Oracle Traffic Director 12.2.1.3.0 in Docker

As I am currently working a lot with Docker and I already managed to place Oracle Forms & Reports into Docker, my next goal was to use the Oracle Traffic Director as well in Docker. Based on my blog post "How to install and configure Oracle Traffic Director 12c - fully unattended" http://dirknachbar.blogspot.ch/2017/09/how-to-install-and-configure-oracle.html, I have converted and aligned my scripts to be used in a Docker Image. The Oracle Traffic Director Image is based on my already published OracleJDK and OracleFMWInfrastrcure Images (https://github.com/DirkNachbar/Docker). Just...

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Oracle Forms & Reports on Docker - The Concept and Technique behind

In the last days I was working on my Oracle Forms & Reports in Docker solution and I already published it via my blog and in my personal GitHub Repository. Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.2.0 in Docker: http://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2017/11/oracle-forms-reports-122120-in-docker.html Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 in Docker: http://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2017/12/oracle-forms-reports-122130-in-docker.html Oracle Forms &...

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Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 with FADS in Docker

The next release of my Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 Docker solution is now containing an option on running the Oracle Forms Application Deployment Services (FADS) within the Docker container. The source code can be found under my personal GitHub Repository: https://github.com/DirkNachbar/Docker Feel free to get a copy and enjoy playing around with Oracle Forms Application Deployment Services (FADS) under a Docker container. ...

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Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 in Docker

After I published yesterday my Docker solution for Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.2.0, I received several question, if and when there will be a Docker solution for Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0. Here we go, I spent once again some time and created the necessary Docker files and uploaded them to my GitHub Repository https://github.com/DirkNachbar/Docker Now the above referenced Repository contains the necessary Docker files and docker-compose...

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Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.2.0 in Docker

As Robert Crames and me has developed some times ago a script set to install and configure Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.2.0 completely silent and unattended, the next step was for me to port this all to Docker ;-) Part 1: https://dirknachbar.blogspot.com/2017/05/how-to-install-and-configure-oracle.html Part 2: https://robertcrames.blogspot.ch/2017/05/how-to-install-and-configure-oracle.html  Oracle has a really good GitHub Repository (https://github.com/oracle/docker-images) with several Oracle Products, but no Docker Image for...

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AdminServer under WebLogic 12.2.1.2.0 consumes more than defined -Xmx

In case you are observing that your AdminServer under Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.2.0 consumes a lot more memory than your defined -Xmx size, you may hit the Oracle Bug 25665727. In order to valid this, you just need to perform following steps, connect to your Server on which is running your WebLogic Server with your AdminServer. Check the current defined -Xmx size ps -ef | grep AdminServer oracle 12793 12738 0 Nov01 ? 00:23:22 /u00/app/oracle/product/java/current/bin/java...

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Manually rotate WebLogic Server Logfiles

From time to time you have the requirement to rotate the WebLogic Server Logfiles manually on the fly without stopping the WebLogic Managed Servers or AdminServer, for example while you perform some load tests in order to have fresh WebLogic Server Logfiles. Here is a small Python Script, which rotates the WebLogic Server Logfiles for a list of given Managed Servers and AdminServer. You will need: rotatelogs.py = Python Script which rotates the Logfiles domain.properties = Property File for the required connect data to the Admin Server of your...

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Changing Logfiles Permission of WebLogic and Node Manager Logfiles to 644

In some cases you will need to align the Logfile permissions of the Oracle WebLogic Server (12.2.1.1 and 12.2.1.2) and Node Manager generated Logfiles to 644 (-rw-r--r--), so that for example Monitoring Tools like Patrol can access and monitor the WebLogic Server Logfiles with another OS user as the Oracle Software Installation user. Just take a look on the Start Script startWebLogic.sh under your $DOMAIN_HOME/bin and the startNodeManager.sh under...

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ODC Appreciation Day: Oracle GitHub Docker Images and Oracle Container Registry

It's time again for the ODC Appreciation Day (formerly known as OTN Appreciation Day) driven by Tim Hall. My personal favorite this year are the Oracle GitHub Docker Images and the Oracle Container Registry. The Oracle GitHub Docker Images (https://github.com/oracle/docker-images) are the "Community Version" provided by Oracle. So in order to use them you will need to download upfront the required Installation Software from OTN or Oracle Software...

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Configure Oracle Reports 12c (12.2.x) for destype=file

I currently had in a project a request, that Oracle Reports should be generated with the option destype=file to a specific location on the server which is hosting the Oracle Forms & Reports 12c environment. Since Oracle Forms & Reports 12c, the so called "File System Access Control" is enabled by default, so any request like http://<server>:<Port_of_ManagedServer_Reports>/reports/rwservlet?report=test.rdf&userid=test/test@db1&destype=file&desformat=pdf&desname=/u00/app/oracle/demo_app/rep_output/test.pdf&server=rep_server1...

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Decrypt any encrypted password in your WebLogic Server Domain

It happens regularly, that you configure a WebLogic Domain and you forgot after some time the given password for the WebLogic Administration User or you have configured a JDBC Data Source and you forgot the password of the used Oracle Database User. All you need is following small Python Script called decrypt.py: #/bin/python #===================================================================== # # $Id: decrypt.py $ # # PURPOSE: Script to decrypt any Password or Username # within a WebLogic Server Domain # # PARAMETERS: none # #...

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Oracle Installer fails with [EXCEPTION]:java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException under RedHat 7.4

I recently had a customer with a fresh installed RedHat 7.4 system on which we wanted to install different Oracle Software in graphical mode, like Oracle Database 12.1.0.2.0, Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 and Oracle Data Integrator 12.2.1.3.0. Following error occured when we were starting the Oracle Installers, either runInstaller or java -jar fmw_12.2.1.3.0_odi.jar: export JAVA_HOME=/u00/app/oracle/product/jdk1.8.0_131 export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH cd /u00/app/oracle/install java -jar fmw_12.2.1.3.0_odi.jar Launcher log file is /tmp/OraInstall2017-09-19_09-12-33AM/launcher2017-09-19_09-12-33AM.log. Extracting...

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How to install and configure Oracle Traffic Director 12c - fully unattended

As I am not a fan of clicking through several Configuration Wizards, I am trying to script as much as possible. Here is a fully unattended way of how to install and configure Oracle Traffic Director 12.2.1.3.0. Following pre requirements are necessary: you need a certified Linux Server, e.g. with Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.3 an oracle user on the Linux Server all required packages as per documentation and the necessary kernel settings and so on create...

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Oracle Forms 12.2.1.3.0 and the impact of new Required Support Files 12.1.0.2.0

With the latest Release of Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 the Database Required Support Files got a facelift. Oracle moved the Database Required Support Files up from Release 11.2.0.3.0 to 12.1.0.2.0. On the first look this seems not to be too dramatically, but when you check out the Release Note for Oracle Forms & Reports 12.2.1.3.0 Section Lifecycle Management Informations, you will find this statement http://docs.oracle.com/middleware/12213/formsandreports/releasenotes-fnr/lifecycle-management-information.htm#FRREL-GUID-241658D3-387D-4154-9484-1BF55D4EFFB7 Which...

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WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 - Get Patch List with RESTful Management Services

Yesterday, I discovered a new field within the RESTful Management Services under serverRuntime - patchList. This new field contains the list of applied patches to your Oracle WebLogic Server 12.2.1.3.0 installation, so I thought, I will not longer need to access opatch lsinventory to retrieve the list of applied patches on my WebLogic Server installation ... You can check the list of applied Patches with following URL call within a browser or just...

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