APEX Instalation

Has anyone written an installation script for Oracle APEX ?
Is there a reason why this product does not have an installation program?

Hello,
Please consider changing your form handle to something friendlier than “‘user123…”. It’s easier for us that way.
>> Has anyone written an installation script for Oracle APEX ?
I’m not sure what you mean by installation script, because APEX is installed using a SQL script, running on SQL*PLUS.
If you mean a GUI installation program, at least for the Windows environment, an enhancement request for that has been served by Tyler (Enhancement Request Thread : Post 3.1 ).
Regards,
Arie.

Similar Messages

Multiple servers to one APEX install.

At the moment, I'm in the position of having APEX running on the site using the internal Oracle server. This was the initial plan as there aren't many IT resources on site, so maintaining the more complex setups was not really an option. However, I'd like to spend a little time investigating the Apache based setup and especially the APEX Listener (as that sounds as though it'll end up supporting NTLM).
The question is, is it possible to have multiple servers, all connected to the APEX install, serving correctly (spotting subtle issues would probably be beyond my ability to spot quickly)?
The aim for this is to find a method of running multiple access methods simultaneously, enabling efficient migration from one to another should the benefits of running with a particular method (such as APEX Listener) become overwhelmingly strong.

James,
yes, no problem, you can run multiple different connection methods (apex listener, mod_plsql, epg) parallel.
brgds,
Peter
Blog: http://www.oracle-and-apex.com
ApexLib: http://apexlib.oracleapex.info
Work: http://www.click-click.at
Training: http://www.click-click.at/apex-4-0-workshops

Would you recommend installing and creating apps in the apex install schema

Would you recommend installing and creating apps in the apex install schema for e.g. apex_040100? Or would you rather a separate tablespace be used for the application objects? In addition to this we are integrating it with Oracle EBS? Are there any industry best practices for creating tablespaces and schemas for apex applications?

A BIG NO!!!, you should be using separate schema's
Have you seen this http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/learnmore/apex-ebs-extension-white-paper-345780.pdf

"Error" in ApEx install scripts for runtime environment?

I recently installed a runtime ApEx 3.1 on a 10.2.0.1.0 database. After installing an application which uses the Database Account Credentials method for authentication I was unable to login to the application, getting an ERR-10480 message. After some research on this forum I granted ALTER USER to FLOWS_030100 which resolved the issue. So far so good.
But I was still puzzled as to why the application had worked without problems in a development environment and not in the runtime environment. It took only a few minutes to locate the problem though. In the runtime-install script "apxrtins.sql" there is a call to the "runtime_grant_revoke.sql" script which removes unnecessary DBA system privileges for a runtime environment (which is a good thing IMO). In this script there is also a REVOKE ALTER USER statement, but it seems this one is needed if your application uses the DBACCOUNT authentication method. I didn't find anything on this in the documentation.
Anyone else notice this as well? I would think this is a bug in the install-scripts but perhaps I'm missing something somewhere?

Tim,
Thanks for reporting this. In database server versions earlier than 10.2.0.3, the alter user privilege is required for the "flows" schema to support the feature you mentioned. We'll try to get this fixed in the next patch release.
Scott

Apex install on 10.2 - Needed Apache having problems starting

Hi,
I am trying to get Apex running on a 10.2 database (Linux 64). To do so I need a webserver so I downloaded
the companion and installed. During the install I was asked to place into a new Oracle home so I did so. After the install I have been unable to start the HTTP Server. I've searched and saw that some people hav ehad issues with ports so I have tried modifying them with no success. The logs under opmn haven't been very helpful. I'm starting to wonder if the new Oracle Home may be involved.
Any idea on what might be wrong or where I can get additional information would be appreciated.
Thanks

Here are the last several lines of the Apache error log:
[Fri May 13 12:03:07 2011] [notice] Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.0.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri May 13 12:03:07 2011] [notice] Accept mutex: fcntl (Default: sysvsem)
[Fri May 13 12:04:06 2011] [error] [client 10.10.2.146] [ecid: 1305302646:10.10.2.26:20001:0:4,0] File does not exist: /u01/app/oracle/oracle/product/10.2.0/apex_1/Apache/Apache/htdocs/apex
[Fri May 13 12:07:31 2011] [notice] FastCGI: process manager initialized (pid 20060)
[Fri May 13 12:07:32 2011] [notice] Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.0.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri May 13 12:07:32 2011] [notice] Accept mutex: fcntl (Default: sysvsem)
[Fri May 13 12:31:48 2011] [notice] FastCGI: process manager initialized (pid 20306)
[Fri May 13 12:31:49 2011] [notice] Oracle-Application-Server-10g/10.1.2.0.0 Oracle-HTTP-Server configured -- resuming normal operations
[Fri May 13 12:31:49 2011] [notice] Accept mutex: fcntl (Default: sysvsem)
I also noticed several files in the /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/apex_1/Apache/Apache/logs directory:
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 May 13 13:12 mm.20782.sem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1060864 May 13 13:12 mm.20782.mem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 May 13 13:25 mm.21323.sem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1060864 May 13 13:25 mm.21323.mem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 May 13 13:25 mm.21326.sem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1060864 May 13 13:25 mm.21326.mem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 May 13 13:35 mm.21491.sem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1060864 May 13 13:35 mm.21491.mem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 0 May 13 13:35 mm.21492.sem
-rw------- 1 oracle oinstall 1060864 May 13 13:35 mm.21492.mem

