Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.

3) Installation On RedHat Advanced Server and CentOS

In this article I'll describe the installation of Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3), Oracle's J2EE Application Server, on RedHat Advanced Server and CentOS. The article is based on a server installation with a minimum of 2G swap, secure Linux disabled and the following package groups installed: X Window System GNOME Desktop Environment Editors Graphical Internet Text-based Internet Server Configuration Tools Development Tools Administration Tools System Tools Additional steps may be necessary when starting with a different base OS installation. Download Software Unpack Files Hosts File Setup Installation Post Installation

Download Software
Download the following software: Oracle Application Server 10g (10.1.3) Software

Unpack Files
Unpack the contents of the file: cpio -idmv < as_linux_x86_101300_disk1.cpio The installation files unpack into the current directory.

Hosts File
The /etc/hosts file must contain a fully qualified name for the server: <IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name>

Setup
Add the following lines to the /etc/security/limits.conf file: * soft nproc 2047 * hard nproc 16384 * soft nofile 2048 * hard nofile 65536

Add the following line to the /etc/pam.d/login file, if it does not already exist: session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so The installation guide for the core application server makes no reference to kernel parameters, suggesting that the default values are adequate. If installing version 10.1.3.1, you must comment out the ANT_HOME line from the "/etc/ant.conf" file, or rename the file so it is not detected. The documentation states that the following packages are required by the relevant operating systems: # Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 and CentOS 3.x (Update 3) glibc-2.3.2-95.27 glibc-common-2.3.2-95.27 binutils-2.14.90.0.4-35 compat-glibc-7.x-2.2.4.32.6 compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128 compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128 gcc-3.2.3-42 gcc-c++-3.2.3-42 libstdc++-3.2.3-42 libstdc++-devel-3.2.3-42 openmotif21-2.1.30-8 pdksh-5.2.14-21 setarch-1.3-1 make-3.79.1-17 gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-34.1 sysstat-4.0.7-4.EL3.3 compat-db-4.0.14-5 # Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 and CentOS 4.x (Update 1) glibc-2.3.4-2.9 glibc-common-2.3.4-2.9 binutils-2.15.92.0.2-13 compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2 gcc-3.4.3-22.1 gcc-c++-3.4.3-22.1 libstdc++-3.4.3-22.1 libstdc++-devel-3.4.3-22.1 openmotif21-2.1.30-11.RHEL4.4 pdksh-5.2.14-30 setarch-1.6-1 make-3.80-5 gnome-libs-1.4.1.2.90-44.1 sysstat-5.0.5-1 compat-db-4.1.25-9 compat-libstdc++-devel-7.3-2.96.128 compat-glibc-7.x-2.2.4.32.6 compat-libstdc++-7.3-2.96.128 control-center-2.8.0-12 xscreensaver-4.18-5.rhel4.2 Depending on the update/respin version of Red Hat or CentOS, the exact package versions and locations may vary. The installation of the required packages is shown below, with the locations relevant for Red Hat 4. # RHEL4 Disk 2 cd /media/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS

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glibc-2* glibc-common-2* binutils-2* libstdc++-3* pdksh-5* setarch-1* make-3*

# RHEL4 Disk 3 cd /media/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS rpm -Uvh compat-libstdc++-296* rpm -Uvh gcc-3* rpm -Uvh gcc-c++-3* rpm -Uvh libstdc++-devel-3* rpm -Uvh openmotif21-2* rpm -Uvh gnome-libs-1* rpm -Uvh compat-db-4* rpm -Uvh control-center-2* rpm -Uvh xscreensaver-4* # RHEL4 Disk 3 cd /media/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS rpm -Uvh sysstat-5* Create the new groups and users: groupadd oinstall groupadd dba groupadd oper useradd -g oinstall -G dba -s /bin/ksh oracle passwd oracle Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed: mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/10.1.3 chown -R oracle.oinstall /u01 Login as root and issue the following command: xhost +<machine-name> Login as the oracle user and add the following lines at the end of the .profile file: # Oracle Settings TMP=/tmp; export TMP TMPDIR=$TMP; export TMPDIR ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/10.1.3/OracleAS_1; export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_TERM=xterm; export ORACLE_TERM PATH=/usr/sbin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH; export PATH PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/dcm/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/opmn/bin; export PATH PATH=$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/bin; export PATH if [ $USER = "oracle" ]; then if [ $SHELL = "/bin/ksh" ]; then ulimit -p 16384 ulimit -n 65536 else ulimit -u 16384 -n 65536 fi fi

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Installation
Log into the oracle user. If you are using X emulation then set the DISPLAY environmental variable: DISPLAY=<machine-name>:0.0; export DISPLAY Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command in the Disk1 directory: ./runInstaller During the installation enter the appropriate ORACLE_HOME and name then continue with the installation. For a more detailed look at the installation process, click on the links below to see screen shots of each stage. 1. Installation 2. Installation Warning 3. Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials 4. Specify Inventory Directory and Credentials Dialog 5. Select Installation Type 6. Product-Specific Prerequisite Checks 7. Specify Port Configuration Options 8. Administration Instance Settings 9. Administration Settings 10. Cluster Topology Configuration 11. Summary 12. Install 13. Configuration Assistants 14. Setup Privileges 15. End of Installation

Post Installation
With the installation complete you can perform any administration tasks using the Enterprise Manager Website (http://<fully-qualified-machine-name>:7777/em). Log in using the username "oc4jadmin" and the password you assigned during the installation. For more information see: Oracle Application Server Installation Guide 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) for Linux x86