Configure Eclipse With JBoss Application Server

Hello There

Today we will look into configuring Eclipse to Work with JBoss Application Server

Prerequisites

1) You need to have Eclipse (Java and J2EE compliant package) copied in your local.
2) Of course JBoss copied in your desired location of your local system.

Next Steps:
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Step 1) Start Eclipse and Go to Tools - > Install New Software

Step 2) Click on Add after the Text Box for Work with

You will get a Pop-Up Window as below.

       

Add Name as : JBoss Tools  & Location as below
http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/development/indigo/

You will see window as ->

Step 3) Wait for Some time after that you will get a big list of JBoss Tools and Utilities which are supported in Eclipse.

From there you need to expand the first one : Abridged JBoss Tools 3.3 and Select the check box of JBossAS Tools 

And Say Next. 

Step 4) Eclipse will check for the Dependencies and report in case if the tools is conflicting with any of the existing modules. 

Step 5) In case if you find any conflicts, its your headache to resolve it :), you will not get any unless you have fresh Eclipse Installation.

Step 6) Proceed for the Installation - Say Next.

Step 7) Do not forget to accept the License Agreement from JBoss.. 

Step 8) Say Finish.!! - You will see the installation has started for Tools you have selected.


     

After Installing You may need restart Eclipse, so the below Pop-up.

      

Step 9) After this you will be able to see JBoss Application Server in the Server Run-time List for Eclipse - Go to Platform Runtime Window and click on new server wizard.

Step 10) To Configure the Server Successfully, Click Next on Above Window and Provide accurate details,  for where your server is installed and the JRE location you would like to use and say Finish.

  

Step 11) Right Click and Start the Server or You can click on Green Play Button for Starting the Server.

In Console you should notice : 

JBAS015875: JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final "Brontes" started (with errors) in 19726ms - Started 126 of 208 services (7 services failed or missing dependencies, 74 services are passive or on-demand)

Step 12) Time to celebrate now.. your server is started and you will see Fully Loaded Eclipse.. :)

Hope you have liked the Posting, Stay Tuned.!! Lot more to come.

Bye for now.!!

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Shailesh Dyade

Managing WebLogic JMX Through JConsole

JConsole is part of JDK, it can be found in $JAVA_HOME/bin directory, and this utility can be used as JMX Console for Managing WebLogic Server, Where you can see the WebLogic Server configuration and invoke various MBean operations, it helps to view and edit the MBean configuration and invoke various JMX Operations on the serverRuntime, serverConnfig and domainRuntime

Here in this post we will see how to setup JConsole for WebLogic Server 10g.

As JConsole is free and distributed with JDK, there is no need of downloading it seperately

We will follow simple steps to setup the JConsole for WebLogic Server

JConsole works in two modes :

1. Local Process Mode -> Checks for Local Java Process to Manage them through console
2. Remote Mode ->We Can provide JMX URL to Manage the Remote Java Process

We Normally Use Remote mode as we need to connect the JConsole to MBean Server of WebLogic Application Server

Step 1. Start WebLogic Admin Server

Fig1. Admin Server ProdDomain Started

Step  2. Login to Admin Console and check the domain configuration

Fig 2. Check Domain's Advanced Configuration as The MBean Servers are enabled or not

Step 3. Check for the Parameters "Compatibility MBean Server Enabled" and "Management EJB Enabled" Status ( They Should be Enabled - By Default They are enabled)

Fig 3 : MBean Servers Enabled (Check box checked by default)

 Step 4. Check The Configuration at Admin Server Side in Ports Tab - > IIOP

Fig 4. IIOP Should be enabled in Admin Server IIOP Port Configuration

Fig 5. Provide some user name and password (preferable weblogic/weblogic), as Anonymous users are not allowed to connect to the JMX MBean Server (Advanced Options in IIOP)

Step 5. Save and Activate Changes - This Needs Restart of the Admin Server.

