Weblogic domain creation fails with "The domain location must have write permission."

Question

Hi
I am trying to install and setup weblogic in Linux RHEL 5.4
so I can test webservices . This is what i have done
WLS Zip Distribution for Oracle WebLogic Server 12.1.1.0 - downloaded & installed.
Followed the steps in README.
- extract contents of tar, setup home, run installation-configuration script, setup wls environment
Step 5:
Create a new WLS domain and start WLS.  It is recommended that you create domains outside the MW_HOME.
     $ mkdir /home/myhome/mydomain
    $ cd /home/myhome/mydomain
    $ $JAVA_HOME/bin/java $JAVA_OPTIONS -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m weblogic.Server
-> returns the below error
$JAVA_HOME/bin/java $JAVA_OPTIONS -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m weblogic.Server  -Dweblogic.security.allowCryptoJDefaultJCEVerification=true
<Jun 25, 2013 3:39:57 PM EDT> <Info> <Security> <BEA-090905> <Disabling CryptoJ JCE Provider self-integrity check for better startup performance. To enable this check, specify -Dweblogic.security.allowCryptoJDefaultJCEVerification=true>
<Jun 25, 2013 3:39:57 PM EDT> <Info> <Security> <BEA-090906> <Changing the default Random Number Generator in RSA CryptoJ from ECDRBG to FIPS186PRNG. To disable this change, specify -Dweblogic.security.allowCryptoJDefaultPRNG=true>
<Jun 25, 2013 3:39:58 PM EDT> <Info> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000377> <Starting WebLogic Server with Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM Version 23.21-b01 from Oracle Corporation.>
/apps/Informatica/tdwdomain/config not found
No config.xml was found.
Would you like the server to create a default configuration and boot? (y/n): y
<Jun 25, 2013 3:40:03 PM EDT> <Info> <Management> <BEA-140013> </apps/Informatica/tdwdomain/config not found>
<Jun 25, 2013 3:40:03 PM EDT> <Info> <Security> <BEA-090065> <Getting boot identity from user.>
Enter username to boot WebLogic server:admin  Enter password to boot WebLogic server:admin123
For confirmation, please re-enter password required to boot WebLogic server:admin123
<Jun 25, 2013 3:40:13 PM EDT> <Info> <Management> <BEA-141254> <Generating new domain directory in /apps/Informatica/tdwdomain.>
<Jun 25, 2013 3:40:17 PM EDT> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000362> <Server failed. Reason:
There are 1 nested errors:
weblogic.management.ManagementException: Failure during domain creation
        at weblogic.management.internal.DomainGenerator.generateDefaultDomain(DomainGenerator.java:119)
        at weblogic.management.internal.DomainDirectoryService.start(DomainDirectoryService.java:82)
        at weblogic.t3.srvr.ServerServicesManager.startService(ServerServicesManager.java:461)
        at weblogic.t3.srvr.ServerServicesManager.startInStandbyState(ServerServicesManager.java:166)
        at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.initializeStandby(T3Srvr.java:883)
        at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.startup(T3Srvr.java:570)
        at weblogic.t3.srvr.T3Srvr.run(T3Srvr.java:469)
        at weblogic.Server.main(Server.java:74)
Caused by: com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptException: The domain location must have write permission.
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptExecutor.writeDomain(ScriptExecutor.java:757)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptParserClassic$StateMachine.processWrite(ScriptParserClassic.java:573)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptParserClassic$StateMachine.execute(ScriptParserClassic.java:429)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptParserClassic.parseAndRun(ScriptParserClassic.java:148)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptParserClassic.doExecute(ScriptParserClassic.java:110)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.script.ScriptParser.execute(ScriptParser.java:72)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.DomainInfoHelper.executeSilentScript(DomainInfoHelper.java:854)
        at com.oracle.cie.domain.DomainInfoHelper.createDefaultDomain(DomainInfoHelper.java:1775)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
        at weblogic.management.internal.CIEDomainGenerator.generateDefaultDomain(CIEDomainGenerator.java:62)
        at weblogic.management.internal.DomainGenerator.generateDefaultDomain(DomainGenerator.java:114)
     <Jun 25, 2013 3:40:17 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FAILED.>
<Jun 25, 2013 3:40:17 PM EDT> <Error> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000383> <A critical service failed. The server will shut itself down.>
<Jun 25, 2013 3:40:17 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to FORCE_SHUTTING_DOWN.>
- Any help appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

hi,
the binaries available for download are all packaged with 32bit JVM. Please have a look at the link below
WebLogic Server 12c (12.1.1), WebLogic Server 11g (10.3.6) and Previous Releases
It also has binaries for linux available. I am quoting from the site verbatim for your reference:
The following provides links to WebLogic Server 12.1.1 installers with 32-bit JVMs for Windows and
Linux, the generic installer that can be used on any supported platform, and the zip distribution. The
generic installer and the zip distribution do not include a JVM/JDK. For instructions on using the
generic installer, see this document.
In case you want to use your own latest version of JDK which can be a 32/64 bit version, you need to use the generic installer.
The error which you are getting is due to permissions. Make sure you have a dedicated user for installing weblogic and the necessary permissions are granted to the user(linux) to the installation directories. May be the script is trying to install java at a particular location on your machine and failing. Hence the above error is displayed.
Please have a look at the docs, you will find steps for weblogic installation on linux.
Thanks,
Souvik.