Course Introduction
Course Objectives
Course Overview
Using the Workbook
Suggested References

Introduction to WebLogic 8.1
What is Java?
What is J2EE?
The J2EE Architecture
Servlets and JSPs
Enterprise JavaBeans
Application Server
Web Container
EJB Container
BEA WebLogic Platform

WebLogic Installation and Testing
System Configuration
Installation Files
Installation
Silent Installation
WebLogic Directory Structure
WebLogic Directory Structure (cont'd)
Building a Domain
Building a Domain (Custom mode)
WebLogic Server types
config.xml.booted
Domain File Structure
config.xml
startweblogic.cmd
Testing your Installation
Configuring Startup
Running the WebLogic Console
Shutting down WebLogic

Weblogic Console Administration
Console Overview
Console
Centralized Administration
Monitoring Weblogic Servers
Monitoring Weblogic Servers (cont'd)
Configuring a New Machine
Configuring a new Server
Configuring Domain Properties
Building a Managed Server
Weblogic Node Manager
Monitoring Domain Logging
Weblogic Server Memory
Weblogic Server Memory (cont'd)

JNDI with Weblogic 8.1
What is JNDI?
JNDI Service Providers
JNDI and Weblogic
Using JNDI
JNDI Client
JNDI Registration
Monitoring JNDI

WebLogic Deployments
Deployments Overview
EJB Jar Files
EJB Home Interface
EJB Remote Interface
EJB Implementation Class
Deployment Descriptors
DD file format
Reading a DTD
web.xml
weblogic.xml
ejb-jar.xml
weblogic-ejb-jar.xml
weblogic-cmp-rdbms.xml
Ant
War and Ear files
War file structure
Web Application Context
Deployment techniques
Expanded Directory Deployment
weblogic.Deployer
wldeploy ant task
Console Deployment
Deployment Descriptor Viewer
WebLogic Builder
Tuning EJB Depoyments
Startup and Shutdown Classes
Autoloading Servlets
 Configuring JDBC
JDBC Architecture
JDBC Drivers
JDBC Driver Install
Connection Pool
Configuring Connection Pools
Data Sources
Monitoring Pool Performance
Tuning Pool Performance
JDBC Multipools

Configuring JMS
Asynchronous Messaging
Messages
Queue
Topic
JMS Connection Factory
JMS Servers
Configuration of JMS Destinations
Monitoring JMS Servers
Connecting External JMS Providers\

WebLogic HTTP Server
Overview
Configuring HTTP
Web-server Proxy
WebLogic Plug-in
IIS and WebLogic
Apache and WebLogic
Virtual Hosts
HTTP Log Files

WebLogic Security
WebLogic Security Design
Weblogic Security Providers
Authorization
Authentication-Users
Authentication-Groups
Authentication Roles
Integration with legacy providers
Security Administration Tasks
Handling User Lockouts
Securing a Web Application Hands-on
Securing a Web Application Hands-On (cont'd)
Defining your own realm
Configuring Providers

Configuring WebLogic Clusters
Clustering Servers
Cluster Layout
Cluster Design
Implementing a Cluster
Configuring the Cluster
Load Balancing
Clustered Servers
Cluster Communication
Administration Server Failure
Configuring Replication Groups
Tuning Weblogic Clusters
Web Application Fail-over

Node Manager
What is Node Manager?
Node Manager Details
Configuring Node Manager
Configuring Node Manager (Cont'd)
Node Manager Startup
Node Manager Domain Management
Node Manager Services
Node Manager Health Monitoring
Node Manager Logging

Web Services
Overview of Web Services
What Does a Web Service Do?
What Are the Standards?
WebLogic Web Services
Building a Web Service Hands-on
Running Web Services