Steps

Before you begin

Make sure that you have fulfilled the Prerequisites and Setup requirements.

Overview

The high level steps for creating an image are:

  1. Download the Java and WebLogic installers from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud .
  2. Add the installers to the cache store.
  3. Run the imagetool command to create the image.

Do this

  1. Download these Java and WebLogic installers from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud and save them in a directory of your choice, for example, /home/acmeuser/wls-installers:

    fmw_12.2.1.3.0_wls_Disk1_1of1.zip
    jdk-8u202-linux-x64.tar.gz

  2. Use the Cache Tool to add the installers:

    $ imagetool cache addInstaller --type jdk --version 8u202 --path /home/acmeuser/wls-installers/jdk-8u202-linux-x64.tar.gz
    $ imagetool cache addInstaller --type wls --version 12.2.1.3.0 --path /home/acmeuser/wls-installers/fmw_12.2.1.3.0_wls_Disk1_1of1.zip

    You can verify the cache entries by:

    $ imagetool cache listItems
    Cache contents
jdk_8u202=/home/acmeuser/wls-installers/jdk-8u202-linux-x64.tar.gz
wls_12.2.1.3.0=/home/acmeuser/wls-installers/fmw_12.2.1.3.0_wls_Disk1_1of1.zip

  3. Run the imagetool create command:

    $ imagetool create --tag wls:12.2.1.3.0

The final image will have the following structure:

[oracle@c3fe8ee0167d oracle]$ ls -arlt /u01/
total 20
drwxr-xr-x  7 oracle oracle 4096 May 28 23:40 jdk
drwxr-xr-x 11 oracle oracle 4096 May 28 23:40 oracle
drwxr-xr-x  5 oracle oracle 4096 May 28 23:40 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root   root   4096 May 29 01:31 ..