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Oracle WebLogic Server 11g: Administration Essentials Course contains.

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1 Introduction

Objectives

Course Prerequisites

Course Objectives

Course Schedule

Facilities in Your Location

Summary

2 Introducing Oracle Fusion Middleware Platform

Objectives

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Oracle SOA and Oracle Web-Center Suites

Oracle Identity and Access Management

Oracle Business Intelligence

Oracle Portal, Forms, and Reports

Web Tier Components

Oracle Fusion Middleware Management Infrastructure

Oracle Coherence: In-Memory Data Grid

Relationship of Fusion Middleware Products to Web-Logic Server

Typical Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment

Summary

Practice 2 Overview: Logging In to the Lab Environment

3 Defining Java Enterprise Edition Terminology and Architecture

Objectives

Distributed Systems

How Standards Help

Java EE Standard

Java EE Architecture

Java Servlets

SimplestServlet.java

JavaServer Pages (JSP)

realsimple.jsp

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)

JNDI Tree

JNDI Contexts and Sub-contexts

Java Transaction API (JTA)

Java Message Service (JMS)

Java Authentication and Authorization (JAAS)

Java Management Extension (JMX)

Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA)

Client Application

Web Client

Proxy Server

Web Server

Firewalls

Application Servers

Web Application Server Configuration

Application Server Configuration

Practice 3 Overview: Defining Terminology and Architecture

4 Installing Oracle Web-Logic Server 11g

Objectives

Road Map

Oracle Web-Logic Server Installation

System Requirements

GUI Mode Installation

Choosing or Creating a Home Directory

Registering for Support

Choosing an Installation Type and Products

Choosing the JDK and Product Directory

Installation and Summary

Quick-Start

Road Map

Console and Silent Mode Installations

Post installation: Oracle Home

Oracle Web-Logic Server Directory Structure

Setting Environment Variables

Defining Environment Variables

List of Environment Variables and Their Meanings

Specialized Installations

Downloading Software from OTN

Practice 3 Overview: Installing Oracle WebLogic Server 11g

5 Configuring a Simple Domain

Objectives

Domain: Overview

Domain Diagram

Configuring a Domain

Starting the Domain Configuration Wizard

Creating a Domain Using the Domain Configuration Wizard

Creating a New WebLogic Domain and Selecting the Domain Source

Configuring Administrator Settings

Configuring Startup Mode and JDK

Customizing Optional Configuration

Configuring the Administration and Managed Servers

Configuring Clusters and Assigning Servers to Clusters

Creating an HTTP Proxy Application and Configuring Machines

Assigning Servers to Machines

Configuring JDBC Data Sources

Testing Data Source Connections

Running Database Scripts

Configuring the JMS File Store

Customizing Application and Service Targeting Configuration

Configuring RDBMS Security Store Database

Reviewing the WebLogic Domain

Creating the WebLogic

Domain Directory Structure

JVM Run-Time Arguments

Oracle WebLogic Server Dependencies

Configuring CLASSPATH

Starting Oracle WebLogic Administration Server

Starting Administration Server Using startWebLogic.sh

Starting the Administration Server by Using the java weblogic.Server

Stopping the Administration Server

Practice 5 Overview: Configuring a Simple Domain

6 Configuring a Domain Using Templates

Objectives

Custom Domain Templates

Domain Template Builder

Creating a Domain Template

Comparing Domain Templates

wls.jar Template

MedRecTemplate.jar Template

Extending an Existing Domain

Select Which Existing Domain to Extend

Select What You Want to Extend it With

Resolving Conflicts

Summary before Extending

Templates for SOA, JDeveloper, and Others

oracle.soa_template_11.1.1.jar Template

WLS Configuration in the Context of Other Products in the Fusion Middleware

Suite

RCU

SOA Installation

Practice 6 Overview: Using a Domain Template

7 Using Administration Console and WLST

Objectives

Benefits of Using the Administration Console

Accessing the Administration Console

Administration Console Login

Basic Navigation

Using the Help System

General Administration Console User Preferences

Advanced Console Options

Setting Basic Properties

Administration Console Monitoring

Configuration Change Management

Configuration Change Management Using the Administration Console Change

Center

Domain Configuration Repository

Configuration Change Process

Configuration Management Architecture

XML Schema for config.xml

WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)

