1 Introduction and Roadmap

This chapter describes the contents and organization of this guide—Administering WebLogic Server for Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Document Scope and Audience

This document is written for application developers and system administrators who develop and administer applications for WebLogic Server in Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software environments. It is assumed that readers are familiar with the WebLogic Server platform, Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) programming, and Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software.

Guide to this Document

Related Documentation

This document contains specific development and administration information for WebLogic Server in Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud environments, see Exalogic Elastic Cloud Software in Licensing Information.

For comprehensive guidelines for developing and managing WebLogic Server applications, see the following documents:

Samples and Tutorials

In addition to this document, Oracle optionally provides a variety of code samples and tutorials for developing applications. The examples and tutorials illustrate WebLogic Server in action, and provide practical instructions on how to perform key application development tasks. You can start the Examples server from the ORACLE_HOME\user_projects\domains\wl_server directory, where ORACLE_HOME is the directory you specified as Oracle Home when you installed Oracle WebLogic Server. For more information, see Sample Applications and Code Examples in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.

Avitek Medical Records Application (MedRec) and Tutorials

MedRec is an end-to-end sample Java EE application shipped with WebLogic Server that simulates an independent, centralized medical record management system. The MedRec application provides a framework for patients, doctors, and administrators to manage patient data using a variety of different clients.

MedRec demonstrates WebLogic Server and Java EE features, and highlights Oracle-recommended best practices. MedRec is optionally installed in the WebLogic Server installation. You can start MedRec from the ORACLE_HOME\user_projects\domains\medrec directory, where ORACLE_HOME is the directory you specified as Oracle Home when you installed Oracle WebLogic Server. For more information, see Sample Applications and Code Examples in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.

New and Changed Features in This Release

This release of WebLogic Server includes the following new features for Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud environments:

For a comprehensive listing of the new WebLogic Server features introduced in this release, see What’s New in Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.2.0.