Weblogic help 4

[shahrokhnikou]

Hi dears,

I'm new to weblogic and I've got a task to install weblogic server in RedHat linux server, I've tried to up2date a weblogic package from the RedHat web site but I failed, due to my lacking of experience I'm not able to do the task, I really appreciate if someone who could help me in this matter.

 

[RhythmAce]

If it doesn't come included in the red hat packages then up2date won't find it in any of the repositories. You may have to go to weblogic's site and downoad the rpm version if they have it. After you download the file, execute this command: "rpm -Uvh *.rpm" assuming you have root or su access. If weblogic is not installed then use this command: "rpm -ivh *.rpm". If there is only one rpm package in the current directory, then it is ok to use the wildcard (*). For us hunters 'n peckers it's much faster. ;-) If it only comes in a tarball then you have to compile it your self. Generally, it only requires these few steps:

1) tar -zxvf *.gz # This will uncompress the file.

2)Move to the new directory that was created and issue these commands:

./configure
make
make install

There is usually a README or INSTALL file with more complete instructions but I just wanted to show you that it was a fairly simple thing to do. I also just want to add that when you download a file, it will usually be in your home directory or that last directory you downloaded to. Some people can never find their downloads.

 

[shahrokhnikou]

Hi,
Thank you very much because of your fast reply!!!!
As I said I'm new to linux world and specially to weblogic. So please don't mind if I make very simple or"stupid" question.I really need help.
with RedHat it didn't come that packege and also when I write this command to "up2date weblogic or rpm weblogic" it won't find it in any of the repositories. And I don't know how can I download it from elsewhere.I tried those commands which you gave but I got reply "command not find"
rpm -Uvh *.rpm
rpm -ivh *.rpm
What you explained to me seems to very technical so would you please tell what should I do now?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[ericbrunson]

Weblogic (if you're referring to the J2EE container) is a licensed commercial product. You would have to get the installation files from the company.

 

[shahrokhnikou]

In my company, They ask me to install web logic server. I'm working there as linux server admin, So does this information help? and really I have no idea does it concern to J2EE or not.

 

[danomac]

In addition to RhythmAce's post:

If you do have more than one RPM in the directory type the first 3-4 letters of it and press the TAB key and the shell will autocomplete it for you.

 

[RhythmAce]

You can download weblogic from here but as eric pointed out, it looks like it is commercial software. If your company is already licensed to use it, you may need a key code of some type to get the full version to work.

 

[RhythmAce]

I did a little further digging and found that the Enterprise version of Red Hat comes bundled with Weblogic. This is very good news if you have the original CDs because you can install weblogic from them if it is not already installed. You can use the rpm package manager to check for you using the following command:

rpm -q weblogic

If it isn't installed it will tell you. I don't use the enterprise addition but there may be a package installer kind of like the one Windows has. I lets you choose from a list which is broken down by categories. If there is nothing like that, you can search the CDs in the /rpms directories. For the most part, packages are in alphabetical order so it shouldn't be too hard to find. If you find it, let us know if you need more help installing it.

 

[SamBones]

You can download Weblogic from BEA's website. Try this link...

http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=index.htm&FP=/content/products/weblogic

If you are using it for commercial purposes, you will need to pay for a license. Otherwise a developer license and/or scale-limited non-commercial license is installed automatically. This limits you to 5 connections (not concurrent, but total. It records IP addresses).

The Linux download is for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x86).

Hope this helps.

 

[shahrokhnikou]

Hi guys,

First of all thank you all of you with your hints and advices, My boss and supervisor are in holiday so I do'nt know how should I buy the license. I try that command (rpm -q weblogic) but said "package weblogic is not installed". One of my problem is I don't know how can I download software from linux command prompt. I've only command prompt and every thing that I should do I must do it in command line which is why most of my difficulties are in this mode. So refer to link from previous message how can be download from command line? any other help? I'm so shame due to my simple questions and rud requests.

Regards for excellent guys,

 

[RhythmAce]

Not a problem. Linux comes with text versions of both the http and ftp clients. Type "man lynx" and "man ftp" to learn more about these. If you have more qustions about them, well you know where to come.

 

[SamBones]

You can go to the BEA link using the browser you are using right now to access Tek-Tips. Go to the link, locate the correct version of Weblogic, and download it to your PC (I'm assuming you're getting to Tek-Tips from a PC).

Once it's on your PC, you can FTP it to your Linux system. Just open a command window (Start->Run: cmd), then type "ftp <linuxservername>". Then PUT the file in BINary mode. Then you can follow the installation instructions on BEA's website.

There is a BEA Weblogic forum on Tek-Tips, but it seems to be a dead forum. Nobody ever replies to any of the questions.

Hope this helps.

 

[SamBones]

Also, if your boss is out, you can still install it and use it. The developer license that comes with it will let you set it up and use it. Once you can buy a license when your boss comes back, just drop it in the weblogic home directory and run the UpdateLicense.sh shell script. That will activate your license.

Until then, you can still use it for development as much as you want.

Hope this helps.