WebLogic Server on Linux 7 by René van Wijk

In this post, we will set-up a WebLogic Server environment on Linux 7 hosts; Show how to create systemd unit files for the Node Manager and the Apache HTTP Server (that contains the WebLogic Server Proxy Plug-In); See how automation tools, such as Ansible, can be made operating system version aware such that the same configuration can be used for multiple operating system distributions; Finally, we will test the environment.
And yes, WebLogic Server is supported on Linux 7 – just take a look at the certification matrix. Here, we see that WebLogic 12.1.3 with Oracle JDK 1.8.0_20+ is certified on Linux 7 (Oracle Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7).

Creating virtual machines

The steps to create a virtual machine are as follows

Open VMWare WorkStation and click file, new virtual machine.
Choose custom and click next.
Choose a certain virtual machine hardware compatibility. In this case we choose Workstation 11.0. Click next.
Choose I will install the operating system later. Click next.
Select the guest operating system. In this case we choose Linux and set the version to CentOS 64-bit.
Click next and enter the following parameters:
- virtual machine name: machine1dotcom
- location: C:\temp\VirtualMachines\machine1dotcom
Click next.
Choose the number of processors, for example one processor with four cores, and click next.
Configure the amount of memory for the virtual machine, for example 4096MB, and click next.
Select the network type, for example network address translation (NAT), and click next.
Select the I/O controller type (choose the recommended type) and click next.
Select the virtual disk type (choose the recommended type) and click next.
Select create a new virtual disk and click next. This article provides information on increasing the size of a virtual disk. This procedure is necessary to accommodate data requirements that have changed since the creation of the virtual disk.
Enter the disk capacity, for example 20GB, select split virtual disk into multiple files and click next.
Enter the name for the disk file and click next.
Click finish
After the virtual machine is created click edit virtual machine settings