Prepare to run a domain

Perform these steps to prepare your Kubernetes cluster to run a WebLogic domain:

  1. Create the domain namespace(s). One or more domains can share a namespace. A single instance of the operator can manage multiple namespaces.

    $ kubectl create namespace domain-namespace-1

    Replace domain-namespace-1 with name you want to use. The name must follow standard Kubernetes naming conventions, that is, lower case, numbers, and hyphens.

  2. Create a Kubernetes secret containing the Administration Server boot credentials. You can do this manually or by using the provided sample. To create the secret manually, use this command:

    $ kubectl -n domain-namespace-1 \
        create secret generic domain1-weblogic-credentials \
        --from-literal=username=username \
        --from-literal=password=password
    • Replace domain-namespace-1 with the namespace that the domain will be in.
    • Replace domain1-weblogic-credentials with the name of the secret. The operator expects the secret name to be the domainUID followed by the literal string -weblogic-credentials and many of the samples assume this name.
    • Replace the string username in the third line with the user name for the administrative user.
    • Replace the string password in the fourth line with the password.

  3. Optionally, create a PV & persistent volume claim (PVC) which can hold the domain home, logs, and application binaries. Even if you put your domain in a Docker image, you may want to put the logs on a persistent volume so that they are available after the pods terminate. This may be instead of, or as well as, other approaches like streaming logs into Elasticsearch.

  4. Optionally, configure load balancer(s) to manage access to any WebLogic clusters.