-domains/<domin_name>/domain.yaml

2. Execute the kubectl apply command to create the domain resource YAML file.

   kubectl apply -n <domain_name>_ns -f domain.yaml

   The Operator automatically performs a rolling restart of the WebLogic domain to update the Oracle Home of the servers.