If you have any WLS experience, you will understand that WLS is an application in its own right, and a server that runs other applications. If you don't have any WLS experience, don't be discouraged by the many options and configuration points that it offers. At the moment, only concern yourself with the WLS components that relate to the operation of the Oracle BI 12c environment.
The goal of this section is for you to familiarize yourself with the Oracle BI 12c System Management tools. You'll review the main areas of the system, which an Oracle BI administrator frequents, and gain a better sense of how Oracle BI 12c fits together with Fusion Middleware. Follow along from your Oracle BI 12c installation with the steps provided in the following subsections.
Let's begin by getting into the WLS administration console. This is fairly straightforward; just complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the WLS administration console via
http://<server_name>:<default port>/console/(the default port is typically 9500 for Oracle BI 12c), where<server_name>is the name of the server where you've installed Oracle BI 12c.- For previous versions of Oracle BI, for example, 11g, the WLS port is 7001
- Once logged in, you will see a navigation index on the left-hand pane of the GUI. You will use this navigation panel to move around WLS for these walkthrough exercises. Notice the
bidomain under the Domain Structure section. BI is the default name of the WLS domain into which Oracle BI 12c is installed:
Please keep in mind the Change Center area above the Domain Structure menu shown in the preceding screenshot, since you will frequently use the Change Center Lock & Edit and Release Configuration options when administering WLS.
If your login was successful, continue with the steps. If not, make sure that your WebLogic Server has been started. We are operating under the premise that the Oracle BI 12c installation succeeded and all is operational from this point forward.
Tip
Let's get started!As shown in an earlier chapter, the Oracle BI 12c system launches in the default browser after installation completes, in a Windows OS. At this time in the installation, the entire system, including WLS, is up-and-running. If you have restarted the machine and so on, you must start the Oracle BI 12c system via the command line. The easiest way to get Oracle BI 12c started is to open a terminal window or command prompt. Then, navigate to the ORACLE_HOME folder and the /bitools folder for your Oracle BI 12c installation, <ORACLE_HOME>user_projectsdomainsiitoolsin, then execute the start.cmd|sh script.
You'll stay inside the WebLogic Server administration console during this walkthrough, until otherwise stated.