Auxiliary image creation

Contents

Before you begin: Complete the steps in Prerequisites .

Overview

Auxiliary image creation step uses the WebLogic Image Tool to create a Model in Image auxiliary image. This image contains:

  • The directory where the WebLogic Deploy Tooling software is installed (also known as WDT Home), expected in an image’s /auxiliary/weblogic-deploy directory, by default.
  • WDT model YAML file (model), WDT variable (property), and WDT archive ZIP (archive) files, expected in directory /auxiliary/models, by default.

Auxiliary image creation

Use the steps in the following sections for creating the auxiliary image.

Understand your first archive

The sample includes a predefined archive directory in /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/archives/archive-v1 that you will use to create an archive ZIP file for the image.

The archive top directory, named wlsdeploy, contains a directory named applications, which includes an ’exploded’ sample JSP web application in the directory, myapp-v1. Three useful aspects to remember about WDT archives are:

  • A model image can contain multiple WDT archives.
  • WDT archives can contain multiple applications, libraries, and other components.
  • WDT archives have a well defined directory structure , which always has wlsdeploy as the top directory.
If you are interested in the web application source, click here to see the JSP code. 
<%-- Copyright (c) 2019, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. --%>
<%-- Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl. --%>
<%@ page import="javax.naming.InitialContext" %>
<%@ page import="javax.management.*" %>
<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<%
  InitialContext ic = null;
  try {
    ic = new InitialContext();

    String srName=System.getProperty("weblogic.Name");
    String domainUID=System.getenv("DOMAIN_UID");
    String domainName=System.getenv("CUSTOM_DOMAIN_NAME");

    out.println("<html><body><pre>");
    out.println("*****************************************************************");
    out.println();
    out.println("Hello World! This is version 'v1' of the mii-sample JSP web-app.");
    out.println();
    out.println("Welcome to WebLogic Server '" + srName + "'!");
    out.println();
    out.println("  domain UID  = '" + domainUID +"'");
    out.println("  domain name = '" + domainName +"'");
    out.println();

    MBeanServer mbs = (MBeanServer)ic.lookup("java:comp/env/jmx/runtime");

    // display the current server's cluster name

    Set<ObjectInstance> clusterRuntimes = mbs.queryMBeans(new ObjectName("*:Type=ClusterRuntime,*"), null);
    out.println("Found " + clusterRuntimes.size() + " local cluster runtime" + (String)((clusterRuntimes.size()!=1)?"s":"") + ":");
    for (ObjectInstance clusterRuntime : clusterRuntimes) {
       String cName = (String)mbs.getAttribute(clusterRuntime.getObjectName(), "Name");
       out.println("  Cluster '" + cName + "'");
    }
    out.println();

    // display the Work Manager configuration created by the sample

    Set<ObjectInstance> minTCRuntimes = mbs.queryMBeans(new ObjectName("*:Type=MinThreadsConstraintRuntime,Name=SampleMinThreads,*"), null);
    for (ObjectInstance minTCRuntime : minTCRuntimes) {
       String cName = (String)mbs.getAttribute(minTCRuntime.getObjectName(), "Name");
       int count = (int)mbs.getAttribute(minTCRuntime.getObjectName(), "ConfiguredCount");
       out.println("Found min threads constraint runtime named '" + cName + "' with configured count: " + count);
    }
    out.println();

    Set<ObjectInstance> maxTCRuntimes = mbs.queryMBeans(new ObjectName("*:Type=MaxThreadsConstraintRuntime,Name=SampleMaxThreads,*"), null);
    for (ObjectInstance maxTCRuntime : maxTCRuntimes) {
       String cName = (String)mbs.getAttribute(maxTCRuntime.getObjectName(), "Name");
       int count = (int)mbs.getAttribute(maxTCRuntime.getObjectName(), "ConfiguredCount");
       out.println("Found max threads constraint runtime named '" + cName + "' with configured count: " + count);
    }
    out.println();

    // display local data sources
    // - note that data source tests are expected to fail until the sample Update 4 use case updates the data source's secret

