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Syllabus of Weblogic Server Course

Introducing Oracle Fusion Middleware Platform

  • Describing the Oracle Fusion Middleware Environment
  • Components of Fusion Middleware
  • Understanding the purpose of each component and their dependency
  • Describing How WebLogic Server Supports Various Fusion Middleware Suites
  • Describing How Various Fusion Middleware Suites Augment the Functions of WebLogic Server
  • Explaining the Motivation Behind Distributed Systems
  • The Major Components of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE) Specification

Installing Oracle WebLogic Server

  • Explaining Oracle WebLogic Server Installation Steps
  • Installing WebLogic Server Using Both the Graphical User Interface (GUI) and Command Line
  • Describing the Organization and Contents of the WebLogic Server Directory Structure
  • Navigating the WebLogic Server Online and Offline Documentation

Configuring a Simple Domain

  • Describing the Common Elements in a WebLogic Server Domain
  • Describing how Domains are Used in the Enterprise
  • Comparing Administration and Managed Servers
  • Configuring a Domain
  • Describing the Organization and Contents of the WLS Directory Structure
  • Describing the use of WLST Offline to Manage Domains
  • Creating a Simple Domain with One Managed Server
  • Checking the Port Numbers that are Used for Components

Configuring a Domain Using Templates

  • Describing the Internal Process Used to Create or Update a Domain Using a Template
  • Describing the Process of Extending a Domain Template
  • Explaining the Domain Templates Provided for Setting up JDeveloper, SOA, and WebCenter

Using the Administration Console and WLST

  • Identifying Dynamic and Nondynamic Attribute Changes in the Administration Console
  • Customizing Monitoring Tables Within the Administration Console
  • Using the WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) Command-line Utility
  • Invoking WLST and Navigate Through the Domain Structure
  • Describing How Change Management is Performed Internally Using Java Management Extension (JMX) and Mbeans

Configuring Managed Servers

  • Configuring Managed Servers Using the Administrative Console
  • Configuring Managed Servers Using WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
  • Starting Managed Servers
  • Shutting Down a Server or an Entire Domain Using WLST or the Administrative Console
  • Configuring Managed Servers on a Computer Separate from the Administration Server
  • Explaining Administration and Managed Server Independence (MSI)

Configuring Node Managers

  • Defining the Oracle WebLogic Server Machine
  • Configuring a Machine and Assign Servers to it by Using the Console and WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)
  • Explaining the Node Manager Architecture
  • Describing the Organization and Contents of a Node Manager Directory Structure
  • Configuring, Starting, and Stopping Node Managers
  • Describing how to Start and Stop Procedures

Viewing and Managing Logs in Oracle WLS Environment

  • Defining and Configuring Server and Domain Logs
  • Viewing and Interpreting the Format of Domain and Server Log Files Using the Administration Console
  • Configuring Server Standard Output Settings Using the Console
  • Describing How Applications Can Integrate With WLS Logging Infrastructure (Apache commons, log4j)
  • Accessing Online Log Message Catalogs
  • Creating and Applying a Log Filter Using the Console
  • Configuring Log Filter Expressions

Deployment Concepts

  • Contrasting Autodeploy With Manual Deployment
  • Configuring and Deploying Web Applications Via the Administration Console, Command-Line, and WLST
  • Configuring Deployment Descriptors
  • Testing Deployed Applications
  • Describing the Role of Web Servers
  • Tracing a Typical Web Interaction Flow
  • Contrasting Static and Dynamic Content and Deployment
  • Front-end Deployed Applications With a Web Server

Advanced Deployment

  • Configuring an Application for Multiple Development Environments
  • Creating a Deployment Plan
  • Staging a Deployment Plan
  • Using Production Redeployment

Understanding JDBC and Configuring Data Sources

  • Configuring JDBC and JDBC Data Sources
  • Configuring Data Source Scope
  • Contrasting Two-tier and Multi-tier JDBC Architecture
  • Configuring a Connection Pool
  • Describing How Data Sources are Used
  • Deploying JDBC Resources to a Target
  • Explaining the Components of JDBC URLs
  • Monitoring and Testing a Data Source

Setting Up Java Message Service (JMS) Resources

  • Describing JMS
  • Describing How Oracle WebLogic Server JMS is Implemented
  • Configuring JMS Server
  • Configuring Connection Factories
  • Configuring Queues and Topics
  • Configuring Persistent Messages
  • Deploying an Application that Uses JMS
  • Monitoring JMS Resources and Messages

Introduction to Clustering

  • The Benefits of Oracle WebLogic Cluster
  • Basic Cluster Architecture
  • Multitier Cluster Architecture
  • Communication Among Clustered Server Instances
  • The Key Criteria for Selecting Suitable Cluster Architecture

Configuring a Cluster

  • Preparing Your Environment for a Cluster
  • Creating and Configuring a Cluster
  • Adding Servers to a Cluster
  • Starting Up and Shutting Down Clustered Servers.

Security Concepts and Configuration

  • Using the WebLogic Server (WLS) Security Architecture
  • Configuring Security Realms
  • Configuring Users and Groups
  • Configuring Roles
  • Configuring Policies
  • Configuring Protection for Web Application Resources and EJBs

Performance Tuning

  • Response Time Curve
  • Think time
  • Saturation
  • Response Time at system Saturation
  • Response Time Past the Buckle Point
  • Interpreting Response Time Trends
  • Basic Tuning Methodology
  • Areas To Tune
  • Tuning Hardware
  • Tune The Operating System
  • Tune The JVM
  • JVM Choices
  • Tuning WebLogic Server
  • JDBC Settings
  • Thread Settings

Java Memory Management

  • Java Heap Space
  • Heap Size Limits
  • Default Size Limits
  • Free Space Threshold
  • Garbage Collection Mechanism
  • GC Performance Improvements
  • Analyzing Steady-State Behavior
  • Optimizing GC Duration

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