How to run Weblogic's Admin / Managed / Nodemanager in background :

• Open terminal
• Navigate to $DOMAIN_HOME/servers/AdminServer
• Create a new directory named security .
• Go to security and create a file boot.properties
• Enter the username and password in it 
• eg -
• username=weblogic
• password=Welcome_1
• ~
• ~
• NOTE : do not leave extra spaces ; the next line after password should have "~" sign .
• Save this file and copy this file to managed server also . 
• Then go to $DOMAIN_HOME/bin and run AdminServer as
• nohup ./startWeblogic.sh &
• Press enter to come out of it 
• Then run tail command as
• tail -f nohup.out
• Now the server has been started in background 
• You can close the terminal without affecting the severs . 

CHEERS !!