Docker-images: WebLogic Docker container silently fails to start

[Aydin-]

docker run -d -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4
Unable to find image 'store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4' locally
12.2.1.4: Pulling from store/oracle/weblogic
822ace0353cb: Pull complete
19841f86e7b5: Pull complete
b3c7d6d987c6: Pull complete
cc5da308016d: Pull complete
91c19f73b26d: Pull complete
afca886f8980: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:7f0cb6f693cc15c18ae279c30df8dbdda8073598cc09caab8f5f67ce150823d8
Status: Downloaded newer image for store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4
f47e055898f6f7443a6bc9d02e7ee22246328fa8c61d0a93fea184dfcbeac392

Looks fine so far.. Let's see the running container:

docker ps                                                          
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                            COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                            NAMES
f47e055898f6        store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4   "/u01/oracle/createA…"   9 seconds ago       Up 8 seconds        0.0.0.0:7001->7001/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9002->9002/tcp   clever_curie 

Great, let's try to run a bash shell in the container:

docker exec -it f47e055898f6 /bin/bash                                        
Error response from daemon: Container f47e055898f6f7443a6bc9d02e7ee22246328fa8c61d0a93fea184dfcbeac392 is not running```

Ok, so the container exited in the 30 seconds that elapsed between running 'docker ps' and the command above. Below I have confirmation that the container exited, but I have no idea why.

Let's see the stopped container.

docker ps -a                                                                  
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                            COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS                      PORTS               NAMES
f47e055898f6        store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4   "/u01/oracle/createA…"   53 seconds ago      Exited (1) 39 seconds ago                       clever_curie```

docker logs -f f47e055898f6                                                     
Domain Home is:  /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/

Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...

Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell

Type help() for help on available commands

domain_name                 : [base_domain]
admin_listen_port           : [7001]
domain_path                 : [/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain]
production_mode             : [prod]
admin name                  : [AdminServer]
administration_port_enabled : [true]
administration_port         : [9002]


Exiting WebLogic Scripting Tool.

/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 66: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//bin/setDomainEnv.sh: No such file or directory
/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 70: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//startWebLogic.sh: No such file or directory
touch: cannot touch ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’ for reading: No such file or directory
tail: no files remaining

[mriccell]

Could you share the command you are using to start the container?

[Aydin-]

The following command does end up starting the container for a few seconds, and then it exits:

docker run -d -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4

Also tried the following to start a stopped container:

docker start 1d0d4b325d94 -a                                                
Error response from daemon: OCI runtime create failed: container_linux.go:346: starting container process caused "exec: \"/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh\": stat /u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: no such file or directory": unknown

[mriccell]

I suspect you do not have permissions to see the properties file. The owner of the directories is oracle:oracle you can not be root also the permission s of the host directory where the properties file is should be 777. Try
docker run -it -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4 /bin/bash
then cd /u01/oracle/properties and see if you can cat the properties file.

[Aydin-]

Yup, that did it. Thank you

[Aydin-]

Actually, sorry, the container stays running now and I can cat the properties file, but when I run createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh I still get the following:

Exiting WebLogic Scripting Tool.

createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 66: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//bin/setDomainEnv.sh: No such file or directory
createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 70: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//startWebLogic.sh: No such file or directory
touch: cannot touch ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’ for reading: No such file or directory

[astrapotro]

Same error here with oficial dockerhub image of oracle weblogic. Can't start the container : (

domain_name : [base_domain]
admin_listen_port : [7001]
domain_path : [/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain]
production_mode : [prod]
admin name : [AdminServer]
administration_port_enabled : [true]
administration_port : [9002]

Exiting WebLogic Scripting Tool.
/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 66: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//bin/setDomainEnv.sh: No such file or directory
/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 70: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//startWebLogic.sh: No such file or directory
touch: cannot touch ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’: No such file or directory
tail: cannot open ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’ for reading: No such file or director
tail: no files remaining

[Aydin-]

@astrapotro
I was able to start the container with the command from @mriccell

Despite the errors we both get when running createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh it does actually create the path /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain and you can go to that path to runstartWebLogic.sh which should successfully start the server.

