FlexDeploy is a J2EE application which may be installed on WebLogic or Tomcat application servers.

Requirements

• WebLogic 12.1.3 including JRF 12.1.3
  • We highly recommend using WebLogic 12.1.3 Installation Scripts for installation and configuration of WebLogic 12.1.3 domain).
  • It is very important that ADF(JRF) is also part of WebLogic installation for FlexDeploy. Install WebLogic Binaries step of WebLogic 12.1.3 Installation Scripts will install required binaries.
• 8GB of RAM
• 1 CPU
• JDK 1.7.0+ (for additional certifications, see 12.1.3 Certification Matrix)
• At least 20GB of available space, may need additional space based on purge criteria and usage.
• If you have not created FlexDeploy Working Directory and Artifact Repository folders are created, we will create in steps below. (See Create Folders for FlexDeploy Server)
• See Installation Instructions - Database Tier - Oracle for requirements on Database tier.
  • Supported database type with WebLogic application server is Oracle XE, Oracle Standard or Oracle Enterprise.
• Optional - consider Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) unlimited strength policy files to avoid SSH issues when using strong ciphers.

WebLogic Setup

Installation and Domain setup

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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

• Activate Changes if necessary.

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  language bash theme RDark title JVM arguments (Unix)
  -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -Xms1024m -Xmx2048mXmx4096m -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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  language powershell theme RDark title JVM arguments (Windows)
  -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -Xms1024m -Xmx2048mXmx4096m -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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At startup, FlexDeploy will upload and activate all the plugins. See Loading FlexDeploy PluginsPerform these steps for auto upload of plugins.

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

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• 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 FlexDeploy-WLS application is active after deployment. If not active, please start the FlexDeploy-WLS application.
• Plugins copied in previous steps should automatically upload and activate in few minutes.

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• Launch FlexDeploy in browser when managed server is Running. http://<host>:<port><managed server port>/flexdeploy
• Default credentials
• user - fdadmin
password - welcome1Complete the Initial Registration process, where you will create admin user for login.
• Please visit Administration - Plugins to view progress and eventually there should not be any jar files left in FLEXDEPLOY_WORKING_DIR/plugins.