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WebLogic Administration Training Course

Overview

WebLogic Administration class is designed for WebLogic Administrators and Operations staff whose roles include: server installation, application deployment, resource configuration, monitoring, tuning or troubleshooting.

Objectives

At the end of WebLogic Administration training course, the participants will:

  • Configure WebLogic domains
  • Manage WebLogic using the Java Management Extensions (JMX)
  • Use the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
  • Configure JNDI resources
  • Establish connections to databases using JDBC and JNDI
  • Deploy applications and troubleshoot deployment issues
  • Ensure high availability of WebLogic via clustering
  • Troubleshoot WebLogic using the WebLogic Logging and Diagnostic Framework (WLDF)
  • Tune WebLogic performance

Suggested Audience - The WebLogic training course is designed for Oracle professionals who have basic experience with Oracle database and Oracle middleware. Prior experience with Oracle is not mandatory, but experience using Oracle database will be helpful.

Duration - 5 Days

Prerequisites - Participants with exposure to earlier versions of WebLogic or other JEE application servers.

Syllabus

1. Introduction to WebLogic Server
  • What is an application server
  • JEE
  • Major subsystems
  • Product installation
 2. WebLogic Domains
  • Domain overview
  • Configuration Wizard
  • HotSpot and JRockit
  • Starting a managed server
  • Starting an admin server
3. The Admin Condole
  • Console tour
  • Create servers with the console
  • Monitor a domain
  • Stop servers
 4. Java Management Extensions (JMX)
  • JMX overview
  • MBean types
  • MBean Servers
  • MBean References
5. WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
  • Introduction to WLST
  • Modes
  • Configuration MBeans
 6. Scripts
  • Script Generation
  • Script Recording
  • Script Recording
  • wlconfig ANT Task
7. Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
  • Introduction to JNDI
  • JNDI for Administrators
  • Container-based JNDI service
  • Startup and Shutdown classes
 8. Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
  • JDBC overview
  • Driver types
  • Datasources
  • Advanced configuration
  • Monitoring JDBC
9. Deployment
  • Archive Types
  • Deployment Tools
  • Sanity Checking
  • Side-by-side deployment
  • Class Loading
  • Deployment Plans
 10. WebLogic Web Container
  • HTTP Access logs
  • Virtual hosts
  • Web server configuration
  • Tuning the Web Container
11. Java Message Service (JMS)
  • Introduction to messaging
  • Configuring JMS Resources
  • JMS Tuning
  • Foreign JMS Providers
  • Message Bridges
 12. WebLogic Security
  • WebLogic security overview
  • Alternate security providers
  • JEE declarative security
  • Security roles and policies
  • SSL configuration
13. Server Availability
  • Admin failover
  • Managed server independence
  • Machines
  • Node manager
 14. Clustering
  • Cluster configuration
  • Replication
  • Cross-cluster replication
  • JDBC Clustering
15. Advanced Services
  • JDBC Multipools
  • Transaction Services
  • JMS Transactions
  • Distributed Destinations
 16. Monitoring and Logs
  • SNMP
  • Server logs
  • Domain log
  • Log filters
17. WebLogic Logging and Diagnostic Framework (WLDF)
  • Core Services
  • Instrumentation
  • Diagnostic images
  • Dye Marking
  • WLDF Console Extension
 18. Performance Tuning
  • The JVM
  • Memory
  • Garbage collection
  • Tools
  • Work managers
19. OAS(OC4J) to WebLogic
  • Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF)
  • Business Components for Java (BC4J)
  • XML Application descriptors
  • OC4J Clusters
  • Session Replication
 20. Conclusion