This course teaches the basics of the administration and deployment of Web applications in BEA WebLogic Server 9.1.

• Knowledge and experience of network management and protocols 
• Knowledge and experience of RDBMS

At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• Understand WebLogic architecture
• Understand deployments of EJB and Web applications
• Understand how to run WebLogic as a Web server
• Set up WebLogic Server test environments for developers
• Start/stop servers, problem detection and trouble shooting
• Use clustering for fault tolerance and load balancing
• Configure and monitor resources in a production environment
• Conduct security planning and implementation
• Handle large throughput and concurrency
• Understand performance tuning

• J2EE and WebLogic Server architecture
• WebLogic Clustering
• WebLogic Application Deployment
• WebLogic Resources and Services Configuration and Monitoring
• Security and Transaction Management
• WebLogic Performance Tuning

Web server administrators, project managers, developers and consultants who want to gain the knowledge of WebLogic Server administration.

Introduction To J2EE

• What Is J2EE?
• History Of J2EE
• Browsers And Web Servers
• Limitations Of Browsers And Web Servers
• Client vs. Server Processing
• Server Side Processing
• Problems with CGI
• J2EE Offers Server Side Processing
• J2EE Server Side Processing
• J2EE Components
• J2EE: Servlets
• J2EE: JSPs
• J2EE: EJBs
• J2EE Containers
• Sun J2EE Blueprint
• J2EE Application Server Vendors
• Development Environments
• J2EE And JDK
• J2EE Versions
• J2EE Historical Timeline
• Database Vendors
• 3-Tier Architecture
• The BEA WebLogic Family Of Products
• BEA WebLogic Portal
• BEA WebLogic Integration
• BEA WebLogic Workshop
• BEA WebLogic Server 9.1
• New Administrative Features

Introduction To WebLogic Server 9.1

• WebLogic Server Instances
• The Java Virtual Machine
• JVM Providers
• Threads vs. Processes
• WebLogic Server Domains
• Servers And Domains
• Domain Configuration
• WebLogic Administration Domain
• Directory Structures
• Getting Started Roadmap
• Install WebLogic Server
• The Configuration Wizard
• The Configuration Wizard: Creating A New Domain
• Starting The Administrative Server
• The Administration Console
• Administrative Tasks
• Lock & Activate In The Admin Console
• Other Administrative Tools
• Automatically Starting Admin Servers
• Managed Servers
• Creating A Managed Server
• Server Details
• Starting A Managed Server
• Password boot.properties
• Examining Server Status
• Shutting Down Servers
• Admin Server Shutdown
• Admin Server Backup
• Start Scripts
• config.xml

WLST: The WebLogic Scripting Tool

• The WLST
• WLST Details
• MBeans And JMX Administration
• Layered JMX Architecture
• MBeans And WLST
• Starting WLST
• Simple WLST Commands
• WLST Is Hierarchical
• Navigating WLST
• MBean Operations
• MBean Operations: Query
• MBean Operations: Configurational
• MBean Operations: Instantiation
• Other WLST Commands
• Scripting With WLST
• References

Logging and Monitoring

• Introduction
• WebLogic Logging Services
• Java Logging API
• Java Logging API
• Java Logging API
• Log4j
• Specifying the Logging Implementation
• Message Severity
• WebLogic Server Logs
• Server Log
• Viewing Server Log
• Configuring Server Log
• Configuring Server Log
• HTTP Access Log
• Configuring HTTP Access Log
• JMS Log
• Configuring JMS Log
• Domain Log
• Viewing Logs

Using WebLogic As A WebServer

• Web Server Overview
• Using WebLogic Web Server
• Configuring The WebLogic Web Server
• Virtual Hosts
• Creating Virtual Hosts
• Specifying Virtual Host Names
• Targeting Virtual Hosts to Server
• Access Log
• External Web Servers
• Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
• Installing Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
• Configuring Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
• Keep-Alive Connections

 Assembling Applications

• Java Web Application Architecture
• J2EE Architecture
• Web Application Programming Model – MVC
• An MVC Example
• The Infrastructure for Enterprise Web Applications
• What is Application Assembly?
• J2EE Modules
• J2EE Application Assembly
• Web Module
• Web Module - Deployment Descriptor
• web.xml
• weblogic.xml
• WEB-INF Directory
• Web Application Directory
• EJB Modules
• EJB Deployment Descriptors
• ejb-jar.xml
• Enterprise Application Modules
• Enterprise Application Deployment Descriptor
• Accessing Web Applications

Deploying Applications

• The Process
• Deployment Overview
• Archive Vs Expanded Directory
• Default Deployment Names
• Using an Application Installation Directory
• Application Installation Directory Structure
• Deployment Methods
• Auto-Deployment
• Console Deployment
• Starting an Application
• Stopping an Application
• Updating Applications
• Deleting Applications
• Testing a Deployed Application
• Monitoring Deployed Applications
• Editing Deployment Descriptors
• Using Command Line Deployment
• weblogic.Deployer
• weblogic.Deployer Commands Syntax
• T3 Protocol Overview
• weblogic.Deployer Usage
• wldeploy Ant Task
• wldeploy Ant Task Examples
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
• WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Scripts
• Best Practices

Database Access and WebLogic

• Overview
• Types of JDBC Drivers
• Working with a Database via JDBC (Client side)
• The Need for Connection Pooling
• Connection Pooling and Data Sources
• Connecting with Data Source
• Steps in using Connection Pooling
• Admin Tasks for Connection Pools and Data Sources
• JDBC Driver Support in WebLogic Server
• Database Access Using WebLogic
• Working with Data Sources
• Creating a Data Source
• Editing Data Source Properties
• Monitoring Data Source and Connection Pools

WebLogic and JMS

• The Trouble with RMI/IIOP
• Messaging to the Rescue
• Message-Oriented Middleware
• Messaging Features
• Publish/Subscribe
• Point-to-Point
• Java Messaging Service
• Terminology
• The JMS Interfaces
• Integrating JMS and EJB
• Durable Subscription
• Deployment Descriptor Entry
• Binding the Queue or Topic
• Transactions & Guaranteed Delivery
• WebLogic JMS Server
• Creating a JMS Server
• Creating a Connection Factory
• Creating a Topic
• Threshold and Quota
• Configuring Threshold and Quota
• Distributed Destination
• Creating a Distributed Topic/Queue
• Creating a Distributed Topic
• Monitoring JMS in WebLogic
• Messaging Bridge

Remote Administration

• Node Manager Overview
• Node Manager Functionality & Configuration
• Starting a Administration Server from Node Manager
• Starting a Managed Server from Node Manager
• Restarting a Administration Server from Node Manager
• Restarting a Managed Server from Node Manager
• Shutting Down a Server Instance From a Node Manager
• Working with Security
• Working with Machines
• Creating a Machine
• Adding Server Instances To a Machine
• Starting The Node Manager
• Monitoring Managed Servers
• Node Manager Logs and Configuration Files
• Summary

Security

• WebLogic Server 9.1 Security
• Authentication / Authorization
• Resources That Can Be Secured
• Authentication Mechanisms
• WebLogic Security Diagram
• Overview: Security Tasks For Securing Resources
• WebLogic Security Realms
• Configuring A User Registry
• The Embedded LDAP Server
• Managing Users/Groups
• User Lockout
• Managing Roles
• Securing A Resource
• WebLogic Server Policies
• Specifying A Policy Condition
• Policies And Roles
• Creating A Scoped Role
• Declarative Security
• Example: Securing A Web Resource
• Example: Securing A Web Resource – Specifying Roles
• Example: Securing A Web Resource – Specifying Constraints
• Example: Securing A Web Resource – Auth Method
• Example: Securing A Web Resource – Auth Method
• Example: Securing A Web Resource – Map Roles
• Encryption
• SSL
• SSL
• Public Key / Private Key Encryption
• Secure Communication Over The Web - SSL
• SSL And WebLogic Server
• Creating A Digital Certificate
• Dealing With A CA
• Configuring WebLogic Server SSL: Keystores
• Configure WebLogic SSL Settings
• Configuring WebLogic Server SSL: Setting A Listen Port

Clustering

• What Is Clustering?
• What Components Can Be Clustered?
• Basic Cluster Diagrams
• The Load Balancer
• Web Container Load Balancing
• Hardware Vs. Software Clustering
• Horizontal Clustering
• Horizontal vs. Vertical Clustering
• Clustering WebLogic Server
• WebLogic Cluster Requirements
• Configure Domain For Clustering
• Create A Cluster
• Configure Application Resources
• Deploy Applications To The Cluster
• Configure A Load Balancer
• Load Balancer Options
• Hardware Load Balancers
• Proxy Plug In Load Balancers
• HttpClusterServlet Load Balancer
• Session State
• Clustered Session State
• Session State Strategies
• In-Memory Replication
• Configuring Session State Replication
• JDBC Session Persistence
• JDBC Multi Data Sources
• Creating A Multi Data Source
• EJB Clustering
• EJB Load Balance Algorithm

Performance Tuning

• Performance Tuning
• Response Time
• Throughput
• Throughput Curve
• The significance of throughput
• Response Time Curve
• Think time
• Saturation
• Response time at system saturation
• Response time past the buckle point
• Interpreting response time trends
• Interpreting response time trends…
• Basic Tuning Methodology
• Areas To Tune
• Tuning Hardware
• Tune The Operating System
• Tune The JVM
• JVM Choices
• Memory Performance Concerns
• Client or Server VM
• The Heap
• The Heap (cont.)
• Heap Limit
• Heap Top
• Default Heap Sizes
• Configure The Heap Size
• Allocation Failure
• Garbage Collection
• Heap Regions – Sun JDK
• Analyzing Verbose GC - Sun
• Verbose GC - JRockit
• Thread Local Heap (TLH)
• Types of Collector In Sun JVM 1.5
• Memory Tuning Goals
• Effect of Initial Heap Size on GC
• Controlling the GC Timings
• Optimizing GC
• Self Optimizing Throughput Collector
• JRockit Management Console
• Tuning WebLogic Server
• Thread Settings
• Socket Readers
• Socket Implementation
• Monitoring Threads
• Connection BackLog
• Tuning The Back End