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Finally I got jBPM deployed successfully on Weblogic 9.2. Thanks to "Maciej Swiderski" and "HuiSheng Xu" for their timely help and suggestions. I am also very much thankful to my company CrossCountry Infotech for supporting my efforts.


I used Weblogic 9.2, jBPM 4.4, Mysql 5 and Eclipse 3.5 combination. I would suggest you to install Weblogic Eclipse plug-in. That will help you to edit some of the Weblogic configuration xmls.


I am assuming that you have downloaded and installed Weblogic 9.2, Mysql 5.

Pre Deployment Activities

We need to create two shared libraries for Weblogic, one for jBPM core jars and one for BIRT jars. Instead of creating the shared libraries you can put the said jars on classpath but I would recommend the shared library approach.


The shared library approach will give us control over loading required classes from our package if same are conflicting with Weblogic provided classes.  All the required configuration xmls (jBPM, hibernate, mail and logging) can be bundled as jar and placed in above mentioned jBPM core library.

Library Creation

jBPM Configuration Library

Create a Jar with following files and name it, jbpm-cfg.jar

  1. jbpm.cfg.xml
  2. jbpm.hibernate.cfg.xml
  3. jbpm.mail.properties
  4. logging.properties


All the above mentioned files are attached with this article. To set the respective values please refer to jBPM developer handbook (jBPM in J2EE environment) or user guide documentation.


jBPM Core Shared Library Creation

Create an EAR project in Eclipse named as “jBPMCoreLibrary”. Add following jars to APP-INF/lib directory. You will find all the jars in { jbpm.home }/lib directory

  1. activation.jar
  2. antlr.jar
  3. antlr-runtime.jar
  4. bsh.jar
  5. cglib.jar
  6. commons-collections.jar
  7. commons-logging.jar
  8. dom4j.jar
  9. drools-api.jar
  10. drools-core.jar
  11. drools-compiler.jar
  12. freemarker.jar
  13. gwt-console-rpc.jar
  14. gwt-console-server-integration.jar
  15. hibernate-core.jar
  16. janino.jar
  17. javassist.jar
  18. jaxb-api.jar
  19. jaxb-impl.jar
  20. jbpm.jar
  21. jbpm-console-form-plugin.jar
  22. jbpm-console-integration.jar
  23. jbpm-console-graphView-plugin.jar
  24. joda-time.jar
  25. jsr173_1.0_api.jar
  26. jta.jar
  27. juel-api.jar
  28. juel-engine.jar
  29. juel-impl.jar
  30. livetribe-jsr223.jar
  31. log4j.jar
  32. mail.jar
  33. mvel2.jar
  34. slf4j-api.jar
  35. slf4j-jdk14.jar
  36. jbpm-cfg.jar (Created Above)


Create one dynamic web project, “jBPMCoreLibraryWeb” and add it to the above created EAR project. This is to resolve the error in EAR project, “A Java EE Enterprise Application must contain one or more modules in application.xml”


Once you are done with above EAR creation edit the “weblogic-application.xml” and add following lines to it inside </wls:weblogic-application> element.  It is in “META-INF” directory of the EAR project.


<wls:prefer-application-packages>
          <wls:package-name>org.mozilla.javascript.*</wls:package-name>
          <wls:package-name>org.mozilla.classfile.*</wls:package-name>
</wls:prefer-application-packages>


This is to avoid the js.jar conflict. Please refer to this link for more details. http://wiki.eclipse.org/BIRT/FAQ/Deployment#Q:_How_do_I_install_BIRT_in_WebLogic_10.0


BIRT Shared Library

Similarly we need to create the BIRT shared library. Create an EAR project for the same and name it as, “jBPMBIRTLibrary”.

Add following jars to APP-INF/lib directory of that EAR project.

