This course is intended for Windows/UNIX administrators who need to administer a WebLogic Server platform. Java programming is not necessary, although it may be helpful.

The J2EE platform is Java’s answer to enterprise scalable applications. BEA Weblogic is one of the premier Application Servers that implements the J2EE specification. Students will come away from class with the ability to build and configure complete Weblogic domains. The course will cover the details of administrating a J2EE server. This is a hands-on learning experience, with each student having their own Weblogic Server to learn with.

Install and configure a Weblogic 12 Server.

Describe the J2EE architecture.

Deploy applications on Weblogic.

Use the Weblogic Console effectively.

Install and manage JMS destinations.

Control access and privileges on Weblogic.

Configure Weblogic for JDBC access.

Manage remote servers with the NodeManager.

Design and implement Weblogic clusters.

Course Objectives	Course Overview
Using the Workbook	Suggested References

What is Java?	What is J2EE?
The J2EE Architecture	Servlets and JSPs
Enterprise JavaBeans	Application Server
Web Container	Web Architecture
EJB Container	BEA WebLogic Platform (And Related) Products

System Configuration Installation Files	Building a Domain
Silent Installation	WebLogic Directory Structure
Domain File Structure	WebLogic Server types
Domain Configuration Files	Domain Builder
Domain Upgrade Wizard	startweblogic.cmd
Weblogic Scripting Tool (WLST)	Testing your Installation
Configuring Startup	Running the Weblogic Console
Shutting down Weblogic

Console Overview	Console
Change Center	Centralized Administration
Monitoring Weblogic Servers	Configuring a New Machine
Configuring a new Server	Configuring Domain Properties
Building a Managed Server	Weblogic Node Manager
Monitoring Domain Logging

What is JNDI?	JNDI Service Providers
JNDI and Weblogic	Using JNDI
JNDI Client	JNDI Registration
Monitoring JNDI	Monitoring JNDI Using WLST

Deployments Overview EJB Jar Files	Deployment Descriptors
Ant	War and Ear files
War file structure	Web Application Context
Deployment Process Overview	Deployment techniques
Expanded Directory Deployment	Console Deployment
weblogic.Deployer	WLST Deployment Startup and Shutdown Classes
Application Installation Directory	Deployment Plans
Creating a Deployment Plan	weblogic.PlanGenerator
Reading a Deployment Plan	Application Versioning
Updating applications in a Production Env

JDBC Architecture	JDBC Drivers
JDBC Driver Install	Datasources
DataSource Connection Properties	Configuring Connection Pools
Monitoring Pool Performance	Tuning Pool Performance
JDBC Multi DataSources

Asynchronous Messaging	Messages
Queue	Topic
Weblogic JMS	JMS Servers
JMS Modules	Building JMS System Modules
Building JMS Module Resources	Building JMS Application Modules
Durable Subscribers	JMS File Stores
JMS JDBC Stores	Monitoring JMS Servers
Connecting External JMS Providers

Overview	Configuring HTTP
Web-server Proxy	WebLogic Plug-in
IIS and WebLogic	Apache and WebLogic
Virtual Hosts	HTTP Log Files

Weblogic Security Design	Weblogic Security Providers
Authorization Authentication-Users	Authentication-Groups
Authentication Roles	Integration with legacy providers
Security Administration Tasks	Handling User Lockouts
Securing a Web Application Hands-on	Defining your own realm Configuring Providers
SSL	Custom Certificates

Clustering Servers	Cluster Layout
Web Application Tiers	Recommended Basic Architecture
Recommended Multi-Tier Cluster	Cluster Design
Implementing a Cluster	Cluster Communication
Configuring the Cluster	Load Balancing
Clustered Servers	MultiCast Communication
Administration Server Failure	Configuring Replication Groups
Tuning Weblogic Clusters	Web Application Fail-over

What is Node Manager?	Node Manager Details
Accessing Node Manager	Configuring Node Manager
Node Manager Startup	Node Manager Domain Management
Node Manager Services	Node Manager Health Monitoring
Node Manager Logging

Introduction	Performance Objectives
Bottleneck Location	CPU Utilization
Memory Utilization	Monitoring the JVM
Switching the JVM	Using Verbose GC
JRockit Database bottlenecks	Network bottleneck
Weblogic Monitoring Tools	Weblogic Thread Pools
Configuring Reader Threads	Performance Tuning Summary

Introduction	Using WLST
Jython Syntax	Jython Conditionals
Jython Loops	Sample WLST
Recording User Interactions in WLST	Weblogic Management Objects
Redirecting WLST Output to a File	MBeans
Weblogic Server MBean Data Model	MBean Lifecycle
Monitoring the invocations of a JSP	Deploying in WLST
Undeploying in WLST