    ObjectName jdbcRuntime = new ObjectName("com.bea:ServerRuntime=" + srName + ",Name=" + srName + ",Type=JDBCServiceRuntime");
    ObjectName[] dataSources = (ObjectName[])mbs.getAttribute(jdbcRuntime, "JDBCDataSourceRuntimeMBeans");
    out.println("Found " + dataSources.length + " local data source" + (String)((dataSources.length!=1)?"s":"") + ":");
    for (ObjectName dataSource : dataSources) {
       String dsName  = (String)mbs.getAttribute(dataSource, "Name");
       String dsState = (String)mbs.getAttribute(dataSource, "State");
       String dsTest  = (String)mbs.invoke(dataSource, "testPool", new Object[] {}, new String[] {});
       out.println(
           "  Datasource '" + dsName + "': "
           + " State='" + dsState + "',"
           + " testPool='" + (String)(dsTest==null ? "Passed" : "Failed") + "'"
       );
       if (dsTest != null) {
         out.println(
               "    ---TestPool Failure Reason---\n"
             + "    NOTE: Ignore 'mynewdatasource' failures until the MII sample's Update 4 use case.\n"
             + "    ---\n"
             + "    " + dsTest.replaceAll("\n","\n   ").replaceAll("\n *\n","\n") + "\n"
             + "    -----------------------------");
       }
    }
    out.println();

    out.println("*****************************************************************");

  } catch (Throwable t) {
    t.printStackTrace(new PrintStream(response.getOutputStream()));
  } finally {
    out.println("</pre></body></html>");
    if (ic != null) ic.close();
  }
%>

The application displays important details about the WebLogic Server instance that it’s running on: namely its domain name, cluster name, and server name, as well as the names of any data sources that are targeted to the server. Also, you can see that application output reports that it’s at version v1; you will update this to v2 in a later use case that demonstrates upgrading the application.

Stage a ZIP file of the archive

When you create the image, you will use the files in the staging directory, /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1. In preparation, you need it to contain a ZIP file of the WDT application archive.

Run the following commands to create your application archive ZIP file and put it in the expected directory:

# Delete existing archive.zip in case you have an old leftover version
$ rm -f /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1/archive.zip
# Move to the directory which contains the source files for your archive
$ cd /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/archives/archive-v1

Using the WDT archive helper tool , create the archive in the location that we will use later when we run the WebLogic Image Tool.

$ /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/weblogic-deploy/bin/archiveHelper.sh add application -archive_file=/tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1/archive.zip -source=wlsdeploy/applications/myapp-v1

Stage model files

In this step, you explore the staged WDT model YAML file and properties in the /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1 directory. The model in this directory references the web application in your archive, configures a WebLogic Server Administration Server, and configures a WebLogic cluster. It consists of two files only, model.10.properties, a file with a single property, and, model.10.yaml, a YAML file with your WebLogic configuration model.10.yaml.

CLUSTER_SIZE=5

Here is the WLS model.10.yaml:

domainInfo:
    AdminUserName: '@@SECRET:__weblogic-credentials__:username@@'
    AdminPassword: '@@SECRET:__weblogic-credentials__:password@@'
    ServerStartMode: 'prod'

topology:
    Name: '@@ENV:CUSTOM_DOMAIN_NAME@@'
    AdminServerName: 'admin-server'
    Cluster:
        'cluster-1':
            DynamicServers:
                ServerTemplate:  'cluster-1-template'
                ServerNamePrefix: 'managed-server'
                DynamicClusterSize: '@@PROP:CLUSTER_SIZE@@'
                MaxDynamicClusterSize: '@@PROP:CLUSTER_SIZE@@'
                MinDynamicClusterSize: '0'
                CalculatedListenPorts: false
    Server:
        'admin-server':
            ListenPort: 7001
    ServerTemplate:
        'cluster-1-template':
            Cluster: 'cluster-1'
            ListenPort: 8001

appDeployments:
    Application:
        myapp:
            SourcePath: 'wlsdeploy/applications/myapp-v1'
            ModuleType: ear
            Target: 'cluster-1'

resources:
  SelfTuning:
    MinThreadsConstraint:
      SampleMinThreads:
        Target: 'cluster-1'
        Count: 1
    MaxThreadsConstraint:
      SampleMaxThreads:
        Target: 'cluster-1'
        Count: 10
    WorkManager:
      SampleWM:
        Target: 'cluster-1'
        MinThreadsConstraint: 'SampleMinThreads'
        MaxThreadsConstraint: 'SampleMaxThreads'

The model files:

  • Define a WebLogic domain with:

