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Installing WebLogic Server Software

The installation program packaged with WebLogic Server provides a straightforward way to install WebLogic Server on all required machines in the development environment. Follow the instructions in the program, and choose the default parameters and a Typical Installation unless you have a strong reason to customize the process.

When the installation process is complete, each machine will have a copy of WebLogic Server, but it will not yet have an empty domain to use for your application. You must create a Basic WebLogic Server Domain on each machine in the development environment using the Domain Configuration Wizard program. This program is available from the Start menu in Windows or may be started using the config script in the $WL_HOME/common/bin directory. The wizard program allows you to set up an empty domain quickly, using the Express Configuration option, or to customize the created domain using the Customized Configuration option. See the online Domain Configuration Wizard documentation at http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs81/adminguide/createdomainl for detailed instructions.

One final comment on hardware and software before we move on: Be sure to install WebLogic Server on the development servers in a manner consistent with your security and network rules. Never install WebLogic Server using the root account on a Unix machine, for example. Always create a weblogic or bea user account for this purpose and limit access to this account to certain developers or leads on the project. Create a weblogic group and make the weblogic user account a member of that group. Create additional developer accounts in the weblogic group and control their level of access to WebLogic Server files and directory structures using the standard permissions facilities of Unix.