1. Using Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE
  2. Get Started
  3. About Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE

About Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE

Use Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE to quickly create your Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application environment in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in a fraction of the time it would normally take on-premises.

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE is available as a set of applications in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Marketplace. After launching one of these applications, you use a simple wizard interface to configure a stack along with any supporting cloud resources like Kubernetes clusters, file systems, administration instances, networks and private load balancers. Then, use a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline job to create a domain with the required resources.

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE uses multi-domain source type. Multi-domain enables you to create multiple domains in a single Kubernetes cluster with the ability to automatically patch the domains. You can create additional domains in the existing Kubernetes cluster using Jenkins CI/CD pipeline jobs

You can track and monitor the progress of an Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE stack in Resource Manager. A stack also provides a convenient method of deleting the cloud resources for a domain when you no longer require them.

After creating an Oracle WebLogic Server stack, you can use various tools in Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE to update the domain configuration and deploy your applications. When you apply any domain changes to a Kubernetes cluster, it deletes the existing pods and creates a new one.

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE can install Verrazzano on the Kubernetes cluster node pool. See Configure Verrazzano.

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE uses Jenkins to automate the creation of custom images for your WebLogic Server domain, and the deployment of these images to the Kubernetes cluster. See Jenkins.

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE supports these Oracle WebLogic Server editions:

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE supports these Oracle WebLogic Server releases:

Oracle WebLogic Server for OKE supports these billing options:
  • Universal Credits (also called UCM), where you are billed for the cost of the Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition or Oracle WebLogic Suite license (based on OCPUs per hour), for VMs running in the WebLogic node pool, in addition to the cost of the compute resources.
  • Bring Your Own License (BYOL), which allows you to reuse your existing on-premise Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition and Oracle WebLogic Suite licenses in Oracle Cloud.