Okay, this is a bit of a change in direction. We will actually be running WebLogic 12 in Kubernetes. The instructions should work fine for WebLogic 14 (according to Oracle). However, the domain I am testing with we know works in WebLogic 12, and the Docker and Kubernetes setup comes defaulted to WL 12. So … Read more
Today let’s dig a bit into running WebLogic 14 in Kubernetes. History A bit of history, at least from my perspective. Since WebLogic 12, Oracle has “supported” running WebLogic in a Docker container. Before this, WebLogic seemed to not really interact well with Docker, so things like exposing ports did not work. That’s kind of … Read more
As a follow-on to my previous post, here’s a word specifically on building and using Library EARs in gradle. What is a Library EAR? WebLogic allows you to create a Library EAR, which basically acts like a third-party library dependency in other contexts. A single location for some shared code. I won’t get into what … Read more
I recently wanted to convert an old Ant WebLogic build to use the Gradle build tool instead of Ant. The main driving force behind that change was that the Ant build.xml file housed many different responsibilities, from building and testing the source code, to maintaining property files, to deploying and running the application, along with many tasks … Read more