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Review system requirements

The WebLogic Remote Console supports the following platforms:

Linux (64 bit only)
- Ubuntu 14.04 and later
- Fedora 24 and later
  - Oracle Linux 7 and later
- Debian 8 and later
macOS
- macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or later (64-bit Intel)
Windows (64 bit only)
- Windows 7 and later

The WebLogic Remote Console desktop application is based on the Electron framework.

Install the WebLogic Remote Console

Uninstall any previous versions of the WebLogic Remote Console from your computer.
Download the WebLogic Remote Console. Go to https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-remote-console/releases and download the installer for your operating system.
Run the installer.
Optional: Install the WebLogic Remote Console extension in the WebLogic Server domain. The WebLogic Remote Console extension provides additional functionality when using the WebLogic Remote Console to manage WebLogic domains.
1. Create a management-services-ext directory under the domain home.
2. Download the latest WebLogic Remote Console extension, console-rest-ext-5.0.war, from https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-remote-console/releases and save it inside the management-services-ext directory you created in the previous step. If you have an earlier version of the extension already downloaded, delete it and replace it with the latest version.
3. Reboot the Administration Server if it is already running.
Launch the WebLogic Remote Console application.

The WebLogic Remote Console is also available as a browser application. However, the browser application has significant limitations compared to the desktop version and should be used only when it’s not possible to install the desktop application. Expand Using the WebLogic Remote Console browser application for further details.

Using the WebLogic Remote Console browser application

Limitations

Changes made in the browser application do not persist after you close the browser tab. If you accidentally close or refresh the browser tab, you can lose all of your changes. If you make changes to an Admin Server provider, they will remain in a pending state. However, changes to WDT model files, WDT Composite files, and property lists are lost if you do not click Download File at the end of your session.

You cannot save provider connection details - you must load them every time you launch the browser application.

Projects, used to remember and organize providers, become ineffective as you can only “use” one project at a time and it’s forgotten when the browser tab is closed.

Additionally, do not attempt to use the browser based application as a server; it must be run locally.

Install the WebLogic Remote Console browser application

Prerequisites: To use the WebLogic Remote Console browser application, your system requires:

Java SE 11 or later. To check your Java version, enter java -version at the command line.
A modern internet browser:
- Apple Safari
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Mozilla Firefox

Download the WebLogic Remote Console. Go to https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-remote-console/releases and download console.zip.
Extract the ZIP archive to a directory of your choice. Once its contents are extracted, it creates a console directory that includes:
- The console executable file console.jar
- The libraries required to use the console in the libs subdirectory
- The console extension, console-rest-ext-5.0.war, that you install in the WebLogic Server domain
Optional: Install the WebLogic Remote Console extension in the WebLogic Server domain. The WebLogic Remote Console extension provides additional functionality when using the WebLogic Remote Console to manage WebLogic domains.
1. Create a management-services-ext directory under the domain home.
2. Download the WebLogic Remote Console extension, console-rest-ext-5.0.war, from https://github.com/oracle/weblogic-remote-console/releases and save it in the management-services-ext directory you created in the previous step. If you have an earlier version of the extension already downloaded, delete it and replace it with the latest version.
3. Reboot the Administration Server if it is already running.
Open a command window and on the command line, enter java -jar <console_home>/console.jar where <console_home> is the directory where you unzipped the installer.
Open a browser window and enter http://localhost:8012 in the address bar.

Connect to a provider

The WebLogic Remote Console supports providers that connect to WebLogic Server Administration Servers and providers that edit WebLogic Deploy Tooling (WDT) model files and property lists.

Open the WebLogic Remote Console.
Add a provider from the Startup Tasks dialog box. Or, if it doesn’t appear, expand the Kiosk and click ⋮. The following providers are available:
- Add Admin Server Connection Provider (the Administration Server must be running)
- Add WDT Model File Provider
- Add WDT Composite Model File Provider
- Add Property List Provider
- Create Provider for New WDT Model File
- Create Provider for New Property List
See Provider types for more information.

You can organize providers into Projects that persist when you close and reopen the application. See Projects for more information.
Add more providers to the project. Click ⋮ beside the project name and select a provider type.
Select a provider from the Kiosk.
Start reviewing or editing the domain configuration.