createOrUpdateDataSources

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Last updated: Nov 08, 2018 by Karl Henselin

Creates or updates the data sources that are defined by properties files. The properties files will be processed for property replacement using ${{VARIABLE_NAME}} format. See Property Replacement Support for more information about property replacement.

If using multiple files, make sure that the lists contain unique values across files. Best practice would be to use the WebLogic DataSource Name as the list identifier for datasources.

If you want to detect changes in WebLogic resource (properties) files and only deploy changed files, you can implement custom workflow as defined in Custom Workflow to detect changes in Properties Files.

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Environment/Instance Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Oracle Weblogic Home (WL_HOME)

FDWLS_WEBLOGIC_HOME

Yes

WebLogic Home Directory. (e.g. /u01/oracle/products/fmw/wlserver)

Weblogic Domain Name

FDWLS_DOMAIN_NAME

Yes

WebLogic Domain Name.

Weblogic Admin Listen Address

FDWLS_ADMIN_LISTEN_ADDRESS

Yes

The listener address of the WLS admin server. (e.g. localhost)

Weblogic Admin Listen Port

FDWLS_ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT

Yes

The port of the WLS admin server. (e.g. 7001)

Weblogic Admin SSL Connection

FDWLS_ADMIN_USE_SSL

No

Indicates whether the admin server is using SSL.

Weblogic Admin User

FDWLS_ADMIN_USER

Yes

The user name for the WLS admin server.

Weblogic Admin Password

FDWLS_ADMIN_PASSWORD

Yes

The password for Weblogic Admin User.

Weblogic Admin Domain Directory

FDWLS_ADMIN_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY

No

Weblogic Domain Directory for AdminServer. If not provided, Weblogic Domain Directory will be used.

Weblogic Domain Directory

FDWLS_DOMAIN_DIRECTORY

Yes

Weblogic Domain Directory.(e.g. /u01/oracle/config/domains/soa_domain)

Project Properties

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description





Inputs

Property Name

Property Code

Required

Description

Properties File Path

FILE_PATH_TO_PROPERTIES

No

Comma-separated list of paths to the properties file(s).
If relative paths are given, they are assumed relative to the FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR directory.
If this property is not specified, all properties files in the FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR directory will be processed.

Outputs

Output Name

Required

Description

FDWLS_OUT_IS_RESTART_REQUIRED

No

A boolean value that indicates whether the server needs to be restarted to finish applying the configuration changes. You could use this in a workflow condition.

Artifacts

This operation consumes properties-file artifacts.

Endpoint Selection

This operation will select all available endpoints associated to the Environment/Instance which have a resource type of WLS Admin Server . Since the admin server only runs on one server, it is expected that for a given domain, there will only be one endpoint with a resource type set to WLS Admin Server

Endpoint Execution

This operation will execute on the Admin Server endpoint selected using the WLS Admin Server resource type.

Special Considerations

If Properties File Path is not specified, the FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR folder will be used. If a relative path is specified, the path will be relative to the FD_ARTIFACTS_DIR directory.
WebLogic configuration files including Data Sources are backed up to FD_TEMP_DIR/configbackup before modifications. As with all files in the endpoint working directory, these files will be saved for 3 days before being deleted.

It is important to set up the properties files like the examples below.

Example Folder Structure

  • Properties file can be named as per your requirements. See Example Properties File below.
  • datasources.properties – This is the main properties file. The path to it is referenced by the Properties File Path input.
  • DEV/datasources.properties - optionally create a file here and override some properties with it per environment. The filename must match.
  • PROD/datasources.properties - optionally have several environments.
    • Sub folder names for environment overrides must be FlexDeploy environment code.

Example Property File

This sample file defines two simple data sources with a sub-set of the available properties.