    • Cluster cluster-1
    • Administration Server admin-server
    • A cluster-1 targeted ear application that’s located in the WDT archive ZIP file at wlsdeploy/applications/myapp-v1
    • A Work Manager SampleWM configured with minimum threads constraint SampleMinThreads and maximum threads constraint SampleMaxThreads

  • Use macros to inject external values:

    • The property file CLUSTER_SIZE property is referenced in the model YAML file DynamicClusterSize and MaxDynamicClusterSize fields using a PROP macro.
    • The model file domain name is injected using a custom environment variable named CUSTOM_DOMAIN_NAME using an ENV macro.
      • You set this environment variable later in this sample using an env field in its Domain.
      • This conveniently provides a simple way to deploy multiple differently named domains using the same model image.
    • The model file administrator user name and password are set using a weblogic-credentials secret macro reference to the WebLogic credential secret.
      • This secret is in turn referenced using the webLogicCredentialsSecret field in the Domain.
      • The weblogic-credentials is a reserved name that always dereferences to the owning Domain actual WebLogic credentials secret name.

An image can contain multiple properties files, archive ZIP files, and YAML files but in this sample you use just one of each. For a complete description of WDT model file naming conventions, file loading order, and macro syntax, see Model files in the user documentation.

Create the image with WIT

At this point, you have all of the files needed for image wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1 staged; they include:

  • /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1/model.10.yaml
  • /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1/model.10.properties
  • /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1/archive.zip

Now, you use the Image Tool to create an image named wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1. You’ve already set up this tool during the prerequisite steps.

Run the following commands to create the image and verify that it worked:

$ cd /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/wdt-model-files/WLS-v1
$ /tmp/sample/wdt-artifacts/imagetool/bin/imagetool.sh createAuxImage \
  --tag wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1 \
  --wdtModel ./model.10.yaml \
  --wdtVariables ./model.10.properties \
  --wdtArchive ./archive.zip

If you don’t see the imagetool directory, then you missed a step in the prerequisites .

This command runs the WebLogic Image Tool to create the image and does the following:

  • Builds the final container image as a layer on a small busybox base image.
  • Copies the WDT ZIP file that’s referenced in the WIT cache into the image.
    • Note that you cached WDT in WIT using the keyword latest when you set up the cache during the sample prerequisites steps.
    • This lets WIT implicitly assume it’s the desired WDT version and removes the need to pass a -wdtVersion flag.
  • Copies the specified WDT model, properties, and application archives to image location /u01/wdt/models.

When the command succeeds, it should end with output like the following:

[INFO   ] Build successful. Build time=36s. Image tag=wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1

Also, if you run the docker images command, then you will see an image named wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1.

After the image is created, it should have the WDT executables in /auxiliary/weblogic-deploy, and WDT model, property, and archive files in /auxiliary/models. You can run ls in the Docker image to verify this:

$ docker run -it --rm wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1 ls -l /auxiliary
  total 8
  drwxr-xr-x    1 oracle   root          4096 Jun  1 21:53 models
  drwxr-xr-x    1 oracle   root          4096 May 26 22:29 weblogic-deploy

$ docker run -it --rm wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1 ls -l /auxiliary/models
  total 16
  -rw-rw-r--    1 oracle   root          5112 Jun  1 21:52 archive.zip
  -rw-rw-r--    1 oracle   root           173 Jun  1 21:59 model.10.properties
  -rw-rw-r--    1 oracle   root          1515 Jun  1 21:59 model.10.yaml

$ docker run -it --rm wdt-domain-image:WLS-v1 ls -l /auxiliary/weblogic-deploy
  total 28
  -rw-r-----    1 oracle   root          4673 Oct 22  2019 LICENSE.txt
  -rw-r-----    1 oracle   root            30 May 25 11:40 VERSION.txt
  drwxr-x---    1 oracle   root          4096 May 26 22:29 bin
  drwxr-x---    1 oracle   root          4096 May 25 11:40 etc
  drwxr-x---    1 oracle   root          4096 May 25 11:40 lib
  drwxr-x---    1 oracle   root          4096 Jan 22  2019 samples

NOTE: If you have Kubernetes cluster worker nodes that are remote to your local machine, then you need to put the image in a location that these nodes can access. See Ensuring your Kubernetes cluster can access images .