Oracle Weblogic Server Online Training Modules Overview

Weblogic Introduction

• History of web server, 2-tier architecture
• Introduction to Oracle Weblogic Server and J2EE
• Overview on JVM
• Introduction to J2EE Architecture
• Various commercial products in 3-tiers the logic behind popularity of each product
• Oracle Weblogic Server Application Solution Architecture
• Drawbacks of Web server
• History of Application server
• What is Application Server, 3-tier architecture
• The need for an Application Server
• Difference between Web server and Application server

Installation And Configuration (Weblogic and Domain)

• Install WebLogic Server ( GUI, Console, Silent modes)
• WebLogic Server Domains
• Servers And Domains
• Domain Configuration The Configuration Wizard
• The Configuration Wizard: Creating A New Domain
• Starting The Administrative Server
• The Administration Console Administrative Tasks
• Identifying Dynamic and Non dynamic Attribute Changes in the Administration Console
• Customizing Monitoring Tables Within the Administration Console
• Setting the Domain Environment
• Automatically Starting Admin Servers Managed Servers
• Creating a Managed Server
• Starting a Managed Server
• Password boot.properties
• Examining Server Status
• Shutting Down Servers Admin
• Server Shutdown
• Admin Server Backup Start Scripts
• xml , packing and unpacking commands, config_builder.sh

Starting and Stopping WebLogic Servers  using  Real-time Wrapper Scripts 

• Setting up WebLogic Server as Service
• Starting and Stopping WebLogic Administration Server
• Adding a WebLogic Managed Server to a Domain
• Starting and Stopping a WebLogic Managed Server

Web Logic Server Life Cycle And Extending Domain

Stages Of Weblogic Startup Process:

• STARTING
• STANDBY
• STARTING
• ADMIN
• RESUMING
• RUNNING
• RUNNING MODE

Oracle Weblogic Server Naming and Directory (JNDI)

• What is JNDI
• Architecture Of JNDI
• Why the JNDI required in Weblogic
• Types of JNDIs
• How to Viewing the JNDI Tree using Admin Console.

Setting up Weblogic Server Clustering Environment (Cluster)

• What Is Clustering?
• What Components Can Be Clustered?
• Basic Cluster Diagrams
• Web Container Load Balancing
• Horizontal vs. Vertical Clustering
• Horizontal Clustering
• Clustering WebLogic Server
• WebLogic Cluster Requirements
• Configure Domain For Clustering
• Create A Cluster
• Multicasting vs. Unicasting
• HttpClusterServlet Load Balancer
• Horizontal Cluster setup ( 2 box,4 servers i.e. Domain Extension)
• Vertical cluster setup (1 box , 3 servers)
• Hybrid Cluster setup ( 2 boxes, 6 servers)
• Managing Clusters

Assembling Applications (packing)

• Oracle Weblogic Server Web Application Architecture
• The basic Oracle Weblogic Server files
• The Infrastructure for Enterprise Web Applications
• What is Application Assembly? JEE Modules
• JEE Application Assembly Web Module
• Web Module – Deployment Descriptor web.xml
• xml WEB-INF Directory
• Web Application Directory EJB Modules
• EJB Deployment Descriptors ejb-jar.xml
• Enterprise Application Modules
• Enterprise Application Deployment Descriptor

Deploying Applications using various Methods

• The Process
• Deployment Overview
• Archive Vs Expanded Directory
• Default Deployment Names
• Deployment Methods
• Auto-Deployment
• Console Deployment
• Starting an Application
• Stopping an Application
• Updating Applications
• Deleting Applications
• Testing a Deployed Application
• Monitoring Deployed Applications
• Editing Deployment Descriptors Using Command Line
• Deployment weblogic.Deployer Command Syntax
• Deployer Usage
• wldeploy Ant Task
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Scripts

JDBC (Oracle Weblogic Server Database Connectivity) and JTA Transactions

• Introduction to JDBC
• Types of JDBC Drivers
• Working with a Database via JDBC (Client side)
• The Need for Connection Pooling
• Connection Pooling and Data Sources Connecting with Data Source
• Steps in using Connection Pooling
• Admin Tasks for Connection Pools and Data Sources
• JDBC Driver Support in WebLogic Server
• Database Access Using WebLogic Working with Data Sources
• Creating a Data Source
• Monitoring Data Source and Connection Pools
• Creating Multidata Source (JDBC level Clustering)
• Monitoring Multidata Source

JMS (Oracle Weblogic Server Messaging Service)

