WebLogic 12c Advanced Server System Administration

Length: 5 days
CourseID: wls12advadmin

Prerequisites:

This course is intended for existing WebLoginc administrators who need to administer a WebLogic Server platform. Java programming is necessary to build custom management classes.

Overview:

Students will learn to customize existing Weblogic server environments. Through this class they will take advantage of some of the more specialized features that Weblogic provides. WLST Scripting is emphasized as a viable alternative to console administration and will be explored in this class. We will discover the basics of MBeans as a administrative unit and manipulate properties several ways in this class. We will emulate load on a server and tune the server to enhance the performance. This is a hands-on learning experience, with each student having their own Weblogic Server to learn with.

Objectives:

Configure Weblogic advanced features

Setup custom JMX Applications

Create custom JMX Applications

Explore WLDF

Create WLST scripts

Tune Weblogic JDBC applications

Implement SSL for web applications

Configure custom Weblogic Security components

Build JMS Store and Forward applications

Chapters:

Course Introduction

Course Objectives	Course Overview
Using the Workbook	Suggested References

Weblogic Management Services

Weblogic Console Management	Management Tools
JMX	WLST
SNMP	Weblogic Diagnostics Framework
Weblogic 10 Self Tuning Kernel	Extending the Administration Console

Weblogic JMX

JMX	MBeans
WebLogic Server MBean Data Model	MBean Lifecycle
MBean Servers	Using Local MBean Servers
Using Remote MBean Servers	Exploring MBeans
MBean Methods/Properties	Custom JMX Utilities

WebLogic Scripting Tool

Introduction	Using WLST
Jython Syntax	Jython Conditionals
Jython Loops	Sample WLST
Recording User Interactions in WLST	Weblogic Management Objects
Monitoring the invocations of a JSP	Deploying in WLST
Undeploying in WLST	Server Monitoring in WLST
JVM Monitoring in WLST

Weblogic Work Managers

Work Manager Overview	Using Work Managers
Work Manager Components	Request Classes
Fair share request class	Response-time goal request class
Context-based request class	Work Manager Constraints
Stuck Thread Work Manager	Using Work Managers
Work Manager Scope	Monitoring Work Managers

WebLogic Diagnostics Framework

What is WLDF?	Diagnostics framework Components
Configuring WLDF	WLDF types of monitoring
Collecting Data Gathering Data	Data accessor
Configuring Image Capture and Archive	Diagnostic System Modules
Diagnostic Modules Hands-On	Configuring the Harvester
Harvester Walk Through	Configuring Watches and Notifications

Weblogic Performance Tuning

Introduction Performance Objectives	Benchmarking Emulating Load on Weblogic
JMeter HANDS-ON Load Emulating Weblogic	Bottleneck Location Java Stack Traces
CPU Utilization Memory Utilization	Monitoring the JVM
Sun JVM Performance Tools	Starting JConsole
Tuning Sun JVM	Switching the JVM
JRockit JVM Performance Tools	JRockit Console
JRockit Runtime Analyzer (JRA)	JRockit Notifier
JRockit Method Profiler	JRockit Memory Leak Detector
Using Verbose GC	Database bottlenecks
Tuning JDBC Applications	Tuning EJB Applications
Tuning Session Beans	Network bottleneck
Weblogic Monitoring Tools	Performance Tuning Summary

Weblogic SNMP

What is SNMP?	Agent-Manager Model
MIB for WebLogic Server	JMX vs SNMP
OID Numbers	SNMP Utilities
SNMP Communities	SNMP Events
Automatic WebLogic SNMP Traps	Log Message Traps

Configuring Weblogic Security Providers

Weblogic SSL	Security Architecture
Security Realms	Default LDAP Server
Exporting/Importing/Backing up LDAP	Weblogic Resources
Embedded LDAP	LDAP log Files
Security Debugging in WebLogic 12	Default Security Configuration
Creating new Realms	Configuring RDBMS Authentication Providers

Weblogic SSL

SSL in Brief..	One-Way and Two-Way SSL
Host Name Verification	Keystores
Generating Keys	Storing Keys and Certificates
Keys and Certificates	SSL Debugging
Https Session Behavior

Advanced Weblogic JMS

Overview	JMS for Administrators
Building Weblogic JMS Components	Managing JMS destinations
Message Looping	JMS Logging
JMS Messaging Bridge	JMS Messaging Bridge Building

Weblogic JMS Store and Forward

SAF Overview	SAF Resources In a JMS Module
JMS Quality of Service	WebLogic persistent store
SAF Service Agents	When to Use the SAF Service