Deploying the resource adapter

When deploying applications under Oracle WebLogic Server, you can use the following methods depending on the server startup mode:

• Production mode as startup mode

  Automatic deployment is globally inactive.

  The following three deployment possibilities are available:

  • Deployment in the browser using the WebLogic Server Administration Console

  • Deployment using the weblogic.Deployer tool

  • Deployment with the Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool

• Development mode as startup mode

  The WebLogic Server instances can deploy and update applications automatically if these files are present in the directory domain_name/autodeploy. Oracle recommends only using this method for applications in "single-server" configurations.

  This method is not generally recommended for the BeanConnect resource adapter.

For the BeanConnect resource adapter, it is advisable to use one of the deployment methods that are also possible in production mode in development mode, see below.

Example:

Proceed as follows to deploy the resource adapter in the browser using the WebLogic Server Administration Console:

1. Create the file weblogic-ra.xml.

2. Add weblogic-ra.xmlto the META-INF sub-directory of the BeanConnect RAR archive: jar uf BC65A00.rar META-INF/ weblogic-ra.xml

3. Start the web browser, log in at the WebLogic Server Administration Console and perform the following steps:

Navigate to <domainName>>Deployments and click install. Navigate to the directory containing the BeanConnect RAR archive, select the archive and click <Next>. The WebLogic Server Administration Console now performs other operations.

Recommendation: Choose a value less than 100 (default value) for the deployment order, e.g. 98.
This means that applications that are dependent on the resource adapter can be added subsequently via autodeployment.

For the other two deployment methods (weblogic.Deployer tool and WebLogic Scripting Tool), please note the comments in the documentation for Oracle WebLogic Server under "Deploying Applications and Modules with weblogic.Deployer" or "Oracle WebLogic Scripting Tool". ol".