Step 1: Start the WebLogic Administration Portal

In this step you will open the WebLogic Administration Portal to access the administration tools. If you completed any of the other tasks in the WebLogic Administration Portal Tutorial, the WebLogic Administration Portal is already open, and you can move on to Step 2 of this task.

To start the WebLogic Administration Portal:

1. Be sure your server is running. You can start the server from a start script called startWebLogic located in the <BEA_HOME>/weblogic81/samples/domains/portal directory.
2. Choose Start ->Programs ->BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1 ->Examples ->WebLogic Portal -> WebLogic Administration Portal.
3. Login using weblogic as the username and the password. You should now see the WebLogic Administration Portal.