Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g (ofm11g) on Centos 5

The new Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g just got released a few days back, so time to play with it!
Oracle did a great job on the installation guide and quickstart again, so installation wasn’t a real hard job.

A short overview of the steps we need to follow

• Install Oracle Database (i used OracleXE)
• Create Schemas for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BAM by using Repository Creation Utility (RCU)
• Install Oracle WebLogic Server and Create the Middleware Home
• Installing Oracle SOA Suite
• Configuring Oracle SOA Suite
• Post-Installation Tasks
• Installing Oracle SOA Suite Design-Time Components

On the download page i downloaded the next components

• Oracle WebLogic Server
• SOA Suite

This part will show us the included components but also the list of required additional software and optional software

• Repository Creation Utility

Quiet some software to install before we can get started.
I assume you already have the db running so lets get on to the next step.

Create Schemas for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle BAM by using Repository Creation Utility (RCU)

Unzip ofm_rcu_linux_11.1.1.1.0_disk1_1of1.zip and run ./rcu

I needed to change the next parameters in the db

• alter system set PROCESSES=500 scope=SPFILE;
• alter system set open_cursors=500 scope=SPFILE;

And the next parameters in the linux kernel (/etc/security/limits.conf)
[sourcecode language=”xml”]
# tbv oracle soa suite 11g
oracle hard nofile 4096
oracle soft nofile 4096
[/sourcecode]

And a list of missing/wrong version of system packages
[sourcecode language=”xml”]
Root
Checking operating system certification
Expected result: One of enterprise-4,enterprise-5,redhat-4,redhat-5,SuSE-10
Actual Result: redhat-5
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed

Checking recommended operating system packages
Checking for gcc-4.1.0-28.4; Not found. Failed <<<<
Checking for gcc-c++-4.1.0-28.4; Not found. Failed <<<<
Checking for setarch-1.6-1; found setarch-2.0-1.1-i386. Passed
Checking for sysstat-5.0.5-1; Not found. Failed <<<<
Checking for libstdc++-4.1.0-28.4; found libstdc++-4.1.2-44.el5-i386. Passed
Checking for libstdc++-devel-4.1.0-28.4; Not found. Failed <<<<
Checking for compat-libstdc++-296-2.96-132.7.2; Not found. Failed <<<<
Checking for compat-db-4.1.25-9; Not found. Failed <<<<
Checking for control-center-2.8.0-12; found control-center-1:2.16.0-16.el5-i386. Passed
Checking for glibc-common-2.3.4-2.9; found glibc-common-2.5-34-i386. Passed
Checking for binutils-2.16.91.0.5-23.4; found binutils-2.17.50.0.6-9.el5-i386. Passed
Checking for make-3.80-202.2; found make-1:3.81-3.el5-i386. Passed
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<<
Checking kernel parameters
Checking for VERSION=2.6.18; found VERSION=2.6.18-128.1.16.el5. Passed
Checking for hardnofiles=4096; hardnofiles=1024. Failed <<<<
Checking for softnofiles=4096; softnofiles=1024. