Participants should have a System Administrative background. Familiarity with installing and configuring software on a Windows platform is essential. Some knowledge of Java id helpful, but not necessary.

The J2EE platform is Java’s answer to enterprise scalable applications. BEA Weblogic is one of the premiere 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 a Weblogic Server

Build a Weblogic Domain

Utilize many of the command-line administrative tools provided by Weblogic

Implement Database access with Weblogic Connection Pools

Describe JMS based messaging servers

Create and deploy a JMS Topic

Pass messages to and receive messages from a JMS Topic

Implement Weblogic security for deployed components

Effectively design a clustered installation

Monitor an existing Weblogic implementation for problems

Tune a Weblogic server for maximum performance

What is Java?	What is J2EE?
The J2EE Architecture	Servlets and JSPs
Enterprise Java Beans	Application Server
Web Container	EJB Container
BEA Weblogic Platform	J2EE Example Application

System Configuration	Installation Files
Installation	Silent Installation
WebLogic Directory Structure	WebLogic Directory Structure cont.
Building a Domain	WebLogic Server types
Domain File Structure	config.xml, startweblogic.cmd
Testing your Installation	Configuring Startup
Running the WebLogic Console	Shutting down Weblogic

Console Overview	Configuring the Console
Centralized Administration	Monitoring Weblogic Servers
Monitoring Weblogic Servers cont.	Configuring a New Machine
Configuring a new Server	Configuring Domain Properties
Building a Managed Server	Weblogic Node Manager
Node Manager Console Configuration	Remote Start Options
Starting Node Manager	Monitoring Domain Logging
Weblogic Server Memory	Weblogic Server Memory cont

Deployments Overview	EJB Jar Files
EJB Home Interface	EJB Remote Interface
EJB Implementation Class	Deployment Descriptors
web.xml	weblogic.xml
ejb-jar.xml	weblogic-ejb-jar.xml
weblogic-cmp-rdbms.xml	War and Ear files
War file structure	Deployment techniques
weblogic.Deployer	Console Deployment
Deployment Descriptor Editor	Ant

JDBC Architecture	JDBC Driver Install
Connection Pool	Configuring Connection Pools
Data Sources	Tx Data Sources
Monitoring Pool Performance

Asynchronous Messaging	Messages
Queue	Topic
JMS Connection Factory	JMS Servers
Configuration of JMS Destinations	Monitoring JMS Servers

Overview	Configuring HTTP
Web-server Proxy	Weblogic Plug-in
IIS and Weblogic	Apache and Weblogic
Virtual Hosts	Weblogic Server 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

Clustering Servers	Cluster Layout
Cluster Design	Implementing a Cluster
Configuring the Cluster	Load Balancing
Clustered Servers	Cluster Communication
Administrative Server Failure	Configuring Replication Groups

Node Manager Details	Configuring Node Manager
Configuring Node Manager Cont.	Node Manager Startup
Node Manager Services	Node Manager Health Monitoring
Node Manager Domain Management	Node Manager Logging

What does a Web service do?	What are the standards?
Weblogic Web Services	Building a Web Service Hands-on

Development Tools	Deployment Tools
Administration Applications	Administration Applications cont
Security Tools and Utilities	Database Utilities, Ant Tasks
Ant Tasks cont.	Editing Tools
Web Services Tools