Weblogic 10.3.5 Silent Installation on Linux

In this tutorials, we are going to learn on how to install WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.3) in Silent Mode on Linux(64-bit) platform.

Downloads:

Weblogic server can be download from here.

You need to accept the license agreement before downloading the software.

Select the version "Oracle WebLogic Server 11gR1 (10.3.5) + Coherence - Package Installer(Generic installer)" Under Additional Platforms(64-bit JVM) column. Select "File1".

A prompt will open which will ask you to Save the file. (the file will be a jar with file extension (".jar"). Save this file under (C:\wls\linux64) folder).

File size is 1.04Gb. Make sure you have enough disk space to save the file.

Once the file is copied to the folder. You need to remote copy the file to the Linux server. There are many tools available to ftp the file. I use winscp, here is the complete guide on how to install and use the winscp on your system.

Pre-requisite:

Make sure you download and install the JDK 1.6 version for 64 bit operating system. As it is required to execute the weblogic generic installer.

Installation:

Once the file is copied on the Linux server (example: /home/weblogic).

Weblogic Platform Installation Steps:

1. Change the file permission as follows.

chmod a+x wls1035_generic.jar
                        

2. Create a silent.xml file. The installer will read the configuration information from the silent.xml file, so user does not have to input the values during the silent installation process. Below is the sample silent.xml file, which you can use for the weblogic platform installation. You can change the values according to your environment.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Silent installer option: -mode=silent -silent_xml=/home/me/silent.xml -->
<bea-installer>
  <input-fields>
  <data-value name="BEAHOME" value="/u01/oracleHome" />
  <data-value name="WLS_INSTALL_DIR" value="/u01/oracleHome/weblogic10.3.3" />
  <data-value name="WLW_INSTALL_DIR" value="/u01/oracleHome/workshop10.3.3" />
  <data-value name="COMPONENT_PATHS" value="WebLogic Server" />
  <data-value name="USE_EXTERNAL_ECLIPSE" value="false" />
  <data-value name="EXTERNAL_ECLIPSE_DIR" value="/u01/oracleHome/eclipse" />
  <data-value name="INSTALL_NODE_MANAGER_SERVICE" value="no" />
  <data-value name="NODEMGR_PORT" value="5559" />
  </input-fields>
</bea-installer>
                        

3. Now, run the command as follows to install the weblogic on 64 bit Linux operating system.

java -d64 -jar wls1035_generic.jar -mode=silent -silent_xml=/u01/scripts/silent.xml
                        

That`s it the silent mode installation of weblogic platform is completed successfully on 64-bit Linux Operating System.

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