SOA 12C - Create soa 12c Server Domain

his post helps to create domain for Oracle SOA 12c. Oracle SOA 12c comes as standalone installer that means we need not to install Database, RCU, Weblogic , SOA and OSB installer separately.  By default Oracle SOA 12c use Java DB but we can also use Oracle Database.

Once we install the Oracle SOA 12c, next step is to configure the domain. In this post, we see how to configure different  domains.

We can configure below mentioned three different types of domain in Oracle SOA 12c.

• Integrated WebLogic Server's default domain in JDeveloper
• Configure a standalone domain
• Configure a compact domain

We discuss about each domain one by one.

Integrated WebLogic Server's default domain in JDeveloper

Default domain is created on Integrated weblogic server which is chained to Jdeveloper that means when we close the jdeveloper session weblogic server also shut down. This integrated weblogic by default use Java DB so this default domain also use Java DB.

Benefits of default domain

• Light weight

Drawbacks of default domain

• This is chained to jdeveloper, so every time you start a new JDeveloper session, you need to re-launch the Integrated WebLogic Server.
• MFT (Managed File Transfer ), ESS (Enterprise Service Scheduler) , Healthcare , B2B, BAM components not supported.

Click here to see how to create default domain.

Configure a standalone domain

We can also create Standalone domain for Integrated WebLogic Server. The server and domain run independently of JDeveloper. This domain still use Java DB.

Benefits of standalone domain

• Standalone domain save startup time if you plan on developing an application in JDeveloper over a series of separate sessions.
• This domain save you even more time if you plan to develop applications in the Oracle Service Bus browser-based console and never plan to launch JDeveloper.

Drawbacks of standalone domain

• MFT (Managed File Transfer ), ESS (Enterprise Service Scheduler) , Healthcare , B2B, BAM components not supported.

Click here to see how to create standalone domain.

Configure a compact domain

When we plan to use Oracle database then we use this domain. we use this domain when we need to use MFT (Managed File Transfer ), ESS (Enterprise Service Scheduler) , Healthcare , B2B, BAM components.