Troubleshooting Java Installation with Weblogic using Ansible: A New Linux User's Experience

Introduction

This article aims to provide a detailed walkthrough for new Linux users who encounter issues while installing Java and Weblogic using Ansible. We'll cover the key concepts, subtopics, and provide solutions to common problems.

Process: Installing Java and Weblogic using Ansible

Ansible is an open-source automation tool that simplifies application deployment, configuration management, and orchestration. It uses a declarative language to describe system configuration. In this context, we'll focus on installing Java and Weblogic using Ansible.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, ensure:

• Your Linux system is up-to-date
• You have sudo privileges
• Ansible is installed

Installing Java

To install Java, we'll use the OpenJDK package. Create a new file named java.yml in the /etc/ansible/ansible.d/ directory:

#!/usr/bin/env ansible
 tasks:
 - name: Install OpenJDK
 apt:
 name=openjdk-8-jdk
 state=present

ansible-playbook java.yml

#!/usr/bin/env ansible
 tasks:
 - name: Add Weblogic repository
 apt_key:
 url=https://download.oracle.com/otn/pub/weblogic/oracle-weblogic12.2-1.jar
 state=present
 id=weblogic_gpg_key


name: Add Weblogic repository
apt_repository:
repo=deb http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/weblogic122/$(lsb_release -cs)/x86_64/
state=present
id=weblogic_repo


name: Install Weblogic
apt:
name=oracle-weblogic12c
state=present

ansible-playbook weblogic.yml