Fig 6. Change in the IIOP Credentials require restart of the Server Affected

Notice that the logs at the startWebLogic.cmd command window shows as below

The non-dynamic attribute DefaultIIOPPasswordEncrypted on weblogic.management.configuration.ServerMBeanImpl@453b029e([ProdDomain]/Servers[AdminServer]) has been changed. This may require redeploying or rebooting configured entities

change has been made which affects the server AdminServer. This server must berebooted in order to consume this change

Step 6. Restart the Admin Server

Fig 7. Stop the Admin Server (Ctrl+C)

Fig 8. Start the Admin Server (startWebLogic.cmd)

Step 7. Start JConsole - Execute following Steps and Verify the output

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>cd \

C:\>echo %WL_HOME%
C:\bea\wlserver_10.3

C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME%
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13
 
C:\>cd %WL_HOME%

C:\bea\wlserver_10.3>cd server

C:\bea\wlserver_10.3\server>cd bin

C:\bea\wlserver_10.3\server\bin>setWLSEnv.cmd

CLASSPATH=C:\bea\patch_wlw1030\profiles\default\sys_manifest_classpath\weblogic_patch.jar;C:\bea\patch_wls1030\profiles\default\sys_manifest_classpath\weblogic_p
atch.jar;C:\bea\patch_wlp1030\profiles\default\sys_manifest_classpath\weblogic_patch.jar;C:\bea\patch_cie670\profiles\default\sys_manifest_classpath\weblogic_pat
ch.jar;C:\bea\JROCKI~1\lib\tools.jar;C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\weblogic_sp.jar;C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\weblogic.jar;C:\bea\modules\features\weblogic.serv
er.modules_10.3.0.0.jar;C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\webservices.jar;C:\bea\modules\ORGAPA~1.5/lib/ant-all.jar;C:\bea\modules\NETSFA~1.0_1/lib/ant-contrib.jar;C:
\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin;

PATH=C:\bea\patch_wlw1030\profiles\default\native;C:\bea\patch_wls1030\profiles\default\native;C:\bea\patch_wlp1030\profiles\default\native;C:\bea\patch_cie670\p
rofiles\default\native;C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\native\win\32;C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\bin;C:\bea\modules\ORGAPA~1.5\bin;C:\bea\JROCKI~1\jre\bin;C:\bea\JROCKI~1\
bin;C:\Program Files\PC Connectivity Solution\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\IBM\Infoprint Select;C:\Notes;C:\Program
Files\XLView;C:\lotus\compnent;C:\Utilities;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo;C:\program files\ibm\personal communications\;C:\Program Files\IBM\Trace Facilit
y\;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities;C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\Program Files\QuickTime Alternative\Q
TSystem;C:\Program Files\IBM\edge\lb\servers\lib;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\edge\icu\lib;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\edge\admin\platform\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\ibm\gsk7\\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\ibm\g
sk7\\lib;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\edge\cp\Bin;C:\PROGRA~1\IBM\edge\cp\lib\plugins\pac;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_13\bin;;C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\native\win\32\oci920
_8

Your environment has been set.
C:\bea\wlserver_10.3\server\bin>


C:\bea\wlserver_10.3\server\bin>cd %JAVA_HOME%


Step 8. Execute the following command to invoke "jconsole remote"

jconsole -J-Djava.class.path=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\jconsole.jar;%WL_HOME%\server\lib\wljmxclient.jar -J-Djmx.remote.protocol.provider.pkgs=weblogic.management.remote

Step 9. We will get to see the console as below.

Fig 9 . JConsole Login Screen

Step 10. Please provide Service JMX URL for Admin Server and Specify the MBean Tree to enter as below and their particular JConsole Space.


1. service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/iiop://localhost:7011/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.domainruntime


username/password = weblogic/weblogic

Fig 10. JConsole Domain Run Time Session

2. service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/iiop://localhost:7011/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.runtime
username/password = same as above

Fig 11. JConsole Server Run time Session

3. service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/iiop://localhost:7011/weblogic.management.mbeanservers.edit
username/password = same as above

Fig 12. JConsole Edit Session in Edit Tree.

This is it..!!

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