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• Login into the WebLogic Administration Console
  • http://<adminserver host>:<adminserver port>/console
• Lock console for Edit if necessary.

• Click on the FlexDeploy_Server1 server.

• From the Configuration tab, and the Server Start sub-tab, enter the following values in the Arguments section as per Operating System.

• Make sure to Click Save and

• Activate Changes if necessary.

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  -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -Dflexagon.fd.install.root=/opt/flexdeploy/application -Dflexagon.fd.repository.root=/opt/flexdeploy/repository -Doracle.jdbc.autoCommitSpecCompliant=false -Doracle.mds.cache=simple -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom -DUseSunHttpHandler=true

  
  

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  -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -Xms1024m -Xmx2048m -Dflexagon.fd.install.root=c:/flexdeploy/application -Dflexagon.fd.repository.root=c:/flexdeploy/repository -Doracle.jdbc.autoCommitSpecCompliant=false -Doracle.mds.cache=simple -Djava.awt.headless=true -DUseSunHttpHandler=true

  
  

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  Please make sure to modify the arguments for Server working directory (-Dflexagon.fd.install.root) and Artifacts repository (-Dflexagon.fd.repository.root) as per your installation. Be careful in copying arguments from browser due to potential character changes.

  
  

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• Login into the WebLogic Administration Console
  • http://<adminserver host>:<adminserver port>/console
• Lock console for Edit if necessary.
• Go to Services(left pane) - Data Sources - New (Generic Data Source for on-premise and GridLink Data Source for Cloud Based)
• Set following values, then click Next
  • Name: flexdb
  • JNDI Name: jdbc/flexdbDS
  • Database Type: Oracle
• Select Database Driver per the platform installation:
  • for on-premise use Oracle's Driver (Thin) for Instance Connections: Versions Any, then click Next.
  • for Cloud based use Oracle's Driver (Thin) for GridLink Connections: Versions Any, then click Next.
  • Do not use XA DataSource for this purpose.
• Leave transaction information as default, then click Next.
• Set following values, then click Next.
  • for on premise use:
    • Database Name: ORCL, XE or custom database name
    • Host Name: IP address or DNS name of database server
  • for Cloud Based use:
    • Complete JDBC URL: The connect descriptor from the Database Cloud Service instance attached to your Java Cloud Service instance
  • Database User Name: fd_admin
  • Password: <password for fd_admin> (password was setup when running Database schema setup in previous step)
• Test the configuration, then click Next.
• Select the cluster to associate the data source to (FlexDeploy_Cluster), then click Finish.
• Adjust the Maximum Capacity of the data source
  • Click on the newly created data source under Services - Data Sources
  • Click on flexdb
  • Click on Configuration tab, and then Connection Pool sub-tab
  • Change Maximum Capacity to 100.
  • Click Save.
• Activate Changes if necessary.

Setup Logger Configurations

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From the extracted zip directory navigate to the WebLogic sub-directory, locate the EAR file (FlexDeploy-WLS.ear), and follow these instructions to install the EAR.

• Login into the WebLogic Administration Console
  • http://<adminserver host>:<adminserver port>/console
• Shutdown the FlexDeploy_Server1 managed server if it is Running.
  
  • Go to the Environment – Servers (left pane)
  • Click on the Control tab
  • Select the FlexDeploy_Server1 managed server
  • Click Shutdown - Force Shutdown Now
  • Wait for server to completely shut down
• Lock console for Edit if necessary.
• Install EAR file
  • Go to Deployments (left pane)If FlexDeploy_WebLogic_[version] is already installed, uninstall it.
  • If your domain is using Production mode, click Lock and Edit first
  Scroll down until the FlexDeploy ear is found (may be on next page)
  • Select the FlexDeploy_WebLogic_[version] and click Delete.
  • Activage Changes before next step.
  • If your domain is using Production mode, click Lock and Edit first
  • Click Install
    We need to transfer downloaded FlexDeploy EAR to AdminServer for installation, use either Click Install
    
    • For installation of EAR we can either use copy or upload option
      
      • Copy option
        
        • Copy downloaded FlexDeploy EAR downloaded FlexDeploy-WLS.ear file to <Domain Home>/applications folder on AdminServer host.
        • Use Path input box or Recently Used Paths links to navigate to copied EAR file, then select EAR file and click Next.
      • Upload option
        
        • Click Upload your file(s) link (in the middle of the note)
        • Click the Choose File button
        • Select downloaded FlexDeploy EAR -WLS.ear from your computer
        • Click Open
        • When upload completes, newly uploaded FlexDeploy EAR File should already be listed in Path, Click Next.
    • Select Install this deployment as an application and click Next
    • Select the appropriate server (FlexDeploy_Server1) under the cluster and click Next
    • Click Finish.
• Activate Changes Setup to automatic upload of Pluginsif necessary.

Copy Plugins for Auto upload

At startup, FlexDeploy will upload and activate all the plugins.

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See Loading FlexDeploy Plugins

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• Create a folder called plugins inside your FlexDeploy working directory. Move or copy all the jar files from <WebLogic Complete Zip>/plugins to FLEXDEPLOY_WORKING_DIR/plugins.

Start FlexDeploy Server

• Login into the WebLogic Administration Console
  • http://<adminserver host>:<adminserver port>/console
• Start the FlexDeploy_Server1 managed server
  • Go to Environment– Servers (left pane)
  • Click on Control tab
  • Select the FlexDeploy_Server1 managed serer
  • Click the Start button
  • Wait for server to completely start
• Ensure that the application is active after deployment. If not active, please start the FlexDeploy-WLS application.
• Plugins copied in previous steps should load automatically upload and activate in few minutes.

Launch FlexDeploy

• Launch FlexDeploy in browser when managed server is Running. http://<host>:<port>/flexdeploy
• Default credentials
  • user - fdadmin
  • password - welcome1
• Please visit Administration - Plugins to view progress and eventually there should not be any jar files left in FLEXDEPLOY_WORKING_DIR/plugins.

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