Jython

Using Jython

WLST Modes

WLST Example

WLST Command Requirements

Running WLST Scripts

Importing WLST as a Jython Module

General WLST Commands

Offline WLST Commands

Creating a Domain: Example

Online WLST Commands

WebLogic JMX: Overview

Navigating JMX MBeans

Generating a WLST Script

Practice 7 Overview: Using the Administrative Console and WLST

8 Configuring Managed Servers

Objectives

Configuring Managed Servers

Creating a Managed Server with WLST

Starting Oracle WebLogic Managed Servers

Starting a Managed Server Using startManagedWebLogic.sh

Command-Line Requirements for Starting the Managed Server Using java

weblogic.Server

Starting a Managed Server Using the Administration Console

Shutting Down a Server

Shutting Down a Domain

Creating a Boot Identity File

Monitoring All Servers

Customizing the View for All Servers

Monitoring Individual Servers

Demonstration

Creating a Managed Server on a Remote Computer

pack and unpack: Examples

Managed Server Independence (MSI)

MSI Search Order

When the Administration Server Is Down

Running Multiple WLS Instances

Practice 8 Overview: Configuring a Managed Server

9 Configuring Node Managers

Objectives

Road Map

What Node Managers Can Do

Road Map

What Is a Machine?

Relationship of Machines to Other Components

Creating a Machine

Defining Names and OS of Machines

Assigning Servers to a Machine

Monitoring Machines and Servers

Configuring a Machine to Use a Node Manager

Node Manager Architecture

How a Node Manager Starts an Administration Server

How a Node Manager Starts a Managed Server

How a Node Manager Restarts an Administration Server

How a Node Manager Restarts a Managed Server

How a Node Manager Shuts Down a Server Instance

Versions of Node Managers

Node Manager Default Behaviors

Configuring a Java-Based Node Manager

Reconfiguring the Startup Service for a Windows Installation

Node Manager as a UNIX Daemon

Reviewing nodemanager.properties

Configuring a Script-Based Node Manager

Creating Management OS Users

Additional Configuration Information

Configuring the nodemanager.domains File

Defining the Administration Server Address

Setting Node Manager Environment Variables

Node Manager Configuration and Log Files

Practice 9 Overview: Configuring Machines and Node Managers

10 Viewing and Managing Logs in Oracle WLS Environment

Objectives

Oracle WebLogic Server Logs

Server and Domain Logs

Configuring Server Logging

Configuring Server Logging: Advanced

HTTP Access Logs

Apache Commons Logging API

Using the Console to View Logs

Using WLST to View Logs

Message Attributes

Message Severity

Message Catalog Using the Web

Message Catalog Cross-Reference

Log Filters

Creating a Log Filter

Applying a Log Filter

Using the Console to Monitor

Monitoring Running Servers

Customizing Views

Monitoring Individual Servers

Network-Addressing Environment

Network-Addressing Features

Practice 10 Overview: Viewing and Managing WLS Logs 10-30

11 Deployment Concepts

Objectives

Road Map

Overview of Deployment

What Is Deployed?

Deployment Process

Deployment Methods

Deployment Tools

Console Deployment Method

Console Deployment Production Mode

Preparing a New Application

Preparing a New Application: Targeting

Preparing a New Application: Settings

Deploying or Un-deploying Applications

Redeploying an Application

Starting and Stopping an Application

Editing Deployment Descriptors

Monitoring an Application

Application Testing

Deleting Applications

Command-Line Deployment

Deployment with weblogic.Deployer

More weblogic.Deployer Examples

Deploying Applications with WLST

Deploying an Application with WLST

Deployment with WLST

Road Map

Production Mode Flag

Auto deployment

Auto deploying using an Expanded Directory

Fast Swap and On-Demand Deployment

Role of Web Servers

A Typical Web Interaction

MIME Types

HTTP Status Codes

Static Content

Dynamic Content

Configuring Oracle HTTP Server to Serve Multiple WebLogic Servers

mod_wl_ohs.conf

Verifying Ports Used by OHS

12 Deploying Java EE Applications

Objectives

Road Map

Java EE Web Applications

Packaging Web Applications

Web Application Structure

Web Application Archive

Optional Configuration of Web Applications

web.xml

weblogic.xml

weblogic.xml Deployment Descriptor

URLs and Web Applications

Web Service Applications

Virtual Directory Mappings

Virtual Directory Mapping: Example

Road Map

EJB Applications

Types of EJBs

EJB Application Structure

weblogic-ejb-jar.xml

Administrator Tasks with EJBs

What Is an Enterprise Application?