[astrapotro]

@astrapotro
I was able to start the container with the command from @mriccell

Despite the errors we both get when running createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh it does actually create the path /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain and you can go to that path to runstartWebLogic.sh which should successfully start the server.

thanks @Aydin- . I did it like you posted, startWeblogic.sh worked , but i can't reach admin console in 0.0.0.0:7002/console --> it shows �P
Any ideas?

[mriccell]

What port are you mapping to in the -p directive?
Did you run docker inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' to find the ip address to invoke?

[astrapotro]

docker inspect --format '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}

docker run -it --name weblogic --restart always -p 7001:7001 -p 7002:7002 -p 9002:9002 -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4 /bin/bash

---

 "NetworkSettings": {
            "Bridge": "",
            "SandboxID": "3d076ca30ef3f6d9dc94dd0cffd7eaa3bc9cfd582b00b5a043ba63bdf02946d1",
            "HairpinMode": false,
            "LinkLocalIPv6Address": "",
            "LinkLocalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
            "Ports": {
                "7001/tcp": [
                    {
                        "HostIp": "0.0.0.0",
                        "HostPort": "7001"
                    }
                ],
                "7002/tcp": [
                    {
                        "HostIp": "0.0.0.0",
                        "HostPort": "7002"
                    }
                ],
                "9002/tcp": [
                    {
                        "HostIp": "0.0.0.0",
                        "HostPort": "9002"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "SandboxKey": "/var/run/docker/netns/3d076ca30ef3",
            "SecondaryIPAddresses": null,
            "SecondaryIPv6Addresses": null,
            "EndpointID": "2c080762f8f1f79072b52d314b9a3b303b7e46413ab44b9d8a5d7ba777d3bef5",
            "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
            "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
            "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
            "IPAddress": "172.17.0.3",
            "IPPrefixLen": 16,
            "IPv6Gateway": "",
            "Networks": {
                "bridge": {
                    "IPAMConfig": null,
                    "Links": null,
                    "Aliases": null,
                    "NetworkID": "4f7326e0ba9416a135159d97f3c733b5e4c995cb19871748395d29a815215454",
                    "EndpointID": "2c080762f8f1f79072b52d314b9a3b303b7e46413ab44b9d8a5d7ba777d3bef5",
                    "Gateway": "172.17.0.1",
                    "IPAddress": "172.17.0.3",
                    "IPPrefixLen": 16,
                    "IPv6Gateway": "",
                    "GlobalIPv6Address": "",
                    "GlobalIPv6PrefixLen": 0,
                    "DriverOpts": null
                }
            }

[astrapotro]

Sorry for being so newbie: Simplilly changed http://0.0.0.0:7002/console to https://0.0.0.0:7002/console did the trick.
Thanks for helping

[hardcoreit]

To all who are struggling as I did:

docker run -it -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.3 /bin/bash

[oracle@3c2d1c0573f5 oracle]$ export DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain
[oracle@3c2d1c0573f5 oracle]$ ./createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh

For me this solved the problem. You just need to wait for the container now to init.

[Djelibeybi]

> [oracle@3c2d1c0573f5 oracle]$ export DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain

This is explicitly set in the Dockerfile: https://github.com/oracle/docker-images/blob/master/OracleWebLogic/dockerfiles/12.2.1.3/Dockerfile.generic#L78

You may want to pull the latest version of container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.3 to ensure you're using the most up-to-date version of that image. Docker doesn't do this automatically for you.

[hardcoreit]

You may want to pull the latest version of container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.3 to ensure you're using the most up-to-date version of that image. Docker doesn't do this automatically for you.

Pulled the image 5 hours ago. I came here because I got the error..

