Re: Help with moving from Glassfish 4.1.1 to Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0

From: Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 00:09:49 +0200
Message-ID: <CAJ2-Qb-z7LdMxAieswPCMd4096rb=73MNv-DW1yV90dASG0zcw_at_mail.gmail.com>



Hi Mark

I am not familiar with Glassfish....

A Managed Server is like a schema, can be an application itself, can also seen as a module of an application (in that case probably the domain is the entire application).

BR

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 11:21 PM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:

> Hi LS,
>
> Thanks again for the pointers. Do you know about Glasfish? Is a domain
> in WLS similar to a domain in Glassfish?
>
> Or is it more likely that a WLS managed server is like a domain?
>
> Ultimately, I need to deploy multiple 'ords.war' files, for different
> apps, configured to talk to different databases.
>
> So, do I create one domain, say 'base_domain', and create multiple managed
> servers under it, and deplpy an 'ords.war' into each managed server?
>
> Or have multiple domains, and deploy one 'ords.war' file per domain?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Mark
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 3:58 PM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>
>> Awesome, thanks!
>>
>> I'll check it out!
>>
>> -Mark
>>
>> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 3:35 PM Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mark
>>>
>>> Quick explanation.
>>>
>>> After installation you have to create domains, during domain creation
>>> you can create managed server.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/lifecycle/12.2.1.3/wldcw/creating-weblogic-domain.html#GUID-0806FAE0-74B4-4D28-A407-9C560CC8C009
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.oracle.com/en/middleware/lifecycle/12.2.1.3/asadm/scaling-your-environment.html#GUID-A8CF8AFE-7044-4162-83FD-DED75D3A05E7
>>>
>>>
>>> The domain is like database and managed server like a schema, in
>>> database terms. A default domain without any managed server creates by
>>> default the administration server, if you create new managed server are new
>>> weblogic instances.
>>>
>>> After domain and managed server creation you get these scripts
>>>
>>> $DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startWebLogic.sh ===> this starts the administration
>>> server
>>> $DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh ===> this starts the managed
>>> server
>>>
>>> I learnt all when working with Forms & Reports :-)
>>>
>>> BR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:25 PM Mark J. Bobak <mark_at_bobak.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I've been working with APEX/ORDS/Glassfish for years, but recently, I
>>>> tried the latest version of Glassfish, 5.1.0, no longer under control of
>>>> Oracle, and was having a deployment error with ords.war. (Something about
>>>> CDI...?)
>>>>
>>>> Anyhow, I know latest version of ORDS still supports Glassfish, but
>>>> it's deprecated, and the days are numbered.
>>>>
>>>> So, I thought, no time like the present, let's try Oracle WebLogic
>>>> Server.
>>>>
>>>> So, first, while I'm quite comfortable with Oracle Database, I have
>>>> *zero* experience with Oracle WebLogic Server. So, I was poking round the
>>>> web, and I found this, which I downloaded:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I managed to get it installed (I think), but I can't figure out what to
>>>> do, how to start it and start working with it. As I said, I have *no*
>>>> experience with WebLogic Server. FYI, when I indtsalled it, there weere
>>>> three options, "WebLogic",'Coherence", and "Complete with Examples", or
>>>> something like that. I installed the first option, "WebLogic".
>>>>
>>>> I found a document, which said to do 'startWebLogic.sh' to start it,
>>>> but I have no such file in my newly installed Oracle home.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone give me a clue, or possibly a link to some documentation
>>>> that will hold my hand and outline *exactly* what to do in which order?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> -Mark
>>>>
>>>> PS I find this all very confusing, particularly the part about
>>>> WebLogic being part of Fusion Middelware? Anyhow, when you respond, please
>>>> do so as if I were a clueless idiot, because when it comes to WebLogic
>>>> Server, I pretty much am!
>>>>
>>>> PPS Yes, I'm finally back at work. I did work from home last week,
>>>> and this Monday, and I've been in the office since Tuesday. I'm still not
>>>> 100%, but I'm definitely feeling better.
>>>>
>>>

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