Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration Essentials

This lesson provides an overview of the course contents, the course schedule, the classroom environment and the technical environment.

Lessons:

• List the course prerequisites.

• List the course objectives.

• List the course schedule.

• Identify the facilities in your location.

This lesson describes the role of WebLogic Server in the Oracle Fusion Middleware environment.

Lessons:

• Describe the Oracle Fusion Middleware environment.

• Describe how WebLogic Server supports various Fusion Middleware Suites.

• Describe how various Fusion Middleware Suites augment the functions of WebLogic Server.

• Connecting to the Classroom Grid.

This lesson describes the motivation behind distributed systems.

Lessons:

• Explain the motivation behind distributed systems.

• List the major components of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5* (Java EE) specification.

This lesson describes the processes involved in installing Oracle WebLogic 11g.

Lessons:

• Explain Oracle WebLogic Server installation steps.

•  Install WebLogic Server using both the graphical user interface (GUI) and command line.

• Describe the organization and contents of the WebLogic Server directory structure.

• Installing Oracle WebLogic Server,
• Navigating the WLS Installation Directories.

• Navigate the WebLogic Server online and offline documentation.

This lesson describes the common elements, and configuration of a WebLogic domain

Lessons:

• Describe the common elements in a WebLogic Server domain.

• Describe how domains are used in the enterprise.

• Compare administration and managed servers.

• Configure a domain.

• Describe the organization and contents of the WLS directory structure.

• Describe the use of WLST offline to manage domains.

• Create a simple domain with one managed server.

• Check the port numbers that are used for components.

• Creating a Minimal Domain from the Beginning.
• Creating a Functional Domain.

This lesson describes the techniques involved in creating a domain template for multi-site rollouts.

Lessons:

• Describe the internal process used to create or update a domain using a template.

• Describe the process of extending a domain template.

• Explain the domain templates provided for setting up JDeveloper, SOA, and WebCenter.

• Extending Domains by Using Templates.

This lesson describes how to access and use the WebLogic Server Administration Console.

Lessons:

• Start the WebLogic Server Administration Console.

• Explain the layout and navigation of the Administration Console.

• Access context-sensitive help within the Administration Console.

• Customize Administration Console preferences.

• Use the Administration Console breadcrumb trail.

• Create, commit, undo, and monitor a change session using the Administration Consol.

• Access advanced resource attributes in the Administration Console.

• Getting Familiar with the Administration Console
• Making Configuration Changes
• Using WLST

This lesson describes the utilities and techniques involved in defining and configuring managed servers.

Lessons:

• Configure managed servers using the Administrative Console.

• Configure managed servers using WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST).

• Start managed servers.

• Shut down a server or an entire domain using WLST or the Administrative Consol.

• Configure managed servers on a computer separate from the administration server.

• Managing Managed Servers by Using the Administration Console
• Adding Managed Servers by Using WLST.

• Explain administration and Managed Server Independence (MSI).

This lesson describes the utilities and techniques involved in configuring WebLogic Nodes.

Lessons:

• Define the Oracle WebLogic Server machine.

• Configure a machine and assign servers to it by using the console and WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST).

• Explain the Node Manager architecture.

• Describe the organization and contents of a Node Manager directory structure.

• Configure, start, and stop Node Managers.

• Describe how to start and stop procedures.

• Adding Machines and Assigning Servers.
• Connecting to the Node Manager.
• Starting Managed Servers by Using the Node Manager.

This lesson describes how to define and configure domain logs.

Lessons:

• Define and configure server and domain logs.

• View and interpret the format of domain and server log files using the Administration Console.

• Configure server standard output settings using the console.

• Describe how applications can integrate with WLS logging infrastructure (Apache commons, log4j).

• Access online log message catalogs.

• Create and apply a log filter using the console.

• Configure log filter expressions.

• Configuring Logging Parameters.
• Examining Log Entries.

This lesson describes the different deployment techniques and methods available.

Lessons:

• Contrast auto-deploy with manual deployment.

• Configure and deploy Web applications via the Administration Console, command line, and WLST.

• Configure deployment descriptors.

