# Configuration Guide

# Introduction

This document describes configuration tasks associated with using WebLogic Operations Control™ (WLOC) to manage the deployment and runtime performance of applications.

See Related Documents for a description of other WLOC documents.

## Guide to this Document

This document includes the following sections:

- Overview provides an overview of WLOC with respect to the configuration tasks explained in this document.
- Configuring the Controller and Agents describes how to configure the WLOC Controller and Agents using the WLOC Configuration Wizard.
- Starting and Stopping the Controller and Agents describes how to start and stop WLOC Controllers and Agents.
- Configuring Services and Process Groups describes configuration tasks associated with defining and managing WLOC services.
- Defining Policies describes the components of a policy, explains how policies are used in WLOC, and gives information about how they are created.
- Configuring Security describes the WLOC security model and provides information about protecting access to WLOC and securing WLOC communications.
- Logging, Auditing, and Monitoring describes how to monitor, log, and audit WLOC services and resources.
- Silent Mode Configurations, describes how to run the WLOC Configuration Wizard in silent mode.

## Related Documents

In addition to this document, the WLOC documentation set includes the following:

- Introducing WebLogic Operations Control—Provides a high-level overview of WLOC.
- Installation Guide—Describes how to install and uninstall the WLOC components.
- WLOC Administration Console Online Help—The online help for WLOC’s graphical user interface. You can also access the WLOC Administration Console Help by clicking the Help link in the upper right corner of the Administration Console.
- Securing a Production Environment—Highlights essential security measures for you to consider before you deploy WLOC into a production environment.
- Controller Configuration Schema Reference—A reference to the XML Schema used to persist the configuration of the WLOC Controller component.
- Agent Configuration Schema Reference—A reference to the XML Schema used to persist the configuration of the WLOC Agent component.
- Service Metadata Schema Reference—A reference to the XML Schema used to persist the configuration of WLOC services.
- Message Catalog—A reference to messages generated by WLOC.