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Creating WebLogic Domains Using the Configuration Wizard

# Starting the Configuration Wizard

This section describes how to invoke the Configuration Wizard in graphical and console (command-line) modes. Topics include:

- Starting in Graphical Mode
- Starting in Console Mode

# Starting in Graphical Mode

When run in graphical mode, the Configuration Wizard is executed in a graphical environment. The console for the machine on which the product installation resides must support a Java-based GUI. All Windows-based consoles support Java-based GUIs; only a subset of UNIX-based consoles support Java-based GUIs.

Note: If you attempt to start the Configuration Wizard in graphical mode on a system that cannot support a graphical display, the Configuration Wizard automatically starts in console mode.

You can start the Configuration Wizard in graphical mode from either the Windows Start menu or from the command line.

- To start the Configuration Wizard in graphical mode on a Windows platform, choose the Configuration Wizard option from the BEA program group in the Windows Start Menu:

Start—>Programs—>BEA Products—>Tools—>Configuration Wizard

- To start the Configuration Wizard in graphical mode from a Windows command prompt or on a UNIX platform:

1. Log in to the target system on which the product installation resides.
2. Open an MS-DOS command prompt window (on Windows) or a command shell (on UNIX).
3. Go to the `\common\bin` subdirectory of the product installation directory. For example:

>     cd c:\bea\weblogic90\common\bin

4. Invoke one of the following scripts to start the Configuration Wizard in graphical mode:

Windows: `config.cmd`

UNIX: `sh config.sh`

# Starting in Console Mode

When run in console mode, the Configuration Wizard is executed in a text-based environment.

To start the Configuration Wizard in console mode:

1. Log in to the target system on which the product installation resides.
2. Open a command-line shell.
3. Go to the `\common\bin` subdirectory of the product installation directory. For example:

>     cd c:\bea\weblogic90\common\bin

4. Invoke one of the following scripts:

- Windows: `config.cmd -mode=console`
- UNIX: `sh config.sh -mode=console`

Note: The command and arguments must be entered in lower-case.

To finish creating your domain, respond to the prompts in each section by entering the number associated with your choice, pressing Enter, or typing `next` (or `n`) to accept the current selection. The arrow (—> ) indicates the value currently selected. To quit the Configuration Wizard, enter `Exit` in response to any prompt. To review or change your selection, enter `Previous` at the prompt.

Note: Instead of typing complete words when you want to enter `[Exit]`, `[Previous]`, and `[Next]`, you can use the following one-letter shortcuts: `x`, `p`, and `n`, respectively.