De-Mystifying Oracle Weblogic Server for Application Users

Agenda What is Weblogic? Role of Weblogic in Oracle Application Stack Weblogic's touch point with major applications like OBIEE, Oracle eBS etc. Security paradigm with Weblogic Summary 12/26/142

Speaker Bio – Shyam BI / DW Architect with IBM GBS (Oracle Practice) OCP since 1998 on 4 different DB versions, OBIEE / BI Apps certified (Oracle Certified Specialist) OAUG Ambassador for IBM President/Founder of BIWA / Exadata SIG’s – IOUG SIG’s for BI / DW and Exadata professionals Regular speaker at Oracle Open World (since ’03), Collaborate (since ’05), 3rd time at Connection Point, NYOUG etc Spoke on Big Data Analytics at Collaborate 2012 Bachelor’s from IIT-India, MBA and MS from FAU, FL 12/26/143

Speaker Bio – Abhinav BI Technical Leader with Mustang Engineering Helped design and build some of the largest implementations of OBIEE / OBIA. Writer of the e-book – “Understanding Oracle BI Concepts and Repository Modeling Basics”. OBIEE certified (Oracle Certified Specialist) Regular speaker at Oracle Open World (2010, 2012), Collaborate (since ’10) Well versed with OBIEE / OBIA / Informatica / Exalytics/ Exadata. 12/26/144

Client Server Application Three-tier Application Three Tier Applications 12/26/145

Benefits of Three-Tier Architecture Three-Tier Architecture provides the following benefits. Business Logic Abstraction—Business logic can be encapsulated in the middle tier instead of in the database tier or front end, allowing portability across DB vendors and allow thin client (PC, Tablet, Smartphone etc) Scalability—Each tier can scale horizontally. For example, you can load-balance the Presentation tier among three servers to satisfy more Web requests without adding servers to the Application and Data tiers. Performance—Because the Presentation tier can cache requests, network utilization is minimized, and the load is reduced on the Application and Data tiers. If needed, you can load-balance any tier. Availability—If the Application tier server is down and caching is sufficient, the Presentation tier can process Web requests using the cache. 12/26/146

Weblogic started in 1995 right before the dot com boom period. Created the first J2EE application server, namely WebLogic Application Server BEA Systems bought Weblogic in 1998 Oracle bought BEA Systems in 2008 Weblogic - Timeline 12/26/147

What is Weblogic? WebLogic is a server software application that runs on a middle tier, between back-end databases and related applications and browser-based thin clients. WebLogic Server contains Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) technologies. J2EE is the standard platform for developing multitier enterprise applications based on the Java programming language. The technologies that make up J2EE were developed collaboratively by Sun Microsystems and other software vendors, including BEA Systems. 12/26/148

Weblogic - Visual 12/26/14 Demystifying WebLogic Server for Application Users 9

What is J2EE? Short for Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition. J2EE is a platform-independent, Java-centric environment from Sun for developing, building and deploying Web- based enterprise applications online. J2EE platform consists of a set of services, APIs, and protocols that provide the functionality for developing multi-tiered, Web-based applications. Some of the key features and services of J2EE: At the client tier, J2EE supports pure HTML, as well as Java applets or applications. It relies on Java Server Pages and servlet code to create HTML or other formatted data for the client. Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) provide another layer where the platform's logic is stored. An EJB server provides functions such as threading, concurrency, security and memory management. These services are transparent to the author. Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), which is the Java equivalent to ODBC, is the standard interface for Java databases. The Java servlet API enhances consistency for developers without requiring a graphical user interface. 12/26/1410

J2EE Visual 12/26/1411

WebLogic Server Enterprise Edition = Standard Edition + Java SE Advanced + WebLogic Clustering + EM Diagnostics Pack for Middleware + Virtual Assembly Builder WebLogic Suite = Enterprise Edition + WL Operations Control + i AS EE + WL Operations Control + i AS EE + Coherence EE + WebLogic Real Time + Java SE Suite / Jrockit Real Time VM WebLogic Server Standard Edition WebLogic Server + Kodo Enterprise + TopLink and ADF + JDeveloper + Weblogic Workshop + Java SE Weblogic Server Packaging 12/26/1412

