Installing APEX on separate server from production database

I have a security request to install APEX on a separate server from the application content. I have searched terms I know and have only found vague references, but not meaningful assistance. Rather than try to talk me into installing on the same server, can someone point me to some documentation for achieving this without the use of database links which is another security risk? The APEX Listener and APEX instance can be installed on one server but the application content needs to be installed on a separate server.
Edited by: user4552785 on Apr 16, 2012 12:18 PM

You can easily set up an Oracle HTTP Server elsewhere to connect to your APEX instance (along with images directory and other static files). However, the application schema is tightly embedded in the same instance as the APEX schema, so that will have to stay there.
What security concerns are you trying to alleviate? By default, APEX applications run as the user APEX_PUBLIC_USER and then this user masquerades as your application schema (and occasionally a little bit of APEX_0XXXXX). Even if you could manage to move your application schema to another instance, you haven't achieved a whole lot from a security standpoint.

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