Oracle Fusion course content


Course Objective:
  • Install Fusion Middleware components
  • Configure the Metadata Repository for Fusion Middleware components
  • Create and extend WebLogic domains for Fusion Middleware components
  • Register system components with a WebLogic domain to enable monitoring by using Fusion Middleware Control
  • Configure Oracle Web Tier components as front-ends to Fusion Middleware components
  • Start, stop, reconfigure, and monitor WebLogic Server by using Fusion Middleware Control
  • Perform backup and recovery of a Fusion Middleware environment
  • Describe a high availability implementation for Fusion Middleware
  • Move a Fusion Middleware system from test to production by using Fusion Middleware utilities
Course Topics:
Fusion Middleware Products and Architecture
  • What is Middleware
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Architecture
  • Oracle Fusion Middleware Products
  • Fusion Middleware Tools Overview
Fusion Middleware Repositories:

  • The Metadata Repository and Which Products Use It
  • The Repository Creation Utility
  • SOA Suite Schema Overview
  • WebCenter Schema Overview
  • Identity Management Schema Overview
Fusion Middleware Installation Overview:
  • Supported Configurations Overview
  • Installation Planning Overview
  • Enterprise Deployment Guides (EDG) Overview
  • Installation Directory Structure
  • WLS Installation Overview
  • SOA Installation Overview
  • Identity Management Installation Overview
  • Installing Patches
WebLogic Server Concepts:

  • WebLogic Domain
  • Managed Server / Administration Server
  • Cluster/Machine
  • Starting / Stopping Servers
  • Node Manager
  • Application Deployment Concepts
  • Data Source Concepts
  • Java Message Service (JMS) Concepts

Core WebLogic Server Administration and Monitoring :

  • Starting Servers with Start Scripts
  • Boot Identity File (boot.properties)
  • WLS Administration Console Overview
  • Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control
  • MBean Basics and JMX
  • Comparison of Fusion Middleware Control and the WebLogic Server Admin Console
  • Enterprise Manager Grid Control
  • WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST)


Fusion Middleware High Availability:

  • Fusion Middleware High Availability Overview
  • WebLogic Cluster Overview
  • SOA High Availability Considerations
  • ADF High Availability Architecture
  • WebCenter High Availability

Node Manager:

  • Node Manager Architecture
  • Node Manager Configuration (Java-based Node Manager)
  • Basic Node Manager Properties
  • Enrolling Node Manager with a Domain
  • Node Manager Files
  • Node Manager Control of Servers (start/stop/auto restart)
  • Node Manager Best Practices

Configuring Fusion Middleware Components:

  • Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard Templates
  • Configuring Oracle Internet Directory
  • Configuring Oracle HTTP Server
  • Registering the Web Tier with WebLogic Server
  • Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) Basics
  • OHS as the Proxy to a WebLogic Server Cluster
  • Controlling OHS from Fusion Middleware Control
  • Configuring OHS to Front the Administration Server

Fusion Middleware Security:

  • Oracle Platform Security Services
  • Users, Groups, and Roles
  • Identity Store
  • Identity Store and Authentication Providers
  • Configuring Authentication Providers
  • Credential and Policy Stores
  • Authorization Relationship to the Policy Store
  • SSL
Backup and Recovery:

  • Introduction to Backup and Recovery
  • Homes: Oracle, Middleware, WebLogic
  • Backups
  • Recovery
Development to Production:

  • The Software Lifecycle and WebLogic
  • Deployment Terms
  • What Can Be Deployed
  • Deployment Review
  • Deployment Plans
  • Moving from Test to Production (First Time)
  • Moving from Test to Production (Later)
Fusion Middleware Performance:
  • Performance Tuning Methodology
  • JVM Tuning Overview
  • WebLogic Server Tuning
  • Tune Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)
  • Check Database Configuration
  • Basic SOA Suite Tuning
  • Basic WebCenter Tuning
  • Basic Identity Management Tuning