• Test deployed applications.

• Describe the role of Web servers.

• Trace a typical Web interaction flow.

• Contrast static and dynamic content and deployment.

• Front-end deployed applications with a Web server.

This lesson describes the methods involved in deploying Java EE applications.

Lessons:

• Describe Java EE Web applications.

• Describe Enterprise Deployment Architectures.

• Package Web applications in several forms.

• Define Web application structure and Web application archive.

• Explain why WebLogic augments standard Java EE deployment descriptors with weblogic*.xml files.

• Look at deployment descriptors web.xml and weblogic.xml.

•  Describe URLs and Web applications.

• Deploying prerequisite libraries
• Deploying applications.
• Starting and stopping applications.
• Testing applications.
• Deleting applications.
• Front-ending applications with a Web server, such as Oracle HTTP Serve.

This lesson describes advanced deployment concepts and methods

Lessons:

• Configure an application for multiple development environments

• Create a deployment plan

• Stage a deployment plan

• Use production redeployment

• Redeploying Unversioned Applications.
• Redeploying Versioned Applications.

This lesson describes how to configure and connect to JDBC data sources.

Lessons:

• Configure JDBC and JDBC data sources.

• Configure data source scope.

• Contrast two-tier and multitier JDBC architecture.

• Configure a connection pool.

• List the benefits of connection pools.

• Describe how data sources are used.

• Deploy JDBC resources to a target.

• View the server JNDI tree.

• Complete a connection pool checklist.

• Explain the components of JDBC URLs.

• Explain the components of JDBC URLs.

• Creating JDBC Modules
• Deploying JDBC Modules
• Testing JDBC Modules
• Creating JDBC Modules by Using Scripts

This lesson describes the configuration and implementation of JMS.

Lessons:

• Describe JMS

• Describe how Oracle WebLogic Server JMS is implemented

• Configure JMS server

• Configure connection factories

• Configure queues and topics

• Configure persistent messages

• Deploy an application that uses JMS

• Configuring JMS Resources and Deploying the JMS Application

• Monitor JMS resources and messages

This lesson describes the Oracle WebLogic cluster architecture.

Lessons:

•  The benefits of Oracle WebLogic cluster.

• Basic cluster architecture.

• Multitier cluster architecture.

• Communication among clustered server instances.

• The key criteria for selecting suitable cluster architecture.

This lesson describes the process of configuring a cluster.

Lessons:

• Prepare your environment for a cluster.

• Create and configure a cluster.

• Add servers to a cluster.

• Start up and shut down clustered servers.

• Initiating Clusters.

This lesson describes the techniques involved in deploying and managing clusters.

Lessons:

• Deploy applications to a cluster.

• Describe the replication of a session state in a cluster.

• Configure replication groups.

• Configure in-memory replication.

• Configure Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) replication.

• Configure file replication.

• Configure a multitier cluster for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) applications.

• Targeting Applications to a Cluster.
• Configuring Session Replication by Using InMemory Structures.

This lesson describes the techniques involved in configuration and usage of the WebLogic security architecture.

Lessons:

•  Use the WebLogic Server (WLS) security architecture.

•  Configure security realms.

• Configure users and groups.

• Configure roles.

• Configure policies.

• Configure protection for:

• • Web application resources
  • Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)

• Managing Users and Groups
• Securing WebLogic Server Resources

This lesson describes the techniques and tools used in protecting a WebLogic server.

Lessons:

• Describe the process of configuring secure sockets layer (SSL).

• Use the key tool utility to configure keys and obtain digital certificates.

• Configure SSL for the WLS server.

• Configure countermeasures for some Web-based attacks such as:

• • Man in the middle
  • Denial of service
  • Large buffer
  • Connection starvation

• Configuring Keystores.

This lesson describes backup and recovery of a WebLogic server.

Lessons:

• Recommend a backup and recovery strategy.

• Perform a full offline backup and recovery.

• Perform an online and offline domain backup.

• Perform an offline domain recovery:

• • Backing Up the Configuration
  • Enabling Autobackup of config.xml
  • Performing Recovery

• Perform an Instance Home backup and recovery.