2 Getting Started with Managing Oracle ADF

This chapter describes how to use Oracle Enterprise Fusion Middleware Control to perform ADF application configuration, monitor performance, and setting up logs. It also describes how to use the ADF-specific WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST).

This chapter contains the following sections:

2.1 Overview of ADF Administration Tools

Different administration tools are available to manage and configure ADF applications. You can use Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, WLST commands, or Oracle WebLogic Administration Console to perform these administration tasks.

Oracle offers the following primary tools for managing your Oracle Fusion Middleware installations:

Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control. See Getting Started Using Fusion Middleware Control to Manage ADF.
The Oracle Fusion Middleware command-line tools. See Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool.
Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console. See Using the Oracle WebLogic Administration Console.
The Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser. See Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browsers.

2.2 Getting Started Using Fusion Middleware Control to Manage ADF

Fusion Middleware Control is a Web browser-based, graphical user interface that you can use to monitor and administer Oracle Fusion Middleware. You can navigate to Oracle ADF pages in Fusion Middleware Control to view and configure different ADF-specific properties.

For information about navigating within Fusion Middleware Control and a description of its elements and main menus, see Navigating Within Fusion Middleware Control in the Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.

To navigate to Oracle Application Development Framework pages in Fusion Middleware Control:

Enter the Fusion Middleware Control URL, which includes the name of the host and the port number assigned to Fusion Middleware Control during the installation. The following shows the format of the URL
```
http://hostname.domain:port/em
```
The port number is the number of the Administration Server of Oracle WebLogic Server By default, the port number is 7001.
Enter the Oracle Fusion Middleware administrator user name and password and click Login.
From the navigation pane, expand the farm and then Application Deployments, and select the ADF application.

Figure 2-1 Target Navigation

Description of "Figure 2-1 Target Navigation"

The ADF home page displays.

Select the Application Deployment menu and then the ADF menu.

Figure 2-2 ADF Menu

Description of "Figure 2-2 ADF Menu"

The ADF menu displays the following options.

Menu Option	Description
ADF Performance	Displays the Application Module Pool performance tab and the ADF Taskflows tab. For more information, see Viewing Application Module Pool Performance, and Viewing ADF Task Flow Performance.
Configure ADF Business Components	Configure the ADF Business Components. You can select configuration tabs for: Pooling and Scalability - Application Pool Properties Pooling and Scalability - Connection Pool Properties Core Database Properties Security Properties For more information, see Modifying ADF Business Components Parameters.
Configure ADF Connections	Allows you create and edit connections that are available to ADF applications. For more information, see Modifying Connection Configurations.
Configure ADF (adf-config)	Allows you to configure ADF application properties using the System MBean Browser. For more information, see Modifying ADF Application Configurations Using MBeans.
ADF Log Configuration	Allows you to configure the logging levels for ADF Loggers. For more information, see Managing Log Files and Diagnostic Data chapter in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Versions	Allows you to find the version information of ADF runtime JAR files. For more information, see Finding Version Information of ADF Runtime JARs .
ADF Resource Center	Provides links to ADF resources such as documentation, knowledge base, forums, demos, samples, and software downloads.

2.3 Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool

WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) is a command-line scripting environment that provides a set of commands for ADF applications that are specific to WebLogic Server. You can use the ADF-specific WLST commands to administer ADF applications.

WLST is used to create, manage, and monitor Oracle WebLogic Server domains. WLST is a command-line based on Jython. ADF provides a set of custom WLST commands that you can use to perform functions specifically for ADF applications.

Custom ADF-specific WLST commands can be used with Maven.

For more information about using WLST, see Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool in Understanding the WebLogic Scripting Tool and Getting Started Using the Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.

For reference information about the ADF WLST commands, see Working with WLST Commands for ADF Applications.

To access the ADF-specific WLST commands:

Go to the Oracle Common home directory for your installation, for example /home/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common.

For information about the Oracle Common home directory, see About the Oracle Home Directory in Planning an Installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware.
Start Oracle WebLogic Server.
Start WLST using the WLST.sh/cmd command located in the oracle_common/common/bin directory. For example:
- /home/Oracle/Middleware/oracle_common/common/bin/WLST.sh (UNIX)
- C:\Oracle\Middleware\oracle_common\common\bin\wlst.cmd (Windows)
Connect to the running WebLogic Server instance using the connect() command. For example, the following command connects WLST to the Admin Server at the URL myAdminServer.example.com:7001 using the username/password credentials my_username/my_password:
```
connect("my_username","my_password","t3://myAdminServer.example.com:7001")
```

For reference information about the ADF WLST commands, see Working with WLST Commands for ADF Applications.

2.4 Using the Oracle WebLogic Administration Console

Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console provides a graphical user interface that you can use to configure, monitor, and manage the WebLogic Server instances, clusters, services, and security parameters.

You can use the Oracle WebLogic Administration Console to manage Oracle WebLogic Server domains. The console runs in a Web browser and has a graphical user interface.

For more information, see Getting Started Using Oracle WebLogic Server Administration Console in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.

2.5 Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browsers

The Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browser is an Oracle Web application that is based on JMX MBean containers. You can use the MBean Browser to view and modify the values of MBeans for an application or a WebLogic Server.

Fusion Middleware Control provides a set of MBean browsers that allow to you view the MBeans for an application or for an Oracle WebLogic Server. You can also use the MBean browser to perform monitoring and configuration tasks.

For more information, see Getting Started Using the Fusion Middleware Control MBean Browsers in Administering Oracle Fusion Middleware.