[Weblogic]: How to Deploy a Web App on OAM Weblogic Console

This post is divided into 3 sections:

1) Create a web-app.

2) Deploy it on the managed server.

3) Accessing the web-app.

Let's Start:

1) Create an web-app: For this i have an already created web-app, which contains a headers.jsp page.

• headers.jsp - This page will be used to display all the HTTP Headers that are set by the OAM-Weblogic.

2) Deploy web-app:

• Login to weblogic server: http://<host:port>/console

• Once you gets logged in, select 'Deployment' option under Domain Structure.

Note: Before you move to next step, copy the web-app folder to the domain directory i.e.

Copy to this path: <MiddlewareHome>/user_projects/domains/<your_domain_name>/

• Click 'install' button: This will lead you to deployment process.

• Now select your app folder

• Select the folder like here it is showing 'source' as it contains the app:

          Press Next....

Note: 

• Here the 'source' folder has the web app pages, thus when we need to actually access these resources from the browser. We will fire the request as:

         http://<host:port>/source/Login.jsp

• Thus in case if your folder name is something else, than you will access it from that name only.

         Syntax: http://host:port/<webapp folder name>/<resource name>

• On next page: nothing needs to be change as of now, keep on selecting the default option. Just press next.

• Available Targets: Select 'oam_server1' or you can also deploy it on Admin Server and press Next.

• General Assistance: This will show you the selected options, here you just need to press Next.

Note: One thing that you need to make a note of is the deployment name. Because in future if you need to update the app, you need the name.

• Finish: Click 'Finish' & it will deploy the app.

Note: Click the 'Activate Changes' button on the top left, this will apply the changes & no restart is required.

3) Accessing the web-app: 

• We need to make changes in mod_wl_ohs.conf file, & we need to front end the deployed app.

        Note: Here i have front ended the app with OHS. 

• '/source' is the app folder that we have chosen while deploying.
• Mention the host name - this will be the host on which you have installed the OHS.
• Mention the Port - this will be the port on which managed server is listening.
• Save the changes.
• Restart the OHS server.

• Open the browser, fire the url - http://<host:port>/source/headers.jsp
• It will redirect you to credential collector page. Provide the credentials.

• And you will get the 'headers.jsp' resource.

• Now you can even try to access other resources present on your OHS Server i.e. you have placed in htdocs folder. Like:

         http;//<host:port>/index.html

• You will not be asked for the credentials again, as you have already logged in & your OAMAUthnCookie & OAM_ID cookies are present with your browser.

Enjoy :-)