I still have it in my terminal:

Unable to find image 'container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.3' locally
12.2.1.3: Pulling from middleware/weblogic
822ace0353cb: Already exists 
5530c635d7c1: Pull complete 
7a6cdb2f1336: Pull complete 
474428c2ed86: Pull complete 
873179d0aeb5: Pull complete 
202b91aacf60: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:47dfd4fdf6b56210a6c49021b57dc2a6f2b0d3b3cfcd253af7a75ff6e7421498
Status: Downloaded newer image for container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.3

[Djelibeybi]

Pulled the image 5 hours ago. I came here because I got the error..

Interesting. What's the output of env before you set the DOMAIN_NAME in the container?

[siddharthashankarblore]

I suspect you do not have permissions to see the properties file. The owner of the directories is oracle:oracle you can not be root also the permission s of the host directory where the properties file is should be 777. Try
docker run -it -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4 /bin/bash
then cd /u01/oracle/properties and see if you can cat the properties file.

permission denied while executing cat properties/
cat: properties/: Permission denied

Can you let me know if this can be solved? can't change the permission of file manually.

[mriccell]

1001 is user 'oracle' and the properties is not a file but a directory

[mriccell]

what is $PWD and what are the permissions in your host directory

[siddharthashankarblore]

what is $PWD and what are the permissions in your host directory
$PWD is /home/oracle

yes properties is directory, can't go inside properties, getting permission denied.

[KirkStrongOracle]

I am experiencing the same issue. When setting the variable as hardcoreit suggested (ie export DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain) , I was able to get the weblogic server to start.

[Djelibeybi]

Does it work if you use -e DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain on the docker run command line as well?

[Djelibeybi]

Can you also provide the output from docker info on your testing machines? I'm wondering if the behavior of ENV has changed on some platforms.

[KirkStrongOracle]

Yes, the "-e"option worked.

-bash-4.2$ docker info
Containers: 0
 Running: 0
 Paused: 0
 Stopped: 0
Images: 3
Server Version: 18.09.8-ol
Storage Driver: overlay2
 Backing Filesystem: extfs
 Supports d_type: true
 Native Overlay Diff: false
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Plugins:
 Volume: local
 Network: bridge host macvlan null overlay
 Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local logentries splunk syslog
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: c4446665cb9c30056f4998ed953e6d4ff22c7c39
runc version: 4bb1fe4ace1a32d3676bb98f5d3b6a4e32bf6c58
init version: fec3683
Security Options:
 seccomp
  Profile: default
Kernel Version: 4.1.12-124.32.3.el7uek.x86_64
Operating System: Oracle Linux Server 7.5
OSType: linux
Architecture: x86_64
CPUs: 2
Total Memory: 6.854GiB
Name: den01dmo
ID: LVWL:RR6I:IC3H:7OK3:AHIA:SES4:3B2F:6WDW:VHN6:GDRH:OM6S:WPFG
Docker Root Dir: /scratch/kstrong/docker
Debug Mode (client): false
Debug Mode (server): false
HTTP Proxy: XXXXXX
HTTPS Proxy:XXXXX
No Proxy: XXXXXXXXX
Username: kirkstrongoracle
Registry: https://index.docker.io/v1/
Labels:
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
 127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
Product License: Community Engine

Registries: docker.io (secure)
-bash-4.2$ 

(Edited for formatting)

[Djelibeybi]

I'm struggling to reproduce this. Can you please create a Dockerfile with the following content:

FROM oracle/serverjre:8

ENV ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle \
    USER_MEM_ARGS="-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom" \
    SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh \
    PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin

ENV DOMAIN_NAME="${DOMAIN_NAME:-base_domain}" \
    ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT="${ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT:-7001}" \
    ADMIN_NAME="${ADMIN_NAME:-AdminServer}" \
    ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED:-true}" \
    ADMINISTRATION_PORT="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT:-9002}"

And build it like so:

$ docker build -t env-test .

And then run it:

$ docker run --rm -it env-test env

I get the right results, i.e. I see all the default values as set in the Dockerfile:

PATH=/usr/java/jdk-8/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/java/jdk-8/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin
HOSTNAME=d28063ae8f99
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
JAVA_VERSION=1.8.0_241
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk-8
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle
USER_MEM_ARGS=-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom
SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh
DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain
ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT=7001
ADMIN_NAME=AdminServer
ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED=true
ADMINISTRATION_PORT=9002
HOME=/root

And there's no default between the default output and if I manually specify -e DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain so I'm wondering what else is in play here.

