WebLogic 8.1 System Administration Course

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. Participants 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 participant having their own Weblogic Server for learning.

This course is designed for system administrators.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
> 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

Chapter 1 Introduction to Weblogic 8.1
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

Chapter 2 WebLogic Installation and Testing: System Configuration
Installation Files, Installation
Silent Installation, WebLogic Directory Structure
Building a Domain
WebLogic Server types
Domain File Structure
config.xml
startweblogic.cmd
Testing your Installation
onfiguring Startup
Running the WebLogic Console
Shutting down Weblogic

Chapter 3 Weblogic Console inistration: 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

Chapter 4 Weblogic Deployments: 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

Chapter 5 Configuring JDBC: JDBC Architecture
JDBC Driver Install, Connection Pool
Configuring Connection Pools
Data Sources
Tx Data Sources
Monitoring Pool Performance

Chapter 6 Configuring JMS: Asynchronous Messaging
Messages, Queue, Topic
MS Connection Factory
JMS Servers
Configuration of JMS Destinations
Monitoring JMS Servers

Chapter 7 Weblogic HTTP Server: Overview
Configuring HTTP
Web-server Proxy
Weblogic Plug-in
IIS and Weblogic
Apache and Weblogic
Virtual Hosts
Weblogic Server HTTP Log Files

Chapter 8 Weblogic Security: Weblogic Security Design
Weblogic Security Providers
Authorization
Authentication-Users
Authentication-Groups
Authentication Roles
Integration with legacy providers
Security Administration Tasks
Handling User Lockouts

Chapter 9 Configuring Weblogic Clusters:Clustering Servers
Cluster Layout
Cluster Design
Implementing a Cluster
Configuring the Cluster
Load Balancing
Clustered Servers
Cluster Communication, Administrative Server Failure
Configuring Replication Groups

Chapter 10 Weblogic Utilities: 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

Chapter 11 Introduction to JNDI
What is JNDI?
JNDI Architecture
Using JNDI
JNDI Clients

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