9iAS vs. Oracle 8i HTTP Server

Hi,
Can anyone explain in some sentences main differences between 9iAS and Oracle 8i HTTP Server.
The latter we have "for free" with the database and in many applications (e.g. PL/SQL + Web Toolkit) this seems to work quite well.
What do we pay for when buing 9iAS?
Regerds,
Jarek

For your application if you care about scalability and want to offload db traffic to cheaper hardware based app server, you might want to consider app server usage.
Also, please note that the presence of HTTP Server in database might change in future.
Regards
Pavna Jain
Oracle9iAS Product Manager

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I have installed APEX on Oracle 11g with the Oracle HTTP Server on MS Windows server.
Data base up and running, APEX up an running.
All works as expected on port 7777
When I try 4443 I get error message re self signed certificate by Oracle, but if I click through error message I get an https connection.
I want to replace default cert with a locally signed cert, and get SSL working on 4443, then switch to port 443.
I have used the Oracle Wallet manager, generated a CSR, had this signed by my corproate CA, and installed the corporate CA cert and the newly signed server cert into the wallet (with Auto Login Set) and saved it in:
D:\orahttp\Oracle_WT1\instances\apex\config\OHS\ohs1\keystores\infosec2wallet
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I then manually add the group/users "SYSTEM" and "Administrators" to these two files to match the security tab on the default wallet.
I T then go to the ssl.conf file located at:
D:\orahttp\Oracle_WT\instances\apex\config\OHS\ohs1\ssl.conf
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I suspect it needs the password to the wallet but I cannot find any place to specify the password, and Auto Login should have addressed that issue.
Any insights welcome.
Thanks - Elton Hay

Hello Lakshmi,
>
I got your point but in our case HTTP Server and Oracle Database (APEX) running on different machines.
Oracle HTTP Server running on a Windows 2003 server and Oracle Database running on Sun Solaris machine.
So do i need to change Oracle 10g HTTP Server? do i need to install Oracle 11g HTTP SErver?
Please let me know if my question is not clear.
>
<ul><li>
I got your point but in our case HTTP Server and Oracle Database (APEX) running on different machines.Did I missed something?
You should have mentioned this additional information in the original question itself.
</li>
<li>Oracle HTTP Server running on a Windows 2003 server and Oracle Database running on Sun Solaris machine.As long as [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/install.42/e35123/otn_install.htm#BHAFJJDA]dads.conf is configured correctly there should not be a problem with this.
From Original question:
We are having Oracle APEX 3.1 version on Oracle 10g Database and Oracle 10g HTTP Server as web server in our organization.How did this setup of APEX worked?(i.e. on different machines)
If you still have doubt about this you can do the setup and find out before upgrading.
</li>
<li>So do i need to change Oracle 10g HTTP Server? do i need to install Oracle 11g HTTP SErver?This question is answered in the above post. As long as you fulfill the [url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/install.42/e35123/pre_require.htm#CFHIIJBE]HTTP Server Requirements for APEX 4.2 (Also we are discussing this long about only Oracle 10g HTTP Server but which version?)
</li></ul>
Hope now I am more clear!
Regards,
Kiran

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I received a PFX file that contains an SSL wildcard certificate for our company *.xyz.com.
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Once again)
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11705.html
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You'r on the right track. You can't install just OHS or just OC4J seperatly but you can get the end result you are looking for.
Install an iAS instance (j2ee&webcache) in the DMZ and shutdown all but the OHS process.
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