[Djelibeybi]

Can you add set -x to the top of the createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh stript (after the shebang line) so we can see where things are failing as the container starts?

[KirkStrongOracle]

$ sh -x ./createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh
+ trap _term SIGTERM
+ trap _kill SIGKILL
+ export DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/
+ DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/
+ echo 'Domain Home is: ' /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/
Domain Home is:  /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/
+ ADD_DOMAIN=1
+ '[' '!' -f /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log ']'
+ ADD_DOMAIN=0
+ mkdir -p /u01/oracle/properties
+ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+ PROPERTIES_FILE=/u01/oracle/properties/domain.properties
+ '[' '!' -e /u01/oracle/properties/domain.properties ']'
++ cut -d = -f2
++ grep username
++ awk '{print $1}' /u01/oracle/properties/domain.properties
+ USER=weblogic
+ '[' -z weblogic ']'
++ cut -d = -f2
++ grep password
++ awk '{print $1}' /u01/oracle/properties/domain.properties
+ PASS=welcome1
+ '[' -z welcome1 ']'
+ wlst.sh -skipWLSModuleScanning -loadProperties /u01/oracle/properties/domain.properties /u01/oracle/create-wls-domain.py

Initializing WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) ...

Welcome to WebLogic Server Administration Scripting Shell

Type help() for help on available commands

domain_name                 : [base_domain]
admin_listen_port           : [7001]
domain_path                 : [/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain]
production_mode             : [prod]
admin name                  : [AdminServer]
administration_port_enabled : [true]
administration_port         : [9002]


Exiting WebLogic Scripting Tool.

+ mkdir -p /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/security/
+ echo username=weblogic
+ echo password=welcome1
+ /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//bin/setDomainEnv.sh
./createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 66: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//bin/setDomainEnv.sh: No such file or directory
+ /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//startWebLogic.sh
./createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh: line 70: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//startWebLogic.sh: No such file or directory
+ touch /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log
touch: cannot touch ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’: No such file or directory
+ childPID=140
+ tail -f /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log
+ wait 140
tail: cannot open ‘/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains//servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log’ for reading: No such file or directory
tail: no files remaining
$ 

(Edited for formatting)

[KirkStrongOracle]

-bash-4.2$ docker login
Login with your Docker ID to push and pull images from Docker Hub. If you don't have a Docker ID, head over to https://hub.docker.com to create one.
Username (XXXXXXXX): 
Password: 
WARNING! Your password will be stored unencrypted in /home/XXXXXX/.docker/config.json.
Configure a credential helper to remove this warning. See
https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/login/#credentials-store

Login Succeeded
-bash-4.2$ docker pull store/oracle/serverjre:8
Trying to pull repository docker.io/store/oracle/serverjre ... 
pull access denied for store/oracle/serverjre, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'
pull access denied for store/oracle/serverjre, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'
-bash-4.2$ docker build -t env-test .
Sending build context to Docker daemon   2.56kB
Step 1/3 : FROM oracle/serverjre:8
Trying to pull repository docker.io/oracle/serverjre ... 
pull access denied for oracle/serverjre, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'
-bash-4.2$ 

[Djelibeybi]

You need to build oracle/serverjre:8 from this repo first. That would be needed to build the WebLogic image anyway.

[KirkStrongOracle]

