Node Manager Configure, Start and Stop Step by Step

General Node Manager Configuration: (Step by Step)


Start Admin Server:

C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\base_domain\bin>startWebLogic.cmd

.... Login Weblogic Admin Console

.... Click on Environments -> Machines

.... Click on New tab right side

.... Enter name of Machine and select Machine OS as Unix (Unix Machines)  Other wise By Default Other

Click Next

Node Manager Properties
Type -- Plain
Listen Address -- localhost
Listen Port -- 5556

Click Finish

To Check Status

Start Node Manager

Linux ---- $WL_HOME\server\bin\startNodeManager.sh
Windows ------ C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\wlserver\server\bin>startNodeManager.cmd

Admin Console --- Environment ---- Machines ---- Machine2 ---- Monitering ---- NodeManagerStatus

Stop Node Manager

Linux --- kill -9 `ps -ef | grep -i nodemanager.javahome | grep -v grep | awk {'print $2'} | head -1`

On windows close the cmd prompt(NodeManagerStarted window)

Node Manager Log Files:

C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\oracle_common\common\nodemanager\nodemanager.properties - used by java based node manager. This file is created on first time start of Node Manager(startNodeManager.cmd)

C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\oracle_common\common\nodemanager\nodemanager.domains - contains mappings between the names of domains managed by Node Manager and their corresponding directories

like
base_domain= C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\base_domain

C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\oracle_common\common\nodemanager\nm_data.properties - This file store the encryption data the Node Manager uses as asymmetric encryption key. This file is created on first time start of nodemanager (startNodeManager.cmd)

C:\Oracle\Middleware\Oracle_Home\user_projects\domains\base_domain\config\nodemanager - This file stores the Node Manager username and password used by Admin Server to connect to Node Manager.

Few other configuration files are boot.properties, startup.properties,server_name.addr, server_name.lck, server_name.pid, server_name.state