What is Virtual Host in Weblogic , how to create it & what
is the advantage ?
Answer Posted / ram
Virtual Hosting a web application in weblogic 10
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Here are the steps how to create a name based virtual host
in weblogic server 10 and how to deploy a web application in
the virtual host using weblogic console.
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Step 1: Create new network channel
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You must be aware that a network channel is like a network
connection in weblogic. A network channel is a unique
combination of listen address, listen port, and protocol.
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In order to create a virtual host you first need to created
a network channel.
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Go to console -> left pane -> wl_server -> Environemnt ->servers
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-> Click Local & Edit
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Right pane:
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-> Go to 'exampleServer' -> protocols -> channels
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-> Click on Lock & Edit
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-> Click New
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-> Enter following details for channel.
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Name="mychannel", protocol=http
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Listen address = 127.0.0.1, Listen Port = 7003,
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Leave External Listen address and Leave External Listen Port
blank
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-> Click on 'Finish'
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-> Save changes
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-> Activate changes
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Note: After this step you have created a network channel.
That means your server
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will listen at given listening address and port. Try
accessing http://127.0.0.1:7003
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Step 2. Create new virtual host
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Go to console -> left pane -> wl_server -> environement ->
virtual hosts
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-> Click lock & edit
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Right pane :
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-> Click on New
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-> Enter Name 'myvh'
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-> save changes
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-> Activate changes
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Note: After this step a virtual host is created. It does not
mean anything unless you configure the virtual host as shown
in the next step.
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Step 3: Configure virtual host
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Go to console -> left pane -> wl_server -> environement ->
virtual hosts
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-> Click lock & edit
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Right pane:
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-> Click on 'myvh' virtual host link in the 'Virtual Hosts'
table.
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-> Enter 'myvh.oracle.com' in the 'Virtual Host Names' text box.
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-> Enter 'mychannel' in the 'Network Access Point Name' text
box.
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-> Save changes.
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-> Click on 'Targets' tab.
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-> Select 'exampleServer' in the 'servers' section.
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-> Save changes.
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-> Activate changes
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Step 4. Deploy application to virtual host
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Go to Console -> left pane -> wl_server -> deployments
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-> Click lock & edit
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Right pane:
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-> Click on 'Install'
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-> Click on "upload your files" link
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-> Click "browse" (against 'deployment archive' )
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-> select "sample.war"
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-> Click "Next"
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-> Choose 'sample.war' in the "location" section
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-> Choose "Install this deployment as an application" radio
button
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-> Click on "deployment targets" tab
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-> select 'myvh' -> Next -> Next -> Finish
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-> Save changes
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-> Activate changes
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Step 5. Create DNS entry in your hosts file.
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For linux hosts file is: /etc/hosts Append the following
line to the file as super user.
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127.0.0.1 myvh.oracle.com
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Save the changes to 'hosts' file.
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Note: Just saving the changes to 'hosts' file is enough to
activate the DNS entry.
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Step 6. Start the application.
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Go to Console -> left pane -> wl_server -> deployments ->
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Right pane:
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-> Select 'sample.war'.
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-> click on 'Start'.
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-> Complete the start process.
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Step 7. Access the virtual hosted application.
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Now you should be able to access the following url only from
the machine where you modified the 'hosts' file as mentioned
above. http://myvh.oracle.com:7003/sample/
If you want to use access the above url from any machine,
appropriate DNS entries need to be created by your network
administrator in your network Router.
Cheers,
Ravindran.
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