-bash-4.2$ docker build -t env-test .
Sending build context to Docker daemon   2.56kB
Step 1/3 : FROM store/oracle/serverjre:8
Trying to pull repository docker.io/store/oracle/serverjre ... 
8: Pulling from docker.io/store/oracle/serverjre
822ace0353cb: Pull complete 
f124784ae4d9: Pull complete 
f4cc77704d9f: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:309c408ef0482e119ee838923a2caf016d12732c47a3bc291e81d020bbf5846b
Status: Downloaded newer image for store/oracle/serverjre:8
 ---> ef9c1a0152ab
Step 2/3 : ENV ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle     USER_MEM_ARGS="-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom"     SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh     PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin
 ---> Running in 991a3eb48041
Removing intermediate container 991a3eb48041
 ---> 265d2ec5d1df
Step 3/3 : ENV DOMAIN_NAME="${DOMAIN_NAME:-base_domain}"     ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT="${ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT:-7001}"     ADMIN_NAME="${ADMIN_NAME:-AdminServer}"     ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED:-true}"     ADMINISTRATION_PORT="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT:-9002}"
 ---> Running in 0e18f829b4bd
Removing intermediate container 0e18f829b4bd
 ---> a026211b01ba
Successfully built a026211b01ba
Successfully tagged env-test:latest
-bash-4.2$ docker run --rm -it env-test env
PATH=/usr/java/jdk-8/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/java/jdk-8/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin
HOSTNAME=a0e1dbe69440
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
JAVA_VERSION=1.8.0_241
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk-8
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle
USER_MEM_ARGS=-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom
SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh
DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain
ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT=7001
ADMIN_NAME=AdminServer
ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED=true
ADMINISTRATION_PORT=9002
HOME=/root
-bash-4.2$ 

[Djelibeybi]

If you put triple backticks, i.e. ``` on a line before and after your paste, it'll format it monospace. :)

[Djelibeybi]

So, let's go up a notch. Update the Dockerfile to this:

FROM oracle/serverjre:8

ENV ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle \
    USER_MEM_ARGS="-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom" \
    SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh \
    PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin

ENV DOMAIN_NAME="${DOMAIN_NAME:-base_domain}" \
    ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT="${ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT:-7001}" \
    ADMIN_NAME="${ADMIN_NAME:-AdminServer}" \
    ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED:-true}" \
    ADMINISTRATION_PORT="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT:-9002}"

RUN mkdir -p /u01 && \
    chmod a+xr /u01 && \
    useradd -b /u01 -d /u01/oracle -m -s /bin/bash oracle && \
    chown oracle:oracle /u01

COPY container-scripts/testEnv.sh /u01/oracle

RUN chmod +xr /u01/oracle/testEnv.sh && \
    chown oracle:oracle /u01/oracle/testEnv.sh

USER oracle

CMD ["/u01/oracle/testEnv.sh"]

And create container-scripts/testEnv.sh with the following content, please:

#!/bin/bash
set -x

#Define DOMAIN_HOME
export DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/$DOMAIN_NAME
echo "Domain Home is: " $DOMAIN_HOME

Rebuild and run and let me know the results? On my test system, I get the right DOMAIN_HOME, i.e. it's Domain Home is: /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain but in your original test, the createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh script didn't show the right value.

[KirkStrongOracle]

-bash-4.2$ docker build -t env-test .
Sending build context to Docker daemon  4.096kB
Step 1/8 : FROM store/oracle/serverjre:8
 ---> ef9c1a0152ab
Step 2/8 : ENV ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle     USER_MEM_ARGS="-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom"     SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh     PATH=$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin
 ---> Running in b2c6849f2cec
Removing intermediate container b2c6849f2cec
 ---> ae187afd7102
Step 3/8 : ENV DOMAIN_NAME="${DOMAIN_NAME:-base_domain}"     ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT="${ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT:-7001}"     ADMIN_NAME="${ADMIN_NAME:-AdminServer}"     ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED:-true}"     ADMINISTRATION_PORT="${ADMINISTRATION_PORT:-9002}"
 ---> Running in 1d347c5812b3
Removing intermediate container 1d347c5812b3
 ---> 5db519004dcc
Step 4/8 : RUN mkdir -p /u01 &&     chmod a+xr /u01 &&     useradd -b /u01 -d /u01/oracle -m -s /bin/bash oracle &&     chown oracle:oracle /u01
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-bash-4.2$ docker run --rm -it env-test env
PATH=/usr/java/jdk-8/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/java/jdk-8/bin:/u01/oracle/oracle_common/common/bin:/u01/oracle/wlserver/common/bin
HOSTNAME=358031b6ab92
TERM=xterm
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
JAVA_VERSION=1.8.0_241
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk-8
ORACLE_HOME=/u01/oracle
USER_MEM_ARGS=-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/./urandom
SCRIPT_FILE=/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh
DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain
ADMIN_LISTEN_PORT=7001
ADMIN_NAME=AdminServer
ADMINISTRATION_PORT_ENABLED=true
ADMINISTRATION_PORT=9002
HOME=/u01/oracle
-bash-4.2$ docker run -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties env-test
Domain Home is:  /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain
+ export DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain
+ DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain
+ echo 'Domain Home is: ' /u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain
-bash-4.2$ 