• Messaging Introduction
• Messaging Components
• Messaging Types
• JMS (Oracle Weblogic Server Messaging Service)
• Message Driven Beans
• (MDB) MDB as Message
• Consumer JMS Resources
• Durable Subscription
• Deployment Descriptor Entry
• Binding the Queue or Topic
• WebLogic JMS Server
• Creating a JMS Server
• Creating a Connection Factory Creating a Topic, queue
• Threshold and Quota
• Configuring Threshold and Quota
• Configure Distributed Destination
• Creating a Distributed Topic/Queue
• Monitoring JMS in WebLogic Messaging Bridge
• JMS Clustering

Weblogic Server Security (Protecting Against Attacks)

• WebLogic Server Security
• Authentication / Authorization
• Resources That Can Be Secured
• Authentication Mechanisms
• WebLogic Security Diagram
• Overview: Security Tasks For Securing
• Resources
• WebLogic Security Realms
• Managing Users/Groups
• User Lockout
• Managing Roles
• Policies And Roles

Secure Socket Layer SSL (Encryption)  and Security Frame Work

• why SSL
• Public Key / Private Key Encryption
• Secure Communication Over The Web -SSL
• SSL And WebLogic Server
• Creating A Digital Certificate
• Dealing With a CA
• Configuring WebLogic Server SSL:
• Keystores
• Configure WebLogic SSL Settings
• Configuring WebLogic Server SSL:
• Setting A Listen Port
• what is J2AA
• what user and groups configurations
• unlocking the users
• What is realm and its modules

Apache HTTP Server Configuration and integration with Weblogic Server

• Apache installation
• Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
• Installing Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
• Configuring Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
• Keep-Alive Connections

Using WebLogic As A Web Server (Virtual Hosting)

• Web Server Overview
• Using WebLogic Web Server
• types of Virtual Hosts
• Configuring The WebLogic Web Server Virtual Hosts
• Creating Virtual Hosts
• Specifying Virtual Host Names
• Targeting Virtual Hosts to Server
• Access Log
• External Web Servers

WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST i.e. command Mode Administration)

• WLST Details
• Starting WLST
• Simple WLST Commands
• WLST Is Hierarchical
• Navigating WLST
• Other WLST Commands
• Scripting With WLST
• Recording WLST Scripts
• Configure Recording
• Start Recording
• Sample Recorded Script
• Taking the thread dump through the WLST.

Node Manager( NM)

• Node Manager Functionality
• types of Node Managers
• setting up the NM Environment
• Starting a Administration Server from Node Manager
• Starting a Managed Server from Node Manager
• Restarting a Managed Server from Node Manager
• Shutting Down a Server Instance From Node Manager
• Working with Machines
• Creating a Machine
• Adding Server Instances To a Machine
• Starting The Node Manager
• Monitoring Managed Servers
• Node Manager Logs and Configuration Files

Monitoring and Troubleshooting WebLogic Servers (Logging)

• WebLogic Logging Services
• Specifying the Logging Implementation
• Message Severity
• WebLogic Server Logs
• Server Log
• Viewing Server Log
• Configuring Server Log
• HTTP Access Log
• Configuring HTTP Access Log
• Domain Log
• Viewing Logs

Performance Monitor using WebLogic Diagnostics Framework (WLDF)

• log files
• diagnostic modules
• diagnostic Images
• Archives
• context
• SNMP

What is Interoperability?

Performance Tuning

• Basic Tuning Methodology
• Areas To Tune
• Tuning Hardware
• Tune The Operating System
• Tune The JVM
• JVM Choices
• Tuning WebLogic Server
• JDBC Settings
• Thread Settings
• Socket Readers
• Socket Implementation
• Monitoring Threads
• Connection BackLog
• Tuning The Back End
• Muxer Threads
• Work Managers and execute queues
• Thread Dumps , Heap dumps and Core Dumps

Troubleshooting Weblogic Servers

• How To Enable Disable Admin Console
• How To Recover The Admin Password
• How To Reset The Admin Password If Lost
• Version Differences (From Weblogic 8.1 to 12c )
• Regular Weblogic Server Issues.

Backup and Recovery Operations

• Recommending a Backup and Recovery Strategy
• Performing a Full Offline Backup and Recovery

Real Time Implementations

• Real-time Weblogic  Architectures
• Real-time Tool (Remedy, Mantis bug tracking tool )
• Sample Real-time Architectures
• Daily Activities of the WebLogic Administrators
• How to Apply patches
• About Migration and Up gradation  (From lower version o Higher Version )
• Common Errors during WebLogic Administration (Issues)
• Non-Technical Questions.
• Tips about answering questions in Interviews
• Tips for Resume preparation

 Interview Questions

• Interview Questions are real-time questions that were collected from various sources. By the end of this session we are very sure that you will be comfortable able to answer all these questions

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