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2 Starting and Stopping WebLogic Servers

2-18 Administration Guide

When starting a WebLogic Managed Server, you need to specify the parameters that

you would specify when starting an Administration Server (see Starting the WebLogic

Administration Server from the Command Line) but with the addition of the following:

n Specify the name of the server.

When a WebLogic Managed Server requests its configuration information from

the Administration Server, it identifies itself to the Administration Server by

server name. This enables the Administration Server to respond with the

appropriate configuration for that WebLogic Server. For this reason, you must

also set the server name when starting a managed server. This can be specified

by adding the following argument to the command line when starting the

WebLogic Managed Server:

-Dweblogic.Name=servername

n Specify the host name and listen port of the WebLogic Administration Server

When starting a managed server, it is necessary to specify the host name and

listen port of the Administration Server from which the managed server is to

request its configuration. This can be specified by adding the following

argument to the command line when starting the managed server:

-Dweblogic.management.server=host:port

-Dweblogic.management.server=http://host:port

where host is the name or IP address of the machine where the Administration

Server is running and

port is the Administration Server's listen port. By default

the Administration Server's listen port is 7001.

If you are using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for communication with the

Administration Server, the Administration Server must be specified as:

-Dweblogic.management.server=https://host:port

To use SSL protocol in communication between the Managed Servers and the

Administration Server, you need to enable SSL on the Administration Server.

For details on how to set this up, see Managing Security.

Note: Any WebLogic Server that is started without specifying the location of the

Administration Server is started as an Administration Server.

Note: Because the Managed Server receives its configuration from the

Administration Server, the Administration Server specified must be in the

same domain as the Managed Server.