Href link with //localhost:7001 prefix in index.jsp for WebLogic Workshop 8.1.2

Question

I installed the WebLogic Workshop 8.1.2 (Build: 2003.1211.044125). I built all
six projects
and everything seems to work well.
I could access to the sample web services on the WebLogic server from the local
server
as well as from a remote client machine by pointing the browser to the following
two URLs respectively:
http://localhost:7001/WebServices/index.jsp (browser from local server)
http://192.168.1.100:7001/WebServices/index.jsp (browser from remote client machine)
When the "Simple web service sample" page shows up, I could click from the local
server, and
go to the HellowWorld.jws link. However, from the remote machine, I got the "Page
not found"
error when clicking on the HelloWorld.jws link.
I checked the index.jsp file in the
C:\bea\weblogic81\samples\workshop\SamplesApp\WebServices directory on the WebLogic
server, and found that all the href reference has the //localhost:7001 prefix
in the link,
which caused the remote browser to fail.
I then tried to global replacement and remove all the //localhost:7001 references
in the
index.jsp file so that the line changed from something like this:
href="http://localhost:7001/WebServices/HelloWorld.jws?.EXPLORE=.TEST">HelloWorld.jws</a>
to something like this:
href="http:/WebServices/HelloWorld.jws?.EXPLORE=.TEST">HelloWorld.jws</a>
and then save the index.jsp file in the same directory.
Now, I fresh both of my browsers and I can correctly access to the HelloWorld.jws,
and
all other sample links, from the local server as well as from the remote client
machine.
Why is //localhost:7001 needed in the index.jsp file? It seems that without it
the
samples work better.

Answer 1

Hello,
You will need the full URL when you extend out of your local
environment. Check out docs here [1] for an overview or for an extended
story, review the issues [2] involved with clusters, DNS, IP addr, etc.
Hope this is of some value,
Bruce
[1]
http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs81/webserv/assemble.html#1076491
[2]
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs81/cluster/setup.html#714310
Shuh Chang wrote:
>
I installed the WebLogic Workshop 8.1.2 (Build: 2003.1211.044125). I built all
six projects
and everything seems to work well.
I could access to the sample web services on the WebLogic server from the local
server
as well as from a remote client machine by pointing the browser to the following
two URLs respectively:
http://localhost:7001/WebServices/index.jsp (browser from local server)
http://192.168.1.100:7001/WebServices/index.jsp (browser from remote client machine)
When the "Simple web service sample" page shows up, I could click from the local
server, and
go to the HellowWorld.jws link. However, from the remote machine, I got the "Page
not found"
error when clicking on the HelloWorld.jws link.
I checked the index.jsp file in the
C:\bea\weblogic81\samples\workshop\SamplesApp\WebServices directory on the WebLogic
server, and found that all the href reference has the //localhost:7001 prefix
in the link,
which caused the remote browser to fail.
I then tried to global replacement and remove all the //localhost:7001 references
in the
index.jsp file so that the line changed from something like this:
href="http://localhost:7001/WebServices/HelloWorld.jws?.EXPLORE=.TEST">HelloWorld.jws</a>
to something like this:
href="http:/WebServices/HelloWorld.jws?.EXPLORE=.TEST">HelloWorld.jws</a>
and then save the index.jsp file in the same directory.
Now, I fresh both of my browsers and I can correctly access to the HelloWorld.jws,
and
all other sample links, from the local server as well as from the remote client
machine.
Why is //localhost:7001 needed in the index.jsp file? It seems that without it
the
samples work better.