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Installing BEA WebLogic - (Release 8.1.2)

by Jeff Hunter, Sr. Database Administrator
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Introduction
Downloading BEA WebLogic
Getting Started
Running the WebLogic Installation Program - (Graphical Mode)

Introduction
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 is an enterprise-level application server that provides a framework for developing,
deploying, and managing J2EE applications both locally and remotely. WebLogic 8.1 is fully compliant with the Sun
J2EE 1.3 specification and provides the required containers to run Servlets and JavaServer Pages, Enterprise
JavaBeans (EJBs), J2EE connector architecture resource adaptors, along with all required J2EE services (i.e.
JDBC, JAAS, JMS, etc.).
Along with the WebLogic 8.1 Application Server, BEA packages out-of-the-box solutions that are used to build
on the functionality of the WebLogic Server. The complete WebLogic Platform consists of:
BEA WebLogic Server
BEA WebLogic Portal
BEA WebLogic Integration
BEA WebLogic JRockit
BEA WebLogic Workshop
This article contains step-by-step instructions for downloading a trial version of the complete BEA WebLogic
Platform (Release 8.1) and installing it on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP platform.
Downloading BEA WebLogic
The BEA WebLogic Server comes packaged with the WebLogic Platform distribution or as an individual
distribution. For the purpose of this article, I will be downloading and installing the complete BEA WebLogic 8.1
platform distribution. You can download a copy of the BEA WebLogic Platform distribution with a 1 year
development license from the BEA website: http://www.bea.com/. After downloading the WebLogic Platform, you
should have a file like platform812_win32.exe, platform8x_win32.exe, or platform811_win32.exe. In
either case, the file should be around 415MB in size.
Getting Started
Before diving into the instructions for installing the WebLogic platform, let's first take a look at several high level
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issues that should be taken into consideration before attempting the installation.
When installing the WebLogic platform on Windows, there are two options: Graphical mode (a Java based,
interactive, GUI installation) or Silent mode (a noninteractive, command-line installation). In this article, we
will be performing a Graphic install.
During the installation of the WebLogic Server, the installation program will create many directories - several of
which are important to understand before attempting the install.
Directory

Contains

Default Location

BEA Home

This directory contains license files, the install

JDK(s) and common files.

C:\bea

WebLogic
Home

All of the WebLogic software packages and

configuration files.

C:\bea\weblogic81

User
Projects

This is the default location for new domains by

the configuration assistance. Keep in mind that
C:\bea\user_projects
the domain can be placed anywhere on the
filesystem.

This is the default directory for installed

Applications (deployed) applications. Actually, an
Folder
application can be placed anywhere; the
domain configuration points to its location.

C:\bea\user_projects\yourDomain\applications

Running the WebLogic Installation Program - (Graphical Mode)

After downloading the WebLogic Platform software distribution, you should now run the executable to initiate the
installation program. Provided the installation program has determined that all of the prerequisites (system
resources) have been meet, you will be presented with a welcome screen:

Figure 1: Welcome Screen

The next screen will present the license agreement in which the user must read and accept in order to continue the
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installation process:

Figure 2: License Agreement

The installation will now ask you where to create the BEA Home Directory. This is where BEA will install common
files like the certified JDK(s), WebLogic service license, and many other BEA utilities. You can have several other
BEA products installed on the same machine that can take advantage of the utilities installed within the BEA Home
Directory.

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Figure 3: Create BEA Home Directory

After specifying the BEA Home Directory, you will then be asked which type of installation to perform: either
"Complete" or "Custom". If you were only interested in installing the WebLogic server, you would select the
"Custom" install. In our installation, we will perform a "Complete" install. Selecting the "Complete" install will deploy
all WebLogic Platform components as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 4: WebLogic Installation Type

You are now asked where to install the WebLogic Server (known as the production directory). Although you have
the option to specify any location for this directory, we will accept the default setting:

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Figure 5: WebLogic Production Directory

After hitting "Next", the installation of the WebLogic Platform will begin:

Figure 6: BEA WebLogic Installation Process

After the installation process has completed the deployment of all of its components and files, you will now be
presented with the "Installation Complete" screen. You have the option of installing the XML Spy software as well
as running the WebLogic Quickstart program. This program provides you with the ability of running the installed
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example domain applications or to even create a new domain. I will be providing examples of how to create a new
domain in another article.

Figure 7: BEA WebLogic Installation Complete

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