Typical Java EE System

Java EE Enterprise Application

Why Enterprise Applications?

Enterprise Application Structure

weblogic-application.xml

Application Scoping

EAR Class Libraries

Java EE Library Support

WebLogic Java EE Shared Libraries

Shared Library References

Practice 12 Overview: Web Application Deployment Concepts

13 Advanced Deployment

Objectives

What Is a Deployment Plan?

Configuring an Application for Multiple Deployment Environments

Sample Deployment Plan

Creating a Deployment Plan

Creating a New Deployment Plan

weblogic.PlanGenerator

Using the Administration Console to Generate a Deployment Plan

Modifying and Saving Data to Create a New Plan

New Deployment Plan Shows Changed Values

Using an Existing Deployment Plan to Configure an Application

Using an Existing Deployment Plan

Directory Structure for Easier Production Deployment

Generic File-Loading Overrides

Performing a Sanity Check in Production With-out Disruption to the Clients

Road Map

Staged Deployment

Application Availability

Production Redeployment and Application Versioning

Web-Logic Production Redeployment

Production Redeployment

Advantages of Production Redeployment

Requirements and Restrictions for Production Redeployment

Redeploying a New Application Version

Redeploying Versus Distributing

Distributing a New Version of the Production Application

Distributing a New Application Version

Production Redeployment 13-36

Practice 13 Overview: Deploying Production Applications

14 Understanding JDBC and Configuring Data Sources

Objectives

JDBC Review

JDBC Data Sources

Data Source Scope

Multi-Tier Architecture

Type 4 Drivers

Web-Logic JDBC Drivers

What Is a Connection Pool?

JDBC Connection Pooling

Benefits of Connection Pools

Modular Configuration and Deployment of JDBC Resources

How Data Source Connection Pools Are Used

Creating a Data Source Using the Administration Console

Non-XA Configuration

Data Source Connection Properties

Test Configuration

Connection Pool Configuration

Connection Pool Advanced

Targeting a Data Source

Viewing the Server JNDI Tree via the Administration Console

Listing the JNDI Contents Via WLST

Demonstration

JDBC URLs

Connection Properties

Specifying Connection Properties

Monitoring and Testing a Data Source

Connection Pool Life Cycle

Fixing an Offline Data Source

Practice 14 Overview: Configuring JDBC Data Sources

15 Setting Up Java Message Service (JMS) Resources

Objectives

Message-Oriented Middleware

Point-To-Point Queue

Publish/Subscribe Topics

Oracle Web-Logic Server JMS Features

Web-Logic JMS Architecture

Typical JMS Messaging Process

Transacted Messaging

JMS Administrative Tasks

Oracle WLS JMS Implementation

Creating a JMS Server

Configuring a JMS Server

Targeting a JMS Server to a Managed Server

JMS Modules

Creating a JMS Module

Modular JMS Resource Configuration and Deployment

Connection Factories

Creating a Connection Factory

Configuring a Connection Factory

Destination

Queue Destinations

Topic Destinations

Creating a Destination (Topic)

Threshold, Quota, and Paging

Configuring Thresholds and Quotas

Durable Subscribers and Subscriptions

How a Durable Subscription Works

Configuring a Durable Subscription

Persistent Messaging

Creating a JMS Store

Creating a JDBC Store for JMS

Creating a JMS JDBC Store

Assigning a Store to a JMS Server

Persistent Connection Factory

Configuring Destination Overrides

Monitoring JMS Servers

Monitoring and Managing Destinations (Active Queues and Topics)

Monitoring Queues

Managing Messages in a Queue

Practice 15 Overview: Configuring JMS Resources

16 Introductions to Clustering

Objectives

What Is a Cluster?

