Configuring the agent by using the silent response file

The silent response file contains the agent configuration parameters. You can edit the silent response file to modify the values of these parameters, and run the configuration script to create an instance and update the agent configuration values. This mode of configuration is called the silent mode.

Configure the WebLogic agent in the silent mode by completing the following steps.

1. In a text editor, open the weblogic_silent_config.txt file that is available at the following path:
   • install_dir/samples/weblogic_silent_config.txt
   • install_dir\samples\weblogic_silent_config.txt

   where install_dir is the path where the agent is installed.

   Example

   • /opt/ibm/apm/agent/samples/weblogic_silent_config.txt
   • C:\IBM\APM\samples\weblogic_silent_config.txt
2. In the weblogic_silent_config.txt file, specify values for all mandatory parameters. You can also modify the default values of other parameters.

   See Configuration parameters for the WebLogic agent for an explanation of each of the configuration parameters.

3. Save and close the weblogic_silent_config.txt file, and run the following command:
   • install_dir/bin/weblogic-agent.sh config instance_name install_dir/samples/weblogic_silent_config.txt
   • install_dir\bin\weblogic-agent.bat config instance_name install_dir\samples\weblogic_silent_config.txt

   where install_dir is the path where the agent is installed and instance_name is the name that you want to give to the agent instance.

   The default install_dir paths are listed here:

   • /opt/ibm/apm/agent
   • C:\IBM\APM\TMAITM6_x64

   Important: Ensure that you include the absolute path to the silent response file. Otherwise, the agent data is not shown in the dashboards.
   Example

   • /opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin/weblogic-agent.sh config example-inst01 /opt/ibm/apm/agent/samples/weblogic_silent_config.txt
   • C:\IBM\APM\bin\weblogic-agent.bat config example-inst01 C:\IBM\APM\samples\weblogic_silent_config.txt
4. Copy the WebLogic client libraries into the WebLogic agent binary directory.
   1. Locate the wlclient.jar and wljmxclient.jar files under ORACLE_HOME.
   2. Copy the files from step 5.a to the WebLogic agent binary directory.
      • install_dir/bin.
      • install_dir\TMAITM6_x64

   where install_dir is the path where the agent is installed. The default install_dir paths are listed here:

   • /opt/ibm/apm/agent
   • C:\IBM\APM\TMAITM6_x64
5. Run the following command to start the agent:
   • install_dir/bin/weblogic-agent.sh start instance_name
   • install_dir\bin\weblogic-agent.bat start instance_name

   where install_dir is the path where the agent is installed and instance_name is the name of the agent instance.

   The default install_dir paths are listed here:

   • /opt/ibm/apm/agent
   • C:\IBM\APM\TMAITM6_x64
   Example

   • /opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin/weblogic-agent.sh start example-inst01
   • C:\IBM\APM\bin\weblogic-agent.bat start example-inst01