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Friday, September 27, 2013

WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.6) Installation on RHEL6


WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.6) installation

This article presents a brief overview of installing Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) 11gR1 (10.3.6)  on RHEL6.

Setup

Create a new group and user.

Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed.



Append the following entries into the "/home/oracle/.bash_profile" file.

Install the JDK. Instructions for installing JRockit can be found here.

 Installation

Run the installer as the "oradev" user.

Click the "Next" button on the welcome screen.



Enter the middleware home ("/u01/app/oracle/middleware") and click the "Next" button
 


Accept the warning about the directory not being empty, click Yes
 

Either enter your support details, or attempt to uncheck the security updates checkbox. The box doesn't actually uncheck, but presents you with a warning dialog. If you click the "Yes" button, indicating you don't want updates, you are returned to the same screen with the box still checked. Click the "Next" button anyway.




Confirm you wish to bypass this, click Yes
  • There is a known bug within the installer at this stage.  If you get caught in a loop where you cannot bypass this, leave the box ticked and click Yes and Yes again.
  • When the ‘Connection failed’ dialog appears, tick the ‘I wish to remain uninformed…’ box, then Continue and you should then make it to the next screen!
 


Assuming you don't want security updates, click "Yes" and "Yes" on the subsequent warning dialogs and you are presented with the "Connection Failed" screen. Check the "I wish to remain uninformed..." checkbox and click the "Continue" button. This whole process is very confusing at first. Obviously the developers responsible didn't really expect people to say no to security updates!
 


Accept the typical setup by clicking the "Next" button.
 

Accept the default JDK selection by clicking the "Next" button.



Accept the default product installation directories by clicking the "Next" button.
 


If you are happy with the summary information, click the "Next" button and wait while the installation completes.



On the installation complete screen, uncheck the "Quickstart" checkbox and click the "Done" button.
 













2 comments:

  1. Hi Ankur,

    Have you tried installing Weblogic 10.3.6 on RHEL7 ? Any learning experiences from this exercise.

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