Benefits of Clustering

What Can Be Clustered

Proxy Servers for HTTP Clusters

High Availability for EJBs

Selecting a Cluster Architecture

Cluster Architecture

Basic Cluster Architecture

Basic Cluster Architecture: Advantages and Disadvantages

Multitier Cluster Architecture

Multitier: Advantages and Disadvantages

Basic Cluster Proxy Architecture

Multitier Cluster Proxy Architecture

Proxy Web Server Plug-In Versus Load Balancer

Proxy Plug-Ins

OHS as Proxy Web Server

Request Flow When Using OHS

WLS HttpClusterServlet

Server Communication in a Cluster

One-To-Many Communications

Considerations When Using Unicast

Peer-To-Peer Communications

Cluster wide JNDI Naming Service

Name Conflicts and Resolution

17 Configuring a Cluster

Objectives

Preparing Your Environment

Hardware

IP Addresses and Host Names

Cluster Address

Methods of Configuring Clusters

Creating a Cluster by Using the Administration Console

Setting Cluster Attributes

Configuring Cluster Communication

Adding Cluster Members: Option 1

Adding Cluster Members: Option 2

Creating a Cluster with the Configuration Wizard

Creating a Cluster Using the Cluster MBean

Clusters and WLST

Synchronizing When Starting Servers in a Cluster

Configuring OHS as Proxy Server

Starting and Stopping OHS Manually

Verifying Access Through OHS

Successful Access of OHS Splash Page

Summary

Practice 17 Overview: Configuring Clusters

18 Managing Clusters

Objectives

Deploying Applications to a Cluster

Two-Phase Deployment

Considerations for Deploying to Cluster

Production Redeployment in a Cluster

Road Map

HTTP Session Failover

HTTP Session State Replication

HTTP Session In-Memory Replication

In-Memory Replication and Proxy Servers

In-Memory Replication

In-Memory Replication: Example

Requirements for In-Memory Replication

Configuring In-Memory Replication

Failover with Load Balancer

Replication Groups

Configuring Replication Groups

Replication Groups for Different Criteria

HTTP Session Persistence Using JDBC

Configuring JDBC Persistence

JDBC Persistent Table Configuration

HTTP Session Persistence Using Files

Configuring File Persistence

HTTP State Management Best Practices

Clustering EJB Objects: Replica-Aware Stub

EJB: Server Failure Situations

Load-Balancing Clustered EJB Objects

Stateless Session Bean Failover

Configuring EJB Clustering in Deployment Descriptors

Configuring EJB Clustering Using the Administration Console

Configuring Cluster able Stateless Session EJBs

State-ful Session Beans

Configuring Cluster-able State-ful Session EJBs

Read/Write Versus Read-Only -

Entity Bean Cluster-Aware Home Stubs -

EJB Best Practices -

Practice 18: Overview Managing Clusters

19 Security Concepts and Configuration

Objectives

Introduction to Oracle Web-Logic Security Service

Oracle Platform Security Services

Oracle WLS Security Architecture

Security Services

Overview of Security Concepts

Confidentiality

Credential Mapping

Security Realms

Security Model Options for Applications

How WLS Resources Are Protected

Users and Groups

Configuring New Users

Groups

Configuring New Groups

Configuring Group Memberships

Embedded LDAP Server

Configuring an Embedded LDAP

Security Roles

Configuring the Global Security Role

Security Policies

Policy Conditions

Protecting Web Applications

Specifying Protected Web Resources

Defining Policies and Roles for Other Resources

Configuring Authentication

Authentication Examples

Migrating Security Data

Exporting the WLS Default Authenticator Provider

Importing into a Different Domain

Summary

Practice 19: Overview Configuring Security for WLS Resources

20 Protecting Against Attacks

Objectives

Road Map

What Is SSL?

Trust and Identity

Using an SSL Connection

Enabling Secure Communication

Oracle WebLogic Server SSL Requirements

keytool Utility

Obtaining a Digital Certificate: keytool Examples

Configuring Keystores

Configuring SSL for an Oracle WebLogic Server

Road Map

Protecting Against Attacks

 Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Man-in-the-Middle: Countermeasures

Configuring a Hostname Verifier

Denial of Service Attacks

Denial of Service Attacks: Countermeasures

Filtering Network Connections

Connection Filter

Excessive Resource Consumption

Large Buffer Attacks

Setting the Post Size

Connection Starvation

User Lockout

Configuring User Lockout

Unlocking Users

Protecting the Administration Console

Summary

Practice 20: Overview Configuring Keystores

21 Backup and Recovery Operations

Objectives

Review of Terms and Components

Homes: Oracle, Middleware, WebLogic

Understanding Backup and Recovery

Types of Backups

Backup Recommendations

Limitations and Restrictions for Backing up Data

Performing a Full Offline Backup

Backing Up a Domain Configuration

Backing Up an Instance Home

Creating a Record of Installations

Directories to Restore

Recovery after Disaster

Recovery of Homes

Recovery of a Managed Server

Recovery of the Administration Server Configuration

Restarting an Administration Server on a New Computer

Recovery of a Cluster

Restoring OPMN-Managed Components to a New Computer

Summary

Practice 21 Overview: Backing Up and Restoring Configuration and Data