Install WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4

Setup

Prerequisites

Access as root user or user having root privileges
Latest version of Java 8

Download Java 8 latest version from Oracle official website and install on server

# /opt/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java -version java version "1.8.0_241" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_241-b07) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.241-b07, mixed mode)
Create a new user and group "weblogic". This user will be used to run weblogic services

Set /opt/weblogic as home directory for weblogic user. This directory will also be used as WebLogic installed files

# useradd -d /opt/weblogic weblogic
# id weblogic uid=1003(weblogic) gid=1003(weblogic) groups=1003(weblogic)

Download WebLogic Server

Login as root user or with user having root privileges
Download WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4 from the official website using the following link.

Download WebLogic Server 12.2.1.4

# ls -l fmw_12.2.1.4.0_wls.jar -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 866733871 Aug 29 15:13 fmw_12.2.1.4.0_wls.jar

WebLogic Server Pre-Install Setup

Open a new SSH terminal and login as weblogic user
Set weblogic user environment variables
# vi .bash_profile export MW_HOME=/opt/weblogic/12.2.1.4.0 export WLS_HOME=$MW_HOME/wlserver export WL_HOME=$WLS_HOME # Set to the appropriate JAVA_HOME. export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.8.0_241 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH export DOMAIN_BASE=$WL_HOME/config/domains export DOMAIN_HOME=$DOMAIN_BASE/ltsDOMAIN
Create response file for WebLogic Install
# vi /tmp/fmw_infr.rsp [ENGINE] Response File Version=1.0.0.0.0 [GENERIC] ORACLE_HOME=/opt/weblogic/12.2.1.4.0 INSTALL_TYPE=WebLogic Server MYORACLESUPPORT_USERNAME= MYORACLESUPPORT_PASSWORD= DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false PROXY_HOST= PROXY_PORT= PROXY_USER= PROXY_PWD= COLLECTOR_SUPPORTHUB_URL=
Create inventory response file
# vi /tmp/oraInst.loc inventory_loc=/opt/weblogic/oraInventory inst_group=weblogic

WebLogic Server Pre-Install Setup

Open a new SSH terminal and login as weblogic user
Install WebLogic Server
# java -jar /tmp/fmw_12.2.1.4.0_wls.jar -silent -responseFile /tmp/fmw_infr.rsp -invPtrLoc /tmp/oraInst.loc Launcher log file is /tmp/OraInstall2021-08-29_04-27-11PM/launcher2021-08-29_04-27-11PM.log. Extracting the installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done Checking if CPU speed is above 300 MHz. Actual 2903.996 MHz Passed Checking swap space: must be greater than 512 MB. Actual 1023 MB Passed Checking if this platform requires a 64-bit JVM. Actual 64 Passed (64-bit not required) Checking temp space: must be greater than 300 MB. Actual 3656 MB Passed Preparing to launch the Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2021-08-29_04-27-11PM Log: /tmp/OraInstall2021-08-29_04-27-11PM/install2021-08-29_04-27-11PM.log Copyright (c) 1996, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Reading response file.. Skipping Software Updates Starting check : CertifiedVersions Expected result: One of oracle-6, oracle-7, redhat-7, redhat-6, SuSE-11, SuSE-12, SuSE-15 Actual Result: redhat-7.6 Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed CertifiedVersions Check: Success. Starting check : CheckJDKVersion Expected result: 1.8.0_191 Actual Result: 1.8.0_241 Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed CheckJDKVersion Check: Success. Validations are enabled for this session. Verifying data Copying Files Percent Complete : 10 Percent Complete : 20 Percent Complete : 30 Percent Complete : 40 Percent Complete : 50 Percent Complete : 60 Percent Complete : 70 Percent Complete : 80 Percent Complete : 90 Percent Complete : 100 The installation of Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c WebLogic Server and Coherence 12.2.1.4.0 completed successfully. Logs successfully copied to /opt/weblogic/oraInventory/logs.
WebLogic Server Install is complete.