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Oracle Linux 7.2 - Installation - WebLogic 11gR1 (10.3.6) Java EE Application
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September12,2016 | GregoryArtinoff

ThisisthefifthinaseriesofpostsregardinginstallingBIApps11.1.1.10.2onOracleLinux7.2.Foryourreference,hereisalistofURLsforeachofthepoststhat
makeupthisseries:
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2Preparation
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2SoftwareAcquisition
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2OSConfiguration
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationOracleJDK
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationWebLogic
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationOBIEE11.1.1.9RCU
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationOBIEE11.1.1.9
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationODI11.1.1.9
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationOPatch
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationOBIA11.1.1.10.2RCU
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2InstallationOBIA11.1.1.10.2
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2ConfigurationOBIEE
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2ConfigurationOBIA
OBIA11.1.1.10.2installationonOracleLinux7.2Finalizing/Wrapup

Inthispost,IwillbediscussinghowtoinstalltheWebLogic11gR1(10.3.6)JavaEEApplicationServer.AquicknoteforanyWebLogicveteransoutthere,this
processdoesnotcreateaWebLogicdomain.TheWebLogicdomainwillbeconfiguredlateronintheOBIAinstallationprocess.


GeneralAssumptionsandConventionsUsed
Iwillassumethatreadersofthisbloghavereadthepriorblogentriesinthisseriesbeforecontinuing.


Installation

EnsuringthesystemlocaleissettoUnicode
BeforewestartinstallingWebLogic,weneedtoensurethethelocaleoftheoperatingsystemissettoUnicode.AccordingtotheFusionMiddlewareRequirements,
Oracle"highlyrecommendsthatyouenableUnicodesupportbysettingtheLANGandLC_ALLenvironmentvariablestoalocalewiththeUTF8characterset.".So,
howdoesonegoaboutdoingthis?

It'simportanttonotethatlocalesettingscanbedifferentforeachuser.Inordertotellwhatthelocalesettingsarefortheobia11guser,logonasobia11gandissue
thefollowingcommandfromtheterminal:
$locale

HereisascreenshotoftheoutputofthiscommandwhenIissueitonmysystemastheobia11guser:

Inadditiontotheoutputofthiscommandwhichisuserspecific,weneedtoconfirmthelocaleofthesystem.Inordertodothis,issuethefollowingcommand:
$cat/etc/locale.conf

HereisascreenshotoftheoutputofthiscommandwhenIissueitonmysystem:

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Fromthis,wecanderivethreekeypiecesofinformation:
1.Thelocaleofthesystemissettoen_CA.UTF8(note:todecipherthis,theenpartstandsforEnglish,theCApartstandsforCanadaandtheUTF8partstands
forUnicode).
2.TheLANGvariablefortheobia11guserisalsoen_CA.UTF8.Inotherwords,theobia11guserisusingthedefaultsystemlocale.
3.ThelocaleofboththeuserandthesystemisaUnicodebasedlocale(andthereforewesatisfyOracle'srequirementsthusfar).
YoumayalsonoticethattheLC_ALLvariableisnotset.Againaccordingtothedocumentation,Oraclerecommendssettingthisvariableaswell.Inordertodothat,
simplyaddthefollowingtwolinestotheobia11guser's~/.bashrcfile:
LC_ALL=en_CA.UTF8
exportLC_ALL

Thenlogoutandlogbackin,andwhenyouissuethelocalecommandagainfromyourterminalsessionyoushouldseethattheLC_ALLvariableisalsopopulated
asperthefollowingscreenshot:

Thereissomequestionastowhetherthislaststepisrequired.ThisisbecauseoneshouldnotneedtosettheLC_ALLvariableiftherestofthelocale(specifically
theLANGvariable)issetcorrectly.However,IpersonallychoosetoperformthisstepbecausethisiswhattheOracledocumentationsaystodo.Toprovideabitof
additionalcontext,myexperiencewithOBIA11ginstallations(andreally,thispointappliestoallenterprisesoftwareingeneral)isthattheytendtobeveryfinicky
andsoIhavelearnedthehardwayImightaddthatoneshouldstrayfromfollowingtheinstallationinstructionsatone'sownperil.Theoreticallythough,the
installationofOBIA11gcouldproceedandfinishsuccessfullywithoutthesettingofthisLC_ALLvariable,howeverIpersonallyhavejustnevertriedtodoit.

Lastly,itisimportanttonotethatifyoutryrunningthelocalecommandaftersettingtheLANGandLC_ALLvarialbesandyougeterrormessages,pleasecontact
yourLinuxsystemadministratorasthisismostlikelyasignthattheUnicodelocaleshavenotbeengeneratedforyoursystem,andyouwillneedtodothisbefore
continuing.

UnzippingtheWebLogic10.3.6genericinstaller
Nowthatthelocalehasbeenproperlyset,it'stimetobegintheinstallationofWebLogic10.3.6.Firstly,weneedtounzipthegenericinstaller.Asalreadydiscussed
inpreviousblogentries,IwillassumethattheV2985601.zipfilehasbeendownloadedfromeDeliveryandplacedinthe/u01/sw/weblogicdirectory.Tounzip,
issuethefollowingcommands:
$cd/u01/sw/weblogic
$unzipV2985601.zip

Oncedone,you'llseethatthezipfilecontainedonefile:wls1036_generic.jar:

Creating/AlteringtheSilentInstallationfile
InordertoperformasilentinstallationofWebLogic,you'llneedtoprepareasilentinstallationfile.IhavepreparedsuchafileandstoreditinmyGitHubAccount
here.Forthepurposesofthisblog,wewilldownloadthisfileandstoreitin/u01/sw/scripts.

