Knavite: Step by Step Installation and Configuration of WebLogic Server 12C

Installation

Download the latest version of file from here. Accept the user license and select generic installer for latest Oracle weblogic server.
Extract the installation jar from downloaded zip.
Open a command window with administrator privilege. Navigate to the folder where the Jar is located.
Run the following command.
```
java -jar .jar
```
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the weblogic server.

Navigate to <WebLogic_installation_directory>\Middleware\Oracle_Home\oracle_common\common\bin
Run ‘config.cmd’. It would execute a wizard for domain creation.
Select ‘Create a new domain’ -> browse to the base folder where you want your domain to be created -> Next.
Create domain using product template -> Basic Weblogic Server Domain -> Next.
Create an administrator account for the domain -> Next.
Select domain mode -> Select JDK -> Next.
In advanced configuration, check the ‘Administration Server’ box. For clustering and load balancing, ‘Topology’ configuration is also needed. These can be set up later from admin console.
Enter Server name, listen address and port for Admin Server. This server provide the console for managing the domain -> Next.
Review the setup configuration -> Create.

Navigate to the folder where the domain has been installed in previous step.
Run the file ‘startWebLogic.cmd’ from the folder.
When started, cmd will display ‘<Server state changed to RUNNING.>’.
Open browser and navigate to URL. http://<serverAddress>:<serverport>/console. With default setting, the URL should be http://localhost:7001/console.
With default setting, the admin console will be deployed on first access. Wait for few seconds for deployment to finish.
Login to the console with username and password created while domain creation.
The console screen can be used for all server configuration.

In the web console, from the left hand sidebar, select deployments.
Click on install. It will open up the explorer in the console itself. Navigate to the war file, select it and click next.
Select ‘Install this deployment as an application’ as installation scope -> Next.
Give a name for this deployment. Keep the other setting as it is -> Next.
If you have multiple server or cluster, you will be taken to server selection screen for deployment.
Select finish. The application can be deployed to the server. The web application can be accessed through url http://<serverAddress>:<serverPort>/<ApplicationContextRoot>

Create a file name ‘weblogic.xml’ in WEB-INF folder of the web application. Add following to change the context root.