Weblogic Server Features Optimized for Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud. Graphical User Interface WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) High Availability & Failover Consolidated Administration, Configuration and Deployment Monitoring & Messaging Troubleshooting framework Easy linkage to Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Applications. 12/26/1413

Weblogic Server Versions Available in both 32-bit as well as 64-bit JVM’s. Supported on a variety of OS – Windows, Red Hat / Oracle Linux, Solaris, AIX, Mac OS. Web Servers Supported – iPlanet Web Server, Oracle HTTP Server, Apache and Microsoft IIS Server. Oracle Weblogic Server 12c (12.1.2) Oracle Weblogic Server 11g (10.3.6) 12/26/1414

Weblogic Server With OBIEE / EBS OBIEE Weblogic 11gR1 ( / ) Weblogic 11gR1 ( / ) Weblogic 11g R1(10.3.5) Weblogic 11gR1 (10.3.3) EBS 12.2Weblogic 11gR1 ( / ) 12/26/1415

Server Administration Console Web browser-based, graphical user interface to manage WebLogic Server domain. Use the Administration Console to: Configure, start, and stop WebLogic Server instances. Configure WebLogic Server services, such as database connectivity (JDBC) and messaging (JMS) Configure and deploy your applications Monitor server and application performance Administration Console Online Help. 12/26/1416

EM - Fusion Middleware Control Web browser-based, graphical user interface to monitor and administer a farm. Available at - To access Fusion Middleware Control and perform tasks, you must have the appropriate role It allows to mange the various applications in the farm. Not available in standalone Oracle Weblogic Server or Oracle Jdeveloper Installation. 12/26/1417

Comparison FMC / AC Fusion Middleware Control Manage SOA Environment. Manage ADF Applications. Security – Configure & Manage Auditing. Security - Configure SSL for Java & System components. Manage Components – View & Manage most of the log files. Manage Oracle HTTP Server Manage Oracle Web Cache. Start & Stop Components & Applications. Administration Console Manage Oracle Weblogic Server. Manage Data Sources. Manage JMS Resources. Security - Configure SSL for Weblogic Server. Manage Components – Access.log / EmbeddedLDAP.log & EmbeddedLDAPAccess.log Change Ports for Weblogic Server & Java Components. 12/26/1418

12/26/1419 How it Fits in Oracle Eco-sphere

12/26/1420 Weblogic Install

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Installation – R12.x Transparent integration with Oracle Universal Installer Silent-mode calls to install and configure Oracle Database 11.2, WebLogic Server (WLS) and Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) WLS port assignments Out of the box RAC install support 12/26/1423

Fusion Middleware Control 12/26/1424

R 12.x WLS Admin Console 12/26/1425

Oracle E-business Suite 12.1 Architecture 12/26/1426

12/26/1427 Oracle EBS R 12.x

Oracle BI Domain Made up of Java and non-Java components Java components hosted in WebLogic Server 11g Managed using OEM and WebLogic Admin Server 12/26/1428 OBIEE 11g and Weblogic

Administration of OBIEE OEM Fusion Middleware Control Manages FMW11g and OBIEE 11g Manage System and Java components Manage application roles and policies Monitor OBIEE performance & logs Deploy RPD and Catalog + Manages Oracle WebLogic Startup and Shutdown Managed Servers Maintain WLS LDAP Server Deploy Applications Monitor servers and clusters Oracle WebLogic Administration Console 12/26/1429

Weblogic - Security Realms 12/26/1430 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Weblogic Security Providers

12/26/1431 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning / AD Integration

Weblogic – Security Users 12/26/1432 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Security Users

Weblogic - Security Groups 12/26/1433 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Security Groups

Enterprise Manager Mapping Security Users and Groups to Application Roles 12/26/1434 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Application Roles

Enterprise Manager – Mapping Security Groups and Users to Application Roles 12/26/1435 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Application Roles (2)

Webcat: Folder and Object Permissions 12/26/1436 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Webcat Permissions

Metadata: Authorization on Subject Areas 12/26/14 Demystifying WebLogic Server for Application Users 37 How to Configure – OBIEE Security Provisioning Subject Area Provisioning

12/26/14Demystifying WebLogic Server for Application Users38 How to Migrate – OBIEE Security Provisioning / Groups & Roles

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