RESTful Management Services in Oracle WebLogic Server 12c

Version: 12.1.1 (developer edition, ZIP, no installer)

Installation

unzip wls1211_dev as follows

In order to be able to work with this edition we have to call configure.cmd. This basically unpacks all jars, create the registry.xml and wlserver\.product.properties

To have some reusable snippets I have created additional scripts in the new MW_HOME

env_wls12c_dev.cmd

@echo off
@rem ***************************************************************************
@rem This script is used to set the environment for
@rem Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.1 dev ZIP edition
@rem ***************************************************************************

set MW_HOME=C:\oracle\product\12.1.1\middleware
set JAVA_HOME=C:\oracle\product\11.1.2.1\middleware\jdk160_24
set JAVA_VENDOR=Sun

install_wls12c_dev.cmd

@echo off
@rem ***************************************************************************
@rem This script is used to install Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.1 dev ZIP edition
@rem ***************************************************************************

call env_wls1211_dev.cmd

title Installing WLS 12.1.1.0...

call %MW_HOME%\configure.cmd

pause

Now execute install_wls12c_dev.cmd

In order to create a domain by configuration wizard

a) call env_wls12c_dev.cmd

b) %MW_HOME%\wlserver\common\bin\config.cmd

RESTful Management Service API

Sounds cool...lets try

Activate by Domain > Configuration > Advanced Configuation > Enable RESTful Management Services

=> (restart required)

After restart you will notice the following in the output

INFO: Scanning for root resource and provider classes in the packages:
 weblogic.management.rest.resources
 weblogic.management.rest.provider
13.12.2011 00:03:13 com.sun.jersey.api.core.ScanningResourceConfig logClasses
INFO: Root resource classes found:
 class weblogic.management.rest.resources.ApplicationResource
 class weblogic.management.rest.resources.TestResource
 class weblogic.management.rest.resources.ClusterResource
 class weblogic.management.rest.resources.DataSourceResource
 class weblogic.management.rest.resources.ServerResource
13.12.2011 00:03:13 com.sun.jersey.api.core.ScanningResourceConfig logClasses
INFO: Provider classes found:
 class weblogic.management.rest.provider.CollectionResponseXmlProvider
 class weblogic.management.rest.provider.ItemResponseJsonProvider
 class weblogic.management.rest.provider.CollectionResponseJsonProvider
 class weblogic.management.rest.provider.CollectionResponseHtmlProvider
 class weblogic.management.rest.provider.ItemResponseHtmlProvider
 class weblogic.management.rest.provider.ItemResponseXmlProvider
13.12.2011 00:03:14 com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl _i
nitiate
INFO: Initiating Jersey application, version 'Jersey: 1.9 09/02/2011 11:17 AM'

(=> This is good news! It states that some RESTful service will be available.)

After Restart open http://localhost:7001/management/tenant-monitoring/servers

(the authorized users must be in the group Administrators or Monitors)

Login in as weblogic user and see the default HTML output

If you e.g. need better proccessable formats, JSON and XML are of course also supported. Let's see how it is done and what it looks.

Add Accept Header with application/json

Add Accept Header with application/xml

Currently there is REST support for Servers (all in a domain or specific one), Clusters ( all in a domain or specific incl server members), applications (all in a domain or specific app), data sources (all in a domain or specific).

With these capabilities it' possible to implement a custom monitoring solution. A slim mobile wls monitoring app (and more)! => Hands on;)

See doc for details of all available RESTful-Services in WLS12.1.1 http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24329_01/web.1211/e26722/toc.htm

Collected Documentation links

Overview OTN: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/documentation/index.html

WLS 12c  Data sheet: http://www.oracle.com/us/products/middleware/application-server/oracle-weblogic-server-ds-1391360.pdf

WLS 12c online Documentation Library: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24329_01/index.htm

Usind RESTful Services  With WLS 12c: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24329_01/web.1211/e26722/toc.htm

Dislikes

- Still many BEA* stuff in diffrent scripts. It would be nice to have a clean and straight product without any historical garbage.

- configure.xml : ProgramGroupName=BEA WebLogic Platform 10.3 (Integrated Build)....


Why there is still the need to have a programm group called "BEA WebLogic Platform 10.3"?


My suggestions: Oracle WebLogic Platform 12.1.1 or Oracle Fusion Middleware Platform 12.1.1, everythin else, but not 10.3!

Like

- Java EE 6 Support. (It took a long time..)


- Better Maven Support


- RESTful Management Service


- ZIP distribution. Although the file is called wls1211_dev.zip it is possible to create a domain in production mode by the configuration wizard. At least in a simple testdrive it worked for me.


-Startup time feels better than wls11g


- more to test...(-Dservertype=wlx  to avoid loading EJB, JMS, JCA )