ListenerAdmin not working in WebLogic

Question

I seem to be having the same issue that folks are having within the Glassfish server. I've configured the APEX listener on WebLogic 11g (10.3.5). Followed the instructions to create the adminlistener and managerlistener and their respective groups: Admin and Manager and assigned the users apppropriately (followed the installation instructions). I've used listenerConfig to configure the listener but when trying to access listenerAdmin URL I get the dreaded 403 error. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jack

Answer 1

Hi Jack,
could you post some additional information of what exactly you did and which version of APEX Listener you use?
And did you try to reset your browsers authentication cache? As I've learned when investigating similar problems (also discussed here) both listenerStatus and listenerAdmin use the same realm for basic authentication ("APEX"). If your browser stores your authentication information for one of these realms (which it usually does) and you try to enter the other part, it resends these information, which can lead to a 403 (as discussed in Link http://localhost:8080/apex/listenerConfigure not working).
Possibly this caching is even instance-independent (as the realm doesn't include any host/instance/... information), so if you've entered different credentials for another instance, this could be an explanation as well. Could you try to erase any entry concerning APEX Listener from your browser cache? Or try a different browser you ususally don't use, perhaps even a portable version of Firefox or something like that, where you can be sure you have a fresh start and can safely abandon everything once you've done?
The latter case would only be relevant if you aren't even asked before you get the 403. So the question is: Can you enter the credentials at all, or do you get the 403 right away?
Another possibility: Did you try with a simple password (without any special character)? And did you restart your WLS after adding those users? Possibly these changes aren't effective immediately.
-Udo