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Upgrading WebLogic Application Environments

# WebLogic Domain Directory Structure Enhancements

As of 9.0, WebLogic Server offers the following enhancements to the structure of the WebLogic domain directory:

- To improve configuration management and promote XML file validation, WebLogic Server supports the specification of domain configuration data in multiple files, including `config.xml`, in the new `domain_name``/config` directory. (Here `domain_name` specifies the domain directory.) In previous releases, the `config.xml` file was the repository for all configuration information. Now, new subdirectories of `config` maintain configuration modules for diagnostic, JDBC, JMS, Node Manager, and security subsystems. Each configuration file adheres to an XML Schema definition.
- Startup and shutdown scripts are maintained in the `domain_name``/bin` directory. In previous releases, they were stored in the root directory of the domain.

In addition to the structural enhancements to the domain directory, WebLogic Server supports new utilities for managing changes to server configuration. These new tools enable you to implement a secure, predictable means for distributing configuration changes in a domain. For more information, see "Managing Configuration Changes" in Understanding Domain Configuration at `http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs91/domain_config/changes.html`.

For more details about the WebLogic Server 9.x domain directory structure, see "Domain Configuration Files" in Understanding Domain Configuration at `http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs91/domain_config/config_files.html`.

Figure B-1 compares the domain directory structures for WebLogic Server 9.x and WebLogic Server 8.1.

Figure B-1 WebLogic Server 9.x and WebLogic Server 8.1 Directory Structures

The following sections describe the domain directory structures for WebLogic Server 8.1, 7.0, and 6.1.

## WebLogic Server 8.1 Domain Directory Structure

In WebLogic Server 8.1 environments, the domain directory structure created by the Configuration Wizard contains:

- A domain root directory with the same name as the domain, such as `mydomain` or `petstore`. This directory contains the following:

- `config.xml` file for the domain
- Scripts used to start server instances and establish the environment
- Subdirectory for storing applications for the domain, typically named `applications`.

When you start a server instance in a domain for the first time, WebLogic Server creates the following subdirectories in the domain directory:

- Files containing security information
- `logs` directory for storing domain-level logs
- For each server running in the domain, a directory for storing server logs and HTTP access logs

For more details about the WebLogic Server 8.1 domain directory structure, see "Overview of WebLogic Server Domains" in Configuring and Managing WebLogic Server at `http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/adminguide/overview_domain.html`. For a summary of the directory structure contents for the default configuration templates, see "Template Reference" in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Domains Using the Configuration Wizard at `http://e-docs.bea.com/platform/docs81/confgwiz/tempref.html`.

## WebLogic Server 7.0 Domain Directory Structure

In WebLogic Server 7.0 environments, the root of the domain directory structure is a directory with the same name as the domain, such as `mydomain` or `petstore`. This directory should contain the following:

- `config.xml` file for the domain
- Scripts you use to start server instances and establish your environment
- For storing applications for the domain, a directory, typically named `applications`.

When you start a server instance in a domain for the first time, WebLogic Server creates the following subdirectories in the domain directory:

- `data` directory for storing security information
- `logs` directory for storing domain-level logs
- For each server running in the domain, a `server_name` directory for storing server-level logs
- `temp` directory for storing temporary files

The following sample tree shows where the directories are created in a domain directory called `mydomain`.

For more information about the WebLogic Server 7.0 domain directory structure, see "Domain Directories Structure" in "Domain Restrictions" in "Overview of WebLogic Server Domains" in Creating and Configuring WebLogic Server Domains at `http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs70/admin_domain/overview.html`.

## WebLogic Server 6.1 Domain Directory Structure

In WebLogic Server 6.1 environments, the configuration information for all of the WebLogic administrative domains resides in the configuration repository, which is located, in turn, in the `WL_HOME``/config` directory. Specifically, `config` contains a configuration subdirectory for each domain. The name of each domain-specific subdirectory must match the name of the domain.

The domain directory structure contains a root directory with the same name as the domain, such as `mydomain` or `petstore`. This directory should contain the following:

- `config.xml` file for the domain
- Scripts you use to start server instances and establish your environment
- For storing applications for the domain, a subdirectory, typically named `applications`
- `logs` directory for storing domain-level logs

For more information about the WebLogic Server 6.1 domain directory structure, see "Creating a New Domain" in "Overview of WebLogic Server Management" in WebLogic Server Administration Guide at `http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs61/adminguide/overview.html`.