  1. chartengineapi.jar
  2. com.ibm.icu_3.8.1.v20080530.jar
  3. commons-cli-1.0.jar
  4. coreapi.jar
  5. crosstabcoreapi.jar
  6. dataadapterapi.jar
  7. dataaggregationapi.jar
  8. dataextraction.jar
  9. dteapi.jar
  10. engineapi.jar
  11. flute.jar
  12. js.jar
  13. modelapi.jar
  14. modelodaapi.jar
  15. odadesignapi.jar
  16. org.apache.commons.codec_1.3.0.v20080530-1600.jar
  17. org.eclipse.emf.common_2.4.0.v200902171115.jar
  18. org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi_2.4.1.v200902171115.jar
  19. org.eclipse.emf.ecore_2.4.2.v200902171115.jar
  20. org.w3c.css.sac_1.3.0.v200805290154.jar
  21. scriptapi.jar


You will find all the jars in ReportEngine/lib directory. This is the extracted directory of “report-engine.zip” and can be found in  { jbpm.home }/lib directory.


Create one dynamic web project, “jBPMBIRTLibraryWeb” and add it to the above created EAR project. This is to resolve the error in EAR project, “A Java EE Enterprise Application must contain one or more modules in application.xml”


Once you are done with above EAR creation edit the “weblogic-application.xml” and add following lines to it inside </wls:weblogic-application> element.  It is in “META-INF” directory of the EAR project.


<wls:prefer-application-packages>
          <wls:package-name>org.mozilla.javascript.*</wls:package-name>
          <wls:package-name>org.mozilla.classfile.*</wls:package-name>
</wls:prefer-application-packages>

BIRT Installation

Create a directory named “serverDirForBirt” inside the Weblogic domain directory. Create one more directory named “birt” inside it.


Now unzip the {jbpm.home }/lib/report-engine.zip into that directory. Remove all the jars from the unzipped ReportEngine/lib directory. Those jars are included in the above BIRT Shared Library.

 

Unzip {jbpm.home }/lib/jbpm-console-reports.jar into the same directory.


Set “-Dorg.jbpm.report.engine.dir” java options in serverDirForBirt\birt {Weblogic_domain_dir/bin/}setDomainEnv.cmd/sh file.

e.g. -Dorg.jbpm.report.engine.dir=C:\bea923\user_projects\domains\Int_domain\serverDirForBirt\birt

jBPM Console Application

Import “gwt-console-jbpm.war” and “gwt-console-server-jbpm.war” into eclipse. (Can be found  in {jbpm.home } /lib)

 

Rename them to,

gwt-console-jbpm => jbpm-console

gwt-console-server-jbpm. => gwt-console-server


Add the “weblogic.xml” in the WEB-INF directory of “gwt-console-server” project and add the following lines to it.


<weblogic-web-app>
     <security-role-assignment>
         <role-name>administrator</role-name>
         <principal-name>jBPMAdmin</principal-name>
     </security-role-assignment>
</weblogic-web-app>


You can map the roles in web.xml with your principle names configured in Weblogic. Please refer to the "Security Configuration" section of this article for more details on roles. Here I have mapped only “administrator” role. There are two more roles “manager” and “user”. You can map them as per your choice.


We will deploy the console WARs as part of EAR. So create a third EAR project named, “jBPMConsoleApp”.  Add above two web projects to this EAR project viz. jbpm-console and gwt-console-server.


The console application requires some jars from jBPM core library so make them available by adding following tags in Weblogic-application.xml of this EAR.

 

<wls:library-ref>
        <wls:library-name>jBPM-Core-Library</wls:library-name>
        <wls:specification-version>4.4</wls:specification-version>
        <wls:exact-match>false</wls:exact-match>
    </wls:library-ref>
    <wls:library-ref>
        <wls:library-name>jBPM-BIRT-Library</wls:library-name>
        <wls:specification-version>1.0</wls:specification-version>
        <wls:exact-match>false</wls:exact-match>
    </wls:library-ref>


Once you are done with the above EAR creation edit the “weblogic-application.xml” and add following lines to it inside </wls:weblogic-application> element.  It is in “META-INF” directory of the EAR project.




<wls:prefer-application-packages>
          <wls:package-name>org.mozilla.javascript.*</wls:package-name>
          <wls:package-name>org.mozilla.classfile.*</wls:package-name>
</wls:prefer-application-packages>

Database Schema

Execute Mysql scripts and create the database named “jbpm4”. The scripts for mysql can be found in, “{jbpm.home }\install\src\db\create” directory with name, jbpm.mysql.create.sql.


You can load the sample users and data by using script, example.identities.sql  located at,

{jbpm.home }\ install\src\demo.


Start Weblogic Server....

Configurations On Weblogic

Datasource Creation On Weblogic

Create Mysql datasource on Weblogic with following name, jBPM DS and JNDI name, “JbpmDS”. You can choose any data source name but JNDI name should be “JbpmDS”.


Security Roles Configuration On Weblogic

We have now come to the final configuration. This is the security roles configuration on Weblogic.


Create a new “Authentication Providers” of type SQL Authenticator.


Provide following values to the given fields.

Navigation in Weblogic Console, Home >  Summary of Security Realms >  myrealm >  Providers


Field

Value

Name

jBPMAuth

Control   Flag

SUFFICIENT

Data   Source Name

jBPM DS   (Created Above)

Plaintext   Passwords Enabled

True

SQL Get Users Password

SELECT   PASSWORD_ FROM JBPM4_ID_USER WHERE ID_=?

SQL User Exists

SELECT ID_ FROM   JBPM4_ID_USER WHERE ID_ = ?

SQL List Users

SELECT ID_   FROM JBPM4_ID_USER WHERE ID_ LIKE ?

SQL List Groups

SELECT ID_ FROM   JBPM4_ID_GROUP WHERE ID_ LIKE ?

SQL Group Exists

SELECT ID_   FROM JBPM4_ID_GROUP WHERE ID_ = ?

SQL Is Member

SELECT u.ID_ FROM   JBPM4_ID_MEMBERSHIP m, JBPM4_ID_USER u, JBPM4_ID_GROUP g  WHERE g.ID_ = ? AND u.ID_ = ? AND m.GROUP_   = g.DBID_ AND m.USER_ = u.DBID_

SQL List Member Groups

SELECT   g.ID_ FROM JBPM4_ID_MEMBERSHIP m, JBPM4_ID_USER u, JBPM4_ID_GROUP g  WHERE u.ID_ = ? AND m.GROUP_ = g.DBID_ AND   m.USER_ = u.DBID_

SQL Get User Description (If you   check the “Descriptions Supported” box)

SELECT GIVENNAME_ FROM   JBPM4_ID_USER WHERE ID_ = ?

SQL Get Group Description (If   you check the “Descriptions Supported” box)

SELECT   TYPE_ FROM JBPM4_ID_GROUP WHERE ID_ = ?


P.S. Please check the cases of table names if it does not work on Linux.


You need to restart the Weblogic server...


You can verify the configuration success using following navigation. Home >  Summary of Security Realms >  myrealm >  Users and Groups


It should show something like Figure 1. These are the users inserted by example.identities.sql.

 

     Figure 1

https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/102-15968-14-10472/310-148/users_list.PNG


Deploying created libraries and application

Now we are ready to deploy the above created entities.

1.       jBPMCoreLibrary.ear

2.       jBPMBIRTLibrary.ear

3.       jBPMConsoleApp.ear

 

Deploy the first two EARs, jBPMCoreLibrary.ear and jBPMBIRTLibrary.ear as library on Weblogic. The third should be deployed as application. Your deployments will look as shown in below diagram.

https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/102-15968-14-10474/450-81/deployments.PNG


Try http://localhost:7001/jbpm-console/app.html and start building powerful applications in jBPM which can run on Weblogic.

 

For the applications running on that server to use the jBPM refer to above jBPMCoreLibrary from that application.


Reference Links:

http://community.jboss.org/thread/152527

http://community.jboss.org/thread/153405

http://community.jboss.org/thread/152589

 

You can use this URL to access the console app,

 

http://localhost:8080/jbpm-console

 

You have to write the client code to create jbpm process instance or tasks or add users.

 

See if this helps,

 

http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v5.4/userguide/ch.quickstarts.html


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