Oracle 12c WebLogic Administration

Oracle 12c WebLogic Administration Training CourseCourse Contents - DAY 1Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

• The Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment
• Oracle WebLogic Server Component Tour
• Online and Offline Documentation Sources

• Understanding the Java EE 6.0 Environment
• Java Middle Tier Architecture

• Installation Options
• Graphical User Interface (GUI) Installation
• Command Line Installation
• WebLogic Server Directory Structure
• Patching WebLogic Server

• Understanding WebLogic Domains
• Administration Servers and Managed Servers
• Creating and Configuring Domains
• The Domain Directory Structure
• Offline WLST Domain Management
• Moving Domains

• Understanding and Creating a Domain Template
• Extending a Domain Template
• Domain Templates for Fusion Middleware Suites

• Utilising the Administration Console
• Using WLST to Navigate the Domain Structure
• Understanding Internal Change Management Using JMX and MBeans

• Configuring Managed Servers
• Starting and Stopping Managed Servers or Domains
• Startup Scripting
• Configuring Managed Servers Remotely
• Explaining Administration and Managed Server Independence (MSI)

• Backup and Recovery Strategy
• Full Offline Backup and Recovery
• Online and Offline Domain Backup
• Instance Home Backup and Recovery

• Understanding Deployment Strategies
• Deployment Using Administration Console
• Deployment Using Command Line
• WLST Web Application Deployment
• Editing Deployment Descriptors
• Application Monitoring and Stress Testing
• WebLogic and Web Server Interaction

• Describing JEE Web Applications
• Packaging Web Applications
• Web Application Structure and Packaging
• Deploying Shared Libraries
• Understanding Deployment Descriptors

• Development, Testing and Staging Deployments
• Deployment Plans
• Redeployment of Versioned Applications

• Understanding JDBC and Data Sources
• Configuring JDBC and Data Sources
• Using and Tuning Connection Pools
• Deploying JDBC Resources
• Monitoring and Testing

• Describing and Configuring JMS
• Connection Factories, Queues and Topics
• Using Persistent Messages
• JMS Monitoring

• Server Log Monitoring
• Administration Console Log Management
• Integrating Application Logging
• Log Filtering
• Server Health and Performance Monitoring
• JDBC Data Source Monitoring
• Using the Monitoring Dashboard

• Node Manager Architecture
• Node Manager Directory Structure
• Understanding Machines
• Configuring Node Manager
• Start and Stop Procedures

• Clustering Benefits
• Planning a WebLogic Cluster Configuration
• Basic and Multitier Cluster Architecture
• Communication Between Clustered Server Instances

• Preparing, Creating and Configuring a Cluster
• Preparing, Creating and Configuring a Dynamic Cluster
• Extending a Cluster
• Controlling Clustered Servers
• Using Oracle HTTP Server as a Cluster Proxy

• Deploying Applications to a Cluster
• Clustered Session State Replication
• Replication Groups and In-memory Replication
• Stateful Session Beans in Multitier Clusters
• Configuring JDBC and File Replication

• WebLogic Server Security Architecture
• Security Realms
• Users and Groups / Roles and Policies
• Understanding WebLogic Server Authentication Providers
• Web Application Resources and EJB Protection
• Understanding WebLogic Server Transactions

• Keys and Digital Certificates with the Keytool
• Configuring SSL for WebLogic Server
• Steps to Prevent Web-based Interference