Question: There are several files with a .lok extension in the WebLogic Server (WLS) domain directory. What are these files used for? There are config.lok, EmbeddedLDAP.lok and XXXserver.lok files which are used by the admin server and managed server. Another lock file named edit.lok is used for the admin server only. Why are .lok files […]
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How to Remove or delete a Weblogic Server (WLS) Domain
Question: What are the steps that need to be performed to delete or remove a WebLogic Server (WLS) domain? Step 1 To delete a WLS domain, the only requirement is to remove the domain directory DOMAIN_HOME. DOMAIN_HOME by default would be at ORACLE_HOME/user_projects/domains/DOMAIN_NAME (where ORACLE_HOME is the WLS installation directory and DOMAIN_NAME is the name […]
WebLogic Server Domain: How To Disable the HTTP methods other than GET and POST (such as PUT, DELETE, etc.)
The objective is to disable the HTTP methods other than GET and POST (such as PUT, DELETE etc.) in a WebLogic Server domain. We can restrict the access to HTTP methods such as PUT or DELETE using security constraints in the <application_name>/WEB-INF/web.xml: <security-constraint> <display-name>Constraint-0</display-name> <web-resource-collection> <web-resource-name>mytest</web-resource-name> <description>Test</description> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> <http-method>PUT</http-method> <http-method>DELETE</http-method> </web-resource-collection> <auth-constraint> <role-name>NONE</role-name> </auth-constraint> <user-data-constraint> […]
How to Change the Default Home Page of Oracle HTTP Server
By default when the URL http://[OHS_HostName]:[OHS_Port] is accessed, a default welcome page is displayed. In certain scenarios, there will be a need to change this default welcome page to a custom one. This post provides steps to change this default home page of OHS to any custom page. This can be achieved by modifying the […]
How To Disable the Oracle WebLogic Server Default Welcome Page
Below page is displayed when going to the default location on the admin server port http://host:[PORT]/ and says “Welcome to Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g”. (where http://host:[PORT]/console or http://host:[PORT]/em is working and you do not want to allow users to backspace to the doc root location) Note the port [PORT] is really only used for /em […]
Oracle WebLogic Server: How to Disable the UDDI and UDDI Explorer Functionality
This post describes how to disable UDDI and UDDI Explorer functionality in WebLogic Server. You may not be using this feature and be looking to disable non-required applications. 1. From WL_HOME/server/lib, delete uddi.*, specifically: uddi.properties uddi.war uddiexplorer.war You can also move the files somewhere else if you want to keep the copies (recommended). However, be […]