1. Installation Guide
  2. Installing and Configuring WebLogic Server

5 Installing and Configuring WebLogic Server

This chapter provides information about installing and configuring Oracle WebLogic Server for Oracle Communications IP Service Activator.

Installing WebLogic Server Software

You install WebLogic Server on all machines that will participate in your domain. The installation directories must be the same on all machines. For complete installation instructions and general information about installing and configuring WebLogic Server, see the WebLogic Server documentation.

For more information about installing WebLogic Server, see Fusion Middleware Installing and Configuring Oracle WebLogic Server and Coherence at the Oracle Help Center.

Creating the WebLogic Server Domain

To create the WebLogic Server domain for IP Service Activator, create a domain as described in Oracle Fusion Middleware Creating WebLogic Domains Using the Configuration Wizard, and make the following selections:

  1. On the Templates screen, ensure that the Basic WebLogic Server Domain template is selected by default. You cannot deselect it.

  2. On the Domain Mode and JDK screen, select or browse to the version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) that is supported by IP Service Activator.

  3. On the Advanced Configuration screen, do one of the following:

    • To create an administration server without any managed servers, select only Administration Server.

      This configuration is appropriate for most development and test environments. However, because performance testing and staging environments should use the same server configuration as the production environment, a different configuration may be more appropriate.

    • To create an administration server with a single managed server select at least Administration Server, Managed Servers, and Deployments and Services.

      This configuration is appropriate for production environments that are not highly available. Having the administration traffic on the administration server and the application traffic on the managed server ensures that critical administration operations (such as starting and stopping servers, changing a server's configuration, and deploying applications) do not compete with high-volume application traffic on the same network connection.

Configuring the WebLogic Server Domain

The following tasks can be performed either before or after installing IP Service Activator, but Oracle recommends performing them before installing IP Service Activator.

Increasing the Memory Settings for WebLogic Servers

IP Service Activator requires more memory than the amount configured for the WebLogic server by default. For production environments, you must tune the values to meet your specific performance requirements. See the WebLogic Server documentation for more information about increasing the memory settings for non-clustered WebLogic servers on UNIX and Linux.

Preventing Connection Timeout when Using a Remote Database

To prevent a connection time out when your database and server are in separate locations, do the following:

  1. Increase the value of the Stuck Thread Max time parameter as follows:

    1. Log in to the WebLogic Server Administration Console.

    2. In the Domain Structure tree, expand Environment and then click Servers.

      The Summary of Servers page is displayed.

    3. Click the name of the WebLogic server where you want to deploy the cartridges.

      The configuration parameters for the server are displayed on a tabbed page.

    4. Click the Tuning tab, and modify the value of the Stuck Thread Max Time parameter to an appropriate value (for example 1800) in seconds.

    5. Click Save.

  2. Increase the value of the Timeout Seconds Java Transaction API parameter as follows:

    1. In the Domain Structure tree of the WebLogic Server Administration Console, click the name the WebLogic server domain.

      The configuration parameters for the domain are displayed on a tabbed page.

    2. Click the JTA tab, and modify the value of the Timeout Seconds parameter to an appropriate value. In most cases, a value of 2400 seconds is sufficient.

      Note:

      If the value is less than 600 when you run the Installer, you are prompted to increase it during installation.

    3. Click Save.

See the WebLogic Server documentation for more information about these parameters.