Installation - Startup Parameters for Java Agent on a WebLogic Application Server

WebLogic Compatibility

vFunction supports Oracle Weblogic 10.3.6 and later.

Installation Wizard

To help with the installation process, vFunction offers an Installation Wizard. This Wizard provides additional information about the Prerequisites as well as steps for deploying the vFunction Agent to your environment.

Please contact support@vfunction.com or your vFunction Contact(s) for the password to start using this Wizard.

Installation Steps

  1. Ensure Prerequisites are met
  2. Download the vFunction Sudoless Controller Installation TGZ
  3. SSH to the Linux VM as the user who runs the Application / Application Server
  4. Move the Installation TGZ to the location on the Linux VM where vFunction should run
  5. Extract the vFunction Installation Package
### Replace VERSION with the actual value
tar -xvzf vfunction-controller-sudo-less-installation.vVERSION.tgz
  1. Add Environment Variables for the vFunction Dynamic Agent
# See description in https://kb.vfunction.com/installations/configurable-settings/mono-dynamic-agent/java/linux
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_NAME="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_HOST="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_ORG_ID="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_APP_ID="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_CLIENT_ID="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_CLIENT_SECRET="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_CONTROLLER_INSTANCE_ID="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_AGENT_APPLICATION_SERVER="CHANGE_ME"
export VF_CONTROLLER_DEFAULT_JAVA_AGENT_APPLICATION_JAVA_VERSION="CHANGE_ME"
  1. Run the installation script
### Replace the BASE_DIR with the actual value, such as /tmp/
bash BASE_DIR/vfunction/opt/vfunction/controller-installation/install.sh -i default-java
  1. Find and note the base path to your WebLogic Application Server
### This should return the location of the DOMAIN_NAME/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh for the WebLogic instance
find / -name 'startManagedWebLogic.sh' -type f 2&>/dev/null
  1. Copy-and-paste the vFunction Startup Parameters Examples into a text editor
### Replace the BASE_DIR with the actual value, such as /tmp/
less BASE_DIR/vfunction/etc/sysconfig/vfunction/agent/instances/default-java/weblogic
  1. Open the WebLogic Application Server’s Startup Script in a text editor
### Replace the DOMAIN_NAME with the actual value
vi DOMAIN_NAME/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh
  1. Add the copied vFunction Startup Parameters to the Java VM options
/JAVA_OPTIONS

### Sample vFunction Startup Parameters
VFUN_OPTS="-agentpath:/tmp/vfunction/opt/vfunction/agent/libJVMTIAgent.so=conf=/tmp/vfunction/etc/sysconfig/vfunction/agent/instances/default-java/native-conf.json -javaagent:/tmp/vfunction/opt/vfunction/agent/runtime-agent.jar=ConfigLocation=/tmp/vfunction/etc/sysconfig/vfunction/agent/instances/default-java/vfunction-runtime-override.properties -Dcom.vfunction.runtime.offload.tmpFolder=/tmp/vfunction/opt/vfunction/agent/instances/default-java/temp/ -Dcom.vfunction.logging.logFile=/tmp/vfunction/var/log/vfunction/instances/default-java/vfagent.log"

export JAVA_OPTIONS="$VFUN_OPTS $JAVA_OPTIONS"
  1. Restart the WebLogic instance
  2. Confirm that the Application comes up and functions as expected
  3. If any issues arise:

Updated on 02 Feb 2024