Cannot connect apex installed in Windows 2003 from remote clients

Hi,
I have installed 10g Xe + apex 4.1.1 at a windows server 2003 server in our local network, but I cannot access from my xp clients, the network is fine, we have other app's running at the same server , there's no problem.
the server's name is 'MS2003', what I encountered is, if i access apex locally by 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex', it is ok, but if i try to access by 'http://ms2003:8080/apex' , it didn't work, both locally and remotely.
Any idea?
Edited by: Yawei Zhang on Apr 28, 2012 4:55 PM

Hi,
I have tried the IP, also didn't work, even at server side, I got 102(net:: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED) all the time.
The port is not blocked, actually we have turned off our firewall, is that the problem?
Maybe I should try to open the firewall and try again。
it is not a firewall problem , I have tried it.
by the way, remote access by sqlplus and port 1521 is ok, no problem.
Edited by: Yawei Zhang on Apr 29, 2012 9:33 AM

Apex instalation problem with ACL

Hi
I had apex 4.0 and oracle 11g. My apex worked properly - I think about mailing.
Next I have made upgrade -> apex 4.2.1 and I have a problem with it. Apex doesn't send mail.
I run PL/SQl block (from documentation http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/install.42/e35123/otn_install.htm#autoId3
topic 3.3.8 and 3.3.8.1):
DECLARE
ACL_PATH VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
-- Look for the ACL currently assigned to '*' and give APEX_040200
-- the "connect" privilege if APEX_040200 does not have the privilege yet.
SELECT ACL INTO ACL_PATH FROM DBA_NETWORK_ACLS
WHERE HOST = '*' AND LOWER_PORT IS NULL AND UPPER_PORT IS NULL;
IF DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CHECK_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH, 'APEX_040200',
'connect') IS NULL THEN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH,
'APEX_040200', TRUE, 'connect');
END IF;
EXCEPTION
-- When no ACL has been assigned to '*'.
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CREATE_ACL('power_users.xml',
'ACL that lets power users to connect to everywhere',
'APEX_040200', TRUE, 'connect');
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ASSIGN_ACL('power_users.xml','*');
END;
COMMIT;
It ended with errors:
Error report:
ORA-29903: błąd podczas wykonywania podprogramu ODCIIndexFetch()
ORA-22881: wiszący REF
ORA-06512: przy linia 7
29903. 00000 - "error in executing ODCIIndexFetch() routine"
*Cause:    The execution of ODCIIndexFetch routine caused an error.
*Action:   Examine the error messages produced by the indextype code and
take appropriate action.
committed.
What should I do?
Ziut

I repaired all the permissions on the user account directories and this fixed my issues with share folder permissions for some reason.
Here is a script that will do it all in one go. Change /Volumes/XXXX/Users/ to where you users directory is. chmod the script to 755 and run with sudo and it will fix the user directory permissions for all accounts.
#!/bin/sh
# This shell script needs to be run as super-user
for i in /Volumes/XXXX/Users/*
do
u=`echo $i | cut -d/ -f5`
case $u in
Shared)
Temporary)
   /usr/sbin/chown -R $u:staff $i
   /bin/chmod -R 700 $i
esac
done
for i in /Volumes/XXXX/Users/*
do
u=`echo $i | cut -d/ -f5`
case $u in
Shared)
Temporary)
   /usr/sbin/chown $u:staff $i
   /bin/chmod 755 $i
esac
done
/usr/sbin/chown -R 'root':wheel '/Users/Shared'
/bin/chmod -R 777 '/Users/Shared'
for i in /Volumes/XXXX/Users/*
do
u=`echo $i | cut -d/ -f5`
case $u in
Shared)
Temporary)
   /usr/sbin/chown -R $u:staff $i/Public
   /bin/chmod -R 755 $i/Public
esac
done
for i in /Volumes/XXXX/Users/*
do
u=`echo $i | cut -d/ -f5`
case $u in
Shared)
Temporary)
   /usr/sbin/chown -R $u:staff $i/Public/Drop\ Box
   /bin/chmod -R 733 $i/Public/Drop\ Box
esac
done
for i in /Volumes/XXXX/Users/*
do
u=`echo $i | cut -d/ -f5`
case $u in
Shared)
Temporary)
   /usr/sbin/chown -R $u:staff $i/Sites
   /bin/chmod -R 755 $i/Sites
esac
done
exit 0

