Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Advanced Administration Cookbook

Starting the Administration Server

Administration Server is a WebLogic Server instance specific to administering a WebLogic domain through the Administration Console application at the /console URI.

It's a common task to deploy runtime applications to the Administration Server in development environments, but you should avoid doing it in production. Leave the Administration Server only to the administrative tasks of the console.

Getting ready

Since there is only one Administration Server per WebLogic domain, you have to start the Administration Server only in prod01.

How to do it...

To start the Administration Server, follow the ensuing steps:

1. Log in as the wls user on the first machine prod01 and navigate to the folder:

   [wls@prod01]$ cd $DOMAIN_HOME/bin ...