Installing Oracle WebLogic Server 11g

This section shows you how to install the latest release of WebLogic Server. As you'll see, the installation is remarkably easy. Of course, once you create your WebLogic Server domain, you'll need to spend time configuring it, and this could take a significant amount of time. Chapter 3 explains WebLogic Server domain configuration.

Although the installation steps and screenshots pertain to a Windows installation, they're very similar to the installation steps you need to follow for a UNIX or Linux installation, except for a few operating system differences. All the scripts provided for starting and stopping the servers, for example, come in two versions—a Windows and a UNIX version. For example, the counterpart in UNIX for the Java Windows command script for starting a Managed Server, startManagedWebLogic.cmd, is the startManagedWebLogic.sh script.