[Djelibeybi]

Right. That works. Which means I don't understand why the WebLogic one isn't working for you. I'm doing exactly the same things in this set of stripped Dockerfiles as @mriccell is doing in the larger Dockerfiles. I'll keep prodding to see if I can find what breaks the DOMAIN_NAME value because it's happening before the script is called by CMD.

[Djelibeybi]

I have reproduced the issue internally. I'll give @mriccell access to my test system so she can go from there.

[mkratky]

Hi, I have had exactly the same issue with the image failing to start as described at the beginning of this issue (same error messages in the log) with 12.2.1.4-slim version I downloaded recently. After reading the posts I tried running docker run with with the -e parameter:
docker run -d -e DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.4-slim

Now the image starts but I can't connect to https://localhost:9002/console/ on the same machine.
There are no errors in the log file this time. Weblogic seems to be started:
Any idea please?

[Djelibeybi]

Hi, I have had exactly the same issue with the image failing to start as described at the beginning of this issue (same error messages in the log) with 12.2.1.4-slim version I downloaded recently

This is a known issue with the images on Oracle Container Registry (and is being addressed). If you build the image using the Dockerfiles in this repo, you should not have this problem.

[Djelibeybi]

docker run -d -e DOMAIN_NAME=base_domain -v $PWD:/u01/oracle/properties container-registry.oracle.com/middleware/weblogic:12.2.1.4-slim

You need to add -p 9002:9002 to this line to map the port into your container.

[mkratky]

Of course thanks for pointing this out. After running with -p I can connect to https://localhost:9002/console/ but now I get:
Error 404--Not Found

[Djelibeybi]

Sounds like the domain still isn't created correctly. Check your logs, because I suspect the OCR images need _all_ the environment variables provided. You may have better luck by building the image yourself using the Dockerfiles.

[mriccell]

@mkratky the WebLogic binaries in the slim image do not contain the WebLogic console bits. Please look at the README
2- The WebLogic slim image is supported for development and production deployment of WebLogic configurations using Docker. In order to reduce image size, it contains a subset of the binaries included in the WebLogic generic image. The WebLogic console, WebLogic examples, WebLogic clients, Maven plug-ins and Java DB have been removed - all binaries that remain included are the same as those in the WebLogic generic image.

If you want to start the console you must build the generic or developer images.

[mriccell]

With the slim image you can run REST see a sample on how to check server status https://www.oracle.com/technical-resources/articles/middleware/soa-oliveira-wls-rest-javafx.html

[mriccell]

New images posted to OCR yesterday should correct these issues.

[haythamadel82]

for docker image store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4-dev-200117
follow this link " https://hub.docker.com/_/oracle-weblogic-server-12c "

$ docker run -d --name weblogic-12.2.1.4 -p 7001:7001 -p 9002:9002 -v /u01/oracle/properties:/u01/oracle/properties store/oracle/weblogic:12.2.1.4-dev-200117

docker cp weblogic-12.2.1.4:/u01/oracle/createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh .

vim createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh

modify this line

Define DOMAIN_HOME

export DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/$DOMAIN_NAME

to

export DOMAIN_HOME=/u01/oracle/user_projects/domains/base_domain

and save

change permission

chmod 777 createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh

docker cp createAndStartEmptyDomain.sh weblogic-12.2.1.4:/u01/oracle/

and restart

docker restart weblogic-12.2.1.4