Thisparticularfilehasalreadybeenalteredtosuittheinstallationinthisblog.Ifyouwanttochoosedifferentpathsorselectdifferentvalues,thisfileiswell
documented.However,pleasenotethatallsubsequentblogentriesinthisserieswillassumethattheWebLogicinstallationusesthisfileasiswithoutany
changes.

HereisascreenshotoftherelevantportionofthisfilewherethekeyvariablesofBEAHOME,WLS_INSTALL_DIR,OCP_INSTALL_DIR,NODEMGR_PORTand
LOCAL_JVMSareallset:

Runningtheinstaller
Nowthatthegenericinstallerjarfilehasbeenextractedto/u01/sw/weblogicandthesilentinstallationfilehasbeendownloadedto/u01/sw/scripts,wecanproceed
withthesilentinstallation.IssuethefollowingcommandstodoasilentinstallationofWebLogic:
$cd/u01/sw/weblogic
$umask027
$javad64jarwls1036_generic.jarmode=silentsilent_xml=/u01/sw/scripts/weblogic1036_silent_install.xml
log=/u01/app/obia11g/logs/weblogic/weblogic_server_install.log

Whenfinished,opentheweblogic_server_install.logfilelocatedin/u01/app/obia11g/logs/weblogicinyourtexteditorandchecktheverylastlineyoushouldsee
somethingresemblingthefollowing:
2016081515:33:28,893INFO[WizardController]com.bea.plateng.wizard.silent.tasks.LogTaskTheinstallationwas
successfull!

Pleasenotethatthislogfilecontainsmanywarnings(i.e.linesorgroupsoflinesthatcontainWARN)itissafetodisregardallofthem.Thesemessagesarenot
uniquetoasilentinstallandalsoappearwhenrunningaGUIbasedinstall.

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RunningtheabovecommandwillinstallWebLogicintothefollowingdirectory:
/u01/app/obia11g/product/11.1.1/mwhome_1

Thislocationisalsoreferredtoasthe"MiddlewareHome"foryourinstallation.

Makingchangesto.bashrc
OnceinstallationiscompleteIrecommendcreatingafewvariablesin~/.bashrctomakethingseasiertoworkwithinfuturestagesofthisinstallationprocess(and
managementofthesystemaftertheinstallationhascompletedaswell).

Firstly,we'llcreateavariablecalledORACLE_BASEwhichwillpointtothe/u01/app/obia11gdirectory.Next,we'llcreateavariablenamedMW_HOME(for
MiddlewareHome)whichwillpointtothedirectorywhereWebLogicwasjustinstalled.Lastly,we'llcreateavariablenamedWL_HOME(forWebLogicHome)
whichwillpointtotheWebLogicsubdirectoryunderneaththeMiddlewareHome.

Todoallofthis,pleaseaddthefollowingtotheobia11guser's.bashrcfile(~/.bashrc):
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/obia11g
exportORACLE_BASE

MW_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.1.1/mwhome_1
exportMW_HOME

WL_HOME=$MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3
exportWL_HOME

Thenlogoutandlogbackin.Ifyouechoeachoftheabove3variables,theyshouldresolveasshowninthefollowingscreenshot:

CopyingtheJREendorsedlibraries
Onceinstallationiscomplete,weneedtocopythreejarfilesfromtheweblogicfoldertoasubdirectoryunderneaththeJavaHome.Inordertodothis,wefirstneed
tocreatethenewendorseddirectory.Pleaseissuethefollowingcommandtodoso:
$mkdirp$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed

Then,copythethreelibrariesbyissuingthefollowingthreecommands:
$cp$MW_HOME/modules/javax.annotation_1.0.0.0_10.jar$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed
$cp$MW_HOME/modules/javax.xml.bind_2.1.1.jar$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed
$cp$MW_HOME/modules/javax.xml.ws_2.1.1.jar$JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/endorsed

Increasememoryforbsu.sh
TheinstallationprocessforOBIAinvolvestheapplicationofalotofprepackagedpatchesacrossawidevarietyofcomponents.Inthepast,IhaverunintoJava
memoryissuesespeciallywhenusingJava7onWebLogic10.3.6.ThedetailsofthesefailuresareoutlinedinOracleSupportDocId2007492.1.Havingthe
OBIAinstallationfailcanbecomeverypainfulwhenyoutrytofigureoutwhatfailed,rollbacktothepointpriortofailure,andthenredoingtheinstallationfromthat
pointonward.Inordertoavoidthispain,Ialwaysincreasethememoryaspertheinstructionsconainedinthisdocument.

Inordertodoso,pleaseopen$MW_HOME/utils/bsu.shinyourtexteditor,commentoutthelinethatbeginswithMEM_ARGS,andaddanewMEM_ARGSlinelike
thefollowing:
MEM_ARGS="Xms1024mXmx1024m"

Hereisascreenshotofmybsu.shfileaftercompletingthischange:

Summary
Inthisblog,weinstalledWebLogic11gR1(10.3.6)silently,createdsomenewsystemenvironmentvariables,andessentiallyreadiedtheWebLogicinstallationto
layerontheadditionalcomponentsoftheOBIA11gsoftwaresuite.


Lookingahead
Inmynextblogentry,IwilldescribehowtodoasilentinstallationoftheOBIEE11.1.1.9RepositoryCreationUtility(RCU).

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