This document discusses new features in Oracle WebLogic Server 12c. It begins with an introduction of the presenters. It then outlines 12 key things to know about WebLogic 12c, including an updated installer, per-domain Node Manager, server templates, dynamic clusters, unicast groups, cluster-targeted JMS, Java Mission Control for monitoring, built-in WLDF diagnostic modules, and RESTful management APIs. The document provides information on why upgrading to WebLogic 12.1.3 would be beneficial.

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12
Things
about
Oracle
WebLogic
Server
12c
OTN
La'n
America
Tour
2015
Dr.
Frank
Munz
munz
&
more
David
Cabelus
Oracle
WebLogic
Server
Product
Management
1

2. Who’s that guy?
• Dr. Frank Munz
• Founded munz & more in 2007
• 15 years Oracle WebLogic
and Middleware
• Consulting and
High-End Training
• Three Oracle / Cloud
books
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What
we’re
going
to
talk
about…
1
2
Why
upgrade
to
WebLogic
12.1.3
12
things
you
should
know
about
WebLogic
12c
3

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Safe
Harbor
Statement
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to
outline
our
general
product
direcSon.
It
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for
informaSon
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only,
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any
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code,
or
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purchasing
decisions.
The
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and
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of
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or
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described
for
Oracle’s
products
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Oracle.
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WebLogic
Server
12.1.1
• Java
EE
6
• Lightweight
Zip
Installer
• Maven
integraSon
• Coherence/Toplink
integraSon
WebLogic
Server
12.1.2
• DB
IntegraSon
• Dynamic
Clusters/ElasSc
JMS
• Unified
Management
• Exalogic
OpSmizaSons
• Websockets
• Toplink
Data
Services
• More
Maven
IntegraSon
WebLogic
Server
12.1.3
• JAX-­‐RS
2.0
(Java
EE
7)
• JSON
(Java
EE
7)
• RESTful
Management
APIs
• HA
OpSmizaSons
• Fusion
Middleware
• Websockets
Update
(Java
EE
7)
• EmulaSon
Client/Server-­‐Sent
Events
• Maven
WLST
Goal
Why
Upgrade
to
WebLogic
12.1.3
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WebLogic
Server
12.1.3
Mobile
App
Enablement,
Developer
ProducSvity
WLS12.1.3Clients
HTML5
clients
ADF
Mobile
Proxies
OTD
Apache
OHS
Web
Sockets
(JSR
356)
TopLink
Data
Services
Server-­‐Sent
Events
JAX-­‐RS
2.0
WebSocket
Emula'on
WebSocket
Emula'on
JAX-­‐RS
2.0,
WebSocket
1.0
JSON
Programming
API
JPA
2.1
Server-­‐Sent
Events
WebSocket
EmulaSon
JPA-­‐RS
JPA
Change
No'fica'on
Database
JSON
Programming
API
HTTP/S,
JSON/XML
WebSocket,
Server-­‐Sent
Events,
Long
polling
Java
EE
7
APIs
AddiSonal
WebLogic
Value-­‐Add
6
6

7. 12 things,
no agenda ☺

8. #0
... lots of changes

9. #1
OUI / opatch
opatch
for
WLS

10. New Installer
• OUI – consistent with OFM and Oracle DB
• Java is not included
• No console mode anymore
-> silent mode with response file
Other
options:
Vagrant
with
Chef
or
Puppet,
maven
and
even
Docker
java –jar fmw12.1.3.0.0_wls.jar –silent
–responseFile fullPathToRespFile –invPtrLoc /etc/oraInst.loc
munz & more #10

11. The oraInst.loc File
oraInst.loc points to product inventory:
location depends on OS, e.g. OS X:
/var/opt/Oracle
munz & more #11

12. Prerequisite Checks
munz & more #12

13. Prerequisite Checks
• CPU with 0 MHz ?!
-> wrong BIOS selection
in Virtual Box
• swap enabled ?
• /tmp on tempfs ?
check size in /etc/fstab
• Ignore result of check (NOT recommended):
-ignoreSysPrereqs
munz & more #13

14. opatch
• Located in WEBLOGIC_HOME/Opatch
• Uses oraInst.loc
• opatch uses ORACLE_HOME variable
make sure it does not conflict with
ORACLE_HOME of installed DB
-> different installation user
munz & more #14

15. #2
Domain Wizard

16. config.sh
domain location
includes domain name
-Dcom.oracle.cie.config.showProfile
enables Compact/Expanded Domain Topology Selection (mainly for OFM)
munz & more #16

17. config.sh
Oracle
doc
WLS
12.1.1
Instead use
WLST, unpack, maven, …
munz & more #17

18. #3
Per Domain
Node Manager
Per
Domain
NM

19. Per Domain Node Manager
• Easier setup
• Config and logs part
of domain directory
• Uses SSL per default
• unpack recreates
demo certs
• Startscript:
DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startNodeManager.sh
munz & more #19

20. Per Domain Node Manager
• DOMAIN_HOME/nodemanager contains
nodemanager.properties and
nodemanager.domains
• Per machine NM still possible:
startNodeManager.sh
in WL_HOME/server/bin
munz & more #20

21. Certificates
Demo Cert per Domain under DOMAIN/security
keytool –list -storepass DemoIdentityKeyStorePassPhrase –v
-keystore DemoIdentity.jks
Certificate
contains
hostname.
Unpack
recreates
Demo
Cert
with
hostname
of
new
host.
munz more #21

22. 3 Simple Steps
1. Start Node Manager
2. Create Machine
3. Create Servers / Dynamic Cluster
and assign machine
Then use admin server web console to start
managed servers
munz more #22

23. New in WLS 12.1.3
Some nodemanager.properties names
changed, old names are deprecated now:
StartScriptEnabled
- weblogic.StartScriptEnabled
also StartScriptName, JavaHome, StopScriptName,
UseMACBroadcast, …
munz more #23

24. #4
Server Templates
Server
Templates

25. Server Templates
st=create('myTemplateName','ServerTemplate')
MBean type ServerTemplate with name myTemplate has been created successfully.
st.setStartupTimeout(300)
munz more #25

26. Config Hierarchy
• Default Server Settings (value not specified)
• can be overwritten by
Server Template Settings
• can be overwritten by
Individual Server Configuration
munz more #26

27. #5
Dynamic Cluster
Dynamic
Cluster

28. Dynamic Cluster
munz more #28

29. How Dynamic Is It?
• Only configuration is dynamic
• Must start servers manually
(dynamic runtime is still missing)
• To decrease cluster size:
stop last server, then decrease
number of dynamic servers configuration
• Server Migration for dynamic and mixed
cluster supported with WLS 12.1.3
munz more #29

30. #6
Unicast Groups
Unicast
Groups

31. New Unicast Groups
Implementation in WebLogic 12.1.3 changed:
• Fixed max # of groups is 10
• Groups can by asymmetric
• Servers are consistently placed in groups
based on hash of server name
munz more #31

32. Classic Cluster Size 3
#32

33. Dynamic Cluster Size 15
#33

34. #7
Cluster Targeted JMS
Cluster
Targeted
JMS

35. Easier JMS
• Target JMS server to cluster
(also to dynamic cluster!)
• Persistent stores are provisioned
automatically
• Then target distributed queue to JMS server
munz more #35

36. Elastic JMS in WLS 12.1.3
• Supports whole server migration (WSM) with
WebLogic 12.1.3
• Note, there are some restrictions:
No Unit-of-Order, no Unit-of-Work, no service
migration…
see also
https://blogs.oracle.com/WebLogicServer/entry/introducing_elastic_jms
munz more #36

37. #8
Java Mission Control
JMC
and
JDBC

38. Java Mission Control
Java Mission Control comes
with JDK 1.7.0_40+
• Free for development
• Ported over from JRockit
• Detailed, graphical views
- start with jmc
munz more #38

39. Monitoring JDBC

40. Java Mission Control
To enable JMC, you need the following switches
JAVA_OPTIONS=” -XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures
-XX:+FlightRecorder
e.g. configure settings in
DOMAIN_HOME/bin/setUserOverrides.sh
Configure
WebLogic
Domain-­‐Wide
Settings
here
munz more #40

41. #9
WLDF Built-in
Modules

42. WLDF Diagnostic Module
WLDF Modules now easier: based on built-in
“Low” enabled by default in production mode
munz more #42

43. Predefined Watches (Medium)
munz more #43

44. #10
RESTful
Management
RESTful
Config
Part
I
/
Part
II

45. REST Management API
API has changed in WLS 12.1.3
- Supports configuration changes:
• Server lifecycle
• For resources, eg. JDBC data source:
create, stop, test, …,
• Deployments
munz more #45

46. REST Management API
Example http GET:
http://localhost:7001/
management/wls/
latest/deployments/
application
munz more #46

47. http OPTIONS with
/management/wls/latest
/datasources
returns the default JSON
structure for data sources
- Fill in the values and send
it back to server
Generate Template / OPTIONS
munz more #47

48. Create Data Source / POST
POST JSON data with all mandatory values to
/management/wls/latest/datasources
returns:
munz more #48

49. Limitations
Some resources not supported yet in 12.1.3
• JMS
• Work Managers
• WLDF
munz more #49

50. #11
Development
Oracle
White
Paper

51. Partial Support of Java EE 7 APIs
WebLogic 12.1.3:
• Java API for WebSocket 1.0 NEW
• JSON-P 1.0 NEW
• JAX-RS 2.0 with lib deployed UPDATE
JAX-RS 1.1. OOTB
• JPA 2.1 with lib deployed UPDATE
JPA 2.0 OOTB
deploy
/
wlserver/common/
deployable-­‐
libraries/
jax-­‐rs-­‐2.0.war
deploy
2
shared
libs
munz more #51

52. New Maven Goal
• 25 maven goals for WebLogic 12.1.3
• WebLogic 12.1.3:
New maven WLST goal: wlst-client
- does not require local WebLogic
installation for WLST online commands.
munz more #52

53. One more thing.

54. #12
Yes, Docker!
WLS
and
Docker

55. WebLogic
in
a
Docker
Container

56. What is Docker?
• NOT Now officially supported by Oracle
• Sandboxing based on Linux containers
• Layered images
• Public / private repository
• Containers start up in milliseconds
• Portable standard -
runs on Linux, also in clouds
munz more #56

57. Dockerfile
Dockerfile+Scripts
Oracle
blog
DockerContainer

58. Summary
1. OUI / opatch
2. Domain Wizard
3. Per Domain Node
Manager
4. Server Templates
5. Dynamic Cluster
6. Unicast Groups
7. Cluster Targeted JMS
8. Java Mission Control
9. WLDF Builtin Modules
10. RESTful Management
11. Development
12. Docker
munz more #58

59. gracias a ustedes!

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