Apex install choose http server

Dears,
I'd like to install a new apex instance on one server on which there is HP UX Apache Web Server, can I use this Apache server of i have to install apache on companion cd for Apex installation?
Thanks for your feedback
Celio

If it is 11g you can use the embedded server (not the best idea for production usage) or you use the server software off the cd. The install of Apache you have on your HP server will not support APEX.. You can use the hp server Apache to pass requests the Oracle Apache server..
Thank you,
Tony Miller
Webster, TX

APEX install

After successfully installing apex into my oracle xe, do I need to keep the apex folder? I don't actually understand how it installed in the first place, I just followed the directions. Just not wanting to screw up the install but at the same time trying to clean up space.

Hi,
you can delete it, it's not required anymore.
Regards
Patrick
My Blog: http://www.inside-oracle-apex.com
APEX 4.0 Plug-Ins: http://apex.oracle.com/plugins

ApEx install with HTTP server on separate boxes

I want to configure ApEx 3.1 that is installed in an Oracle 10.2 database on server1 (linux) to work with an OracleAS 10.2 HTTP server installed on server2 (also linux). What extra steps do I need to do? I understand I need to place the images directory from the ApEx installation directory on server1 to AS_ORACLE_HOME/Apache directory on server2 and change the connect string in the dads.conf file to point to the server1. Is that correct?

Hello,
Yes that's correct. It's well described in the Oracle Apex Installation Guide and documentation:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10513_01/doc/install.310/e10496/toc.htm
Regards,
Dimitri
-- http://dgielis.blogspot.com/
-- http://www.apex-evangelists.com/
-- http://www.apexblogs.info/

Error in @apxxepwd.sql command to gave a admin password in Apex instalation

Hello, Everybody,
Greetings..
I am the new beginner to Oracle Apex installation, After some few steps i could not understand this error, when i run this command, Could you please help me to get the installation of Oracle Apex in my windows 7.
Thank you.

I get the follwing error after making the changes. Is it because no username and password were found in the DB for the particular inputs.
The stack trace of the error is:
java.lang.NullPointerException java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.jsp.validate_jsp._jspService(validate_jsp.java:88) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:393) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:320) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:266) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:230) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:175) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:104) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:261) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:844) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:581) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

If I already have APEX installed can I install 10g Standard Edition too?

can I have both running on the same machine?

If you are referring to Oracle XE database as opposed to APEX then the answer is yes. Just be sure to assign the Oracle Standard Edition to a different "Oracle Home".

How to install apex (and mapviewer) company wide ?

Hi,
Until now I've developed some applications on a laptop.
I want to bring them to my company - in this stage as a "pilot" with a limited number of employees having access.
What do I need: a database, apex installed and - now is coming what I want to know - application server or http-server ?
For your information: I'm using also oracle spatial and mapviewer to present data on the map of the netherlands. Therefore I want to install spatial, and mapviewer. An pre-installed oc4j is included in that installation.
How to combine these issues ?
Thanks in advance for any reaction.
Leo

Hello Leo,
I'm not sure these issues should be combined. You are talking about 3 different Oracle products, each with its own pre-installation requirements. Regarding oracle spatial and MapViewer, you'll need to ask your DBA (or someone with the proper experience in this forum can help you).
As for ApEx, you'll need a db version 9.2.0.3 or higher, and you'll need the OHS (Oracle HTTP Server) which is part of the db companion CD, or can be downloaded from OTN.
As far as I know, Oracle MapViewer is part of the Oracle Application server, just like OC4J and OHS. In this case, you can install all the needed modules of the Application Server, and then installed ApEx. The ApEx installation guide includes information on how to configure the HTTP server, as part of the Application Server.
Hope this helps,
Arie.
.

The Apex 3.2 Installation Documentation - How to Install under 10g?

I finally have a project that looks like a great candidate for Apex. My target database is 10g (as most of our customers are running that version).
My problem? [The Apex 3.2 installation guide|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14373_01/install.32/e13366/toc.htm]. Even though Apex 3.2 is said to be compatible with 10g, the docs speak about nothing but 11g. Is there an embedded PL/SQL gateway in 10g? The docs don't say. What if I want the external Apache http server? Well, I'm running 10.2.0.4 (in Windows, on my dev machine; version lines up with what we support for our customers). The 10g Companion CD I can download only comes with 10.2.0.1. Installing from that broke other things. (sqlplus now uses the 10.2.0.1 version and can't find my running server) So, I uninstalled the new stuff, and at least what used to work works again.
In short, I can't figure out what to do to get Apex installed properly, and the documentation isn't any help. I tried to post some feedback using the Contact us link ([http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14373_01/dcommon/html/feedback.htm]), but that page provides no means of actually sending any feedback in.
Does anyone know how to get this working under 10g? And, does anyone know how to get documentation feedback to Oracle?

dads.conf style
Changing *“<path that we copied images into>”*, host:port:service_name and apex_public_user_password
Alias /i/ “<path that we copied images into>”
AddType text/xml xbl
AddType text/x-component htc
<Location /pls/apex>
Order deny,allow
PlsqlDocumentPath docs
AllowOverride None
PlsqlDocumentProcedure wwwv_flow_file_mgr.process_download
PlsqlDatabaseConnectString host:port:service_name ServiceNameFormat
PlsqlNLSLanguage AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8
PlsqlAuthenticationMode Basic
SetHandler pls_handler
PlsqlDocumentTablename wwv_flow_file_objects$
PlsqlDatabaseUsername APEX_PUBLIC_USER
PlsqlDefaultPage apex
PlsqlDatabasePassword apex_public_user_password
Allow from all
</Location>
Example -
!http://www.tomklonowski.com/dads.PNG!
After you configured your Database and HTTP Server, which you can pretty much do with default installations, you have to install APEX 3.2 into your database and then configure your dads.conf. You need to create the tablespaces you want to use and run the @apexins.sql <tablespace for apex files> <tablespace for user files> <temporary tablespace> and <virtual image directory>.. Usually it comes with a TEMP tablespace, and you should create the alias as /i/ for the virtual image directory. So an example would be *@apexins.sql SYSAUX SYSAUX TEMP /i/*. You have to do this in SQLPLUS connected to your database as the system administrator. You need to do a few things after the installation of APEX. I.e. run the *@apxchpwd* script to change the admin password. Then the ALTER USER APEX_PUBLIC_USER ACCOUNT UNLOCK; command in SQLPLUS. Then ALTER USER APEX_PUBLIC_USER IDENTIFIED BY <your new password>;. Then you need to copy the APEX images folder into your Apache HTTP Server's folder.. in windows it would be something this xcopy /E /I <apex home location>\apex\images <Oracle HTTP Server Home>\Apache\images. ... And example would be xcopy /E /I C:\apex\apex\images C:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db\Apache\Apache\images... Finally edit your dads.conf file, and then restart your opmn (<HTTP_SERVERHOME>\bin\opmnctl stopall then startall). This should get APEX 3.2 running for you, if you got the HTTP Server and Database up.

Installing Oracle Apex in a PDB

Hi Guys,
I just want to know when you install Apex in a PDB does the CDB and PDB have to have the same port number in order to access the Apex Admin page.
I have the following set up:
PDB1   Port - 5502   (With successful Apex install)
CDB     Port - 8080
I am still unable to access the Apex Admin page via a browser.
Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thank you kindly

Hi Rhine23,
Rhine23 wrote:
I just want to know when you install Apex in a PDB does the CDB and PDB have to have the same port number in order to access the Apex Admin page.
I have the following set up:
PDB1   Port - 5502   (With successful Apex install)
CDB     Port - 8080
I am still unable to access the Apex Admin page via a browser.
     No, if you have installed Oracle APEX in PDB there is no need to have HTTP port set in CDB$ROOT. In fact, I have XDB HTTP Port set to 0 in CDB$ROOT and have XDB HTTP port 8080 set for PDB1.
     Regarding not able to access APEX admin page via browser:
     Do you get blank pages when you try to access APEX:
     http://localhost:5502/apex
     http://localhost:5502/apex/apex_admin
     If yes this is the problem of images not loaded properly to XDB. You have to re-run the apex_epg_config.sql with correct path for images.
     Refer : Re: apex 5.0 with xe 11g problem "Configuring Static File Support"
     Also check whether 5502 or any other port you set for XDB is free on your OS.
     Also check whether the database is up and the PDB is up and is in READ WRITE state.
     Refer : ORACLE-BASE - Multitenant : Startup and Shutdown Container Databases (CDB) and Pluggable Databases (PDB) in Oracle Datab…
     Also check that the database listener is up and running.
     Hope this helps!
Regards,
Kiran

APEX Instalation

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for