Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS) 11gR1 (10.3.6) Installation on RHEL 6

Download oracle weblogic server 10.3.6 from oracle site:-
# wget http://download.oracle.com/otn/nt/middleware/11g/wls/1036/wls1036_generic.jar


Also download java development kit(jdk):-

# wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u121-b13/e9e7ea248e2c4826b92b3f075a80e441/jdk-8u121-linux-i586.tar.gz


Create the directories in which the Oracle weblogic software will be installed.



Add users and groups
groupadd -g 501 oinstall
groupadd -g 502 dba


useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba oracle
passwd oracle



mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/fmw11g
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/config/domains
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/config/applications
chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01
chmod -R 775 /u01/


#yum -y install glibc-devel.i686
yum install libaio-devel -y
yum install sysstat -y
yum install openmotif -y
yum install openmotif22 -y



[root@server1 mnt]# alternatives --config java

There are 4 programs which provide 'java'.

  Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
   1           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
   2           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
   3           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
*+ 4           /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_121/jre/bin/java

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 4


Now set the enviroments for oracle user:-
[root@server1 mnt]su - oracle
Add the following lines in .bash_profile

[oracle@server1 ]vi .bash_profile

export MW_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/fmw11g
export WLS_HOME=$MW_HOME/wlserver_10.3
export WL_HOME=$WLS_HOME
# Set to the appropriate JAVA_HOME.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_121
#export JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/jrockit-jdk1.6.0_45-R28.2.7-4.1.0
#export JAVA_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/jdk1.7.0_17
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
:wq

Change permission and ownership of web
[root@server1 ]chown -Rf oracle:oinstall wls1036_generic.jar
[root@server1 ]chmod 775 wls1036_generic.jar

From oracle user:-

[oracle@server1 ] cd /u01
[oracle@server1 u01]$ $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -Xmx1024m -jar wls1036_generic.jar

The installation windown will start -> Provide middleware home directory "/u01/app/oracle/product/fmw11g" -> Uncheck the option to get oracle support via
email -> Select "i wish to remain uninformed option" -> continue "Typical installation" -> It should auto select the jdk installed home -> next -> next > finish.