A domain is the basic administration unit for WebLogic Server instances (servers) that is represented in its own configuration file (config.xml). A domain consists of one or more servers (and their associated resources) that you manage with a single Administration Server.
Cluster: 族也是一个逻辑概念,用来分组用途相同的服务器实例,一个域中可以有多个族。
A cluster is a deployment in which multiple WebLogic Server instances (servers) run simultaneously and work together to provide increased scalability and reliability. A cluster appears to clients to be a single WebLogic Server instance. The servers that constitute a cluster can run on the same machine, or be located on different machines.
A machine is the logical representation of the computer that hosts one or more WebLogic Server instances (servers). WebLogic Server uses configured machine names to determine the optimum server in a cluster to which certain tasks, such as HTTP session replication, are delegated. The Administration Server uses the machine definition in conjunction with the Node Manager application to start remote servers.
A server is an instance of WebLogic Server that runs in its own Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and has its own configuration. Each WebLogic Server domain must have one server that acts as the Administration Server. In a typical production environment, the Administration Server is where the Administration Console is run and used to perform administrative tasks. By default, the Administration Server is called myserver. A typical production environment may also have one or more Managed Servers, which are instances of WebLogic Server used to host enterprise applications.