This guide describes how to install and configure Oracle9i Application Server release 2 (9.0.2) on UNIX systems with the Install Navigator for Oracle. Read the release notes for the product on your platform before installing it. The release notes are available on the Oracle9i Application Server disc. The latest version of the release notes is also available on the OTN Web site:
http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/
Before starting installation, you should consider the following things:
The system must meet the following minimum hardware requirements.
CPU | PentiumIII 450MHz |
Physical memory(RAM) | Java Developer Topology:512MB Portal and Wireless Developer:1GB OracleAS Infrastructure 10g:1GB |
Disk space | Java Developer Topology:520MB Portal and Wireless Developer:1.1GB OracleAS Infrastructure 10g:2.5GB |
Space in /tmp | Java Developer Topology:250MB Portal and Wireless Developer:250MB OracleAS Infrastructure 10g:250MB |
Swap space | Java Developer Topology:1.5GB Portal and Wireless Developer:1.5GB OracleAS Infrastructure 10g:1.5GB |
JDK | Prepackaged JDK1.4.2 |
Note:
If there is less than 250 MB of disk space available in the /tmp directory, set the TEMP and TMPDIR environment variables to the oracle user”Ēs environment. The Install Navigator for Oracle would unknowingly switch user from root to oracle, hence to set these environment variables for the root user's environment doesn't work at all this time.
Create a directory that have less than 250MB free disk space.
# mkdir /opt/tmp
# chmod 1777 /opt/tmp
Add the TEMP, TMPDIR environment variables to the oracle user's shell startup file(.bash_profile)
export TEMP=/opt/tmp
export TMPDIR=/opt/tmp
If you are installing the software from disc, automatically mount discs when you insert them into the drive. When a disc isn't mounted automatically, right-click the Desktop and then click Mount or enter a command similar to the following.
# mount /mnt/cdrom
To run Install Navigator for Oracle as the root user, Enter a command similar to the following:
# oranavi
Start Install Navigator for Oracle. Select the Operation type from following choices, then Click Next.
Specify the installation media.
Check the Product Version that you plan to install, then Click OK.
Specify the local Unix groups and user, then Click Next.
Specify the oracle user password and user home directory, then Click Next.
The ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID environment variables, then Click Next.
If Add some environment variables of the Oracle Database to the Apache configured file, Click Yes. Otherwise Click No.
If Start the installation now, Click Yes. Otherwise Click No.
Start Oracle Universal Installer. then, Click Next.
Specify the full path of the inventory directory, then, Click Next.
Only during the first installation of Oracle products on a system, run /tmp/orainstRoot.sh in a separate terminal window as the root user:
# /tmp/orainstRoot.sh
After running the script, Click Continue.
In the Destination section, specify the Path value for the Oracle home directory, then Click Next.
Select the installation product, then Click Next. At this time select "Oracle9iAS Application Server 9.0.2.0.1".
Select the installation type, then Click Next. At this time select "J2EE and Web Cache".
Select the components that automatically start at the end of the installation, the Click Next. At this time choose the defaults.
Select the infrastructure use, then Click Next. At this time select "No".
Enter a name for the instance that must be unique on a computer. Also, enter and confirm the password for the ias_admin user that is administrative user for this instance.
Review the information displayed, then click Install.
After the configuration assistants, this window appears. Then, run the $ORACLE_HOME/root.sh in a separate terminal window as the root user:
# /opt/oracle/product/9.0.2/as_1/root.sh
The Configuration Assistants screen displays status information for some configuration assistants that configure the software and create a database. After the Database Configuration Assistant finishes, click OK to continue.
This is the End of Installation. The configuration assistants configure several Web-based applications. This screen displays the URLs configured for these applications. Make a note of the URLs used.
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