Vadim Rosenberg

For the previous five parts of this series please see links at foot of article This article is the last in a series on BEA WebLogic Server administration and management for developers. The first installment focused on the WebLogic Server administration concepts and terminology, and the graphical tools for packaging an application and setting up and configuring a WebLogic Server domain. The second article looked at the available application deployment, run time management, and the monitoring facilities that did not require knowledge of JMX. The third article discussed the basic concepts and terminology of JMX and the WebLogic Server 8.1 JMX infrastructure, and showed you how to use JMX-specific tools that come with WebLogic Server 8.1. The fourth article focused on the ba... (more)

Application Management with WebLogic Server for Developers - Part 1

For the next five parts of this 6-part series series, please use the links at foot of the article You're a developer, not an administrator. You think you don't care about system and application administration. Well, you should... and this series of articles on WebLogic Server administration and management for developers will explain why, and how. Before you can get too far developing a J2... (more)

Authentication and Authorization with WebLogic Server Security Framework 7.0

In the last issue of WebLogic Developer's Journal (Vol. 1, issue 12) we looked at some of the major features and functional areas of the new Security Framework in WebLogic Server 7.0. Now let's take a closer look at how WebLogic Server 7.0 implements the primary task areas of a security system, which are authentication (determining a user's identity as a valid user), authorization (determ... (more)

Maximizing Performance, Availability, and Security of BEA WebLogic Clusters

Through advanced clustering capabilities, BEA WebLogic Server-based e-business applications can be scaled across multiple servers. (Note: WebLogic Server supports multiple types of clustering, only one of which is relevant here - what is referred to as Web Clustering. In Web Clustering, the clustering of the HTTP or presentation layer of the Web application is addressed. This is what is ... (more)

Application Management with WebLogic Server for Developers Part 3

For the previous two parts of this series, and the final three, please use the links at foot of the article This article is the third in a series on BEA WebLogic Server administration and management for developers. The first installment (WLDJ, Vol. 2, issue 10) focused on WebLogic Server administration concepts and terminology, and the graphical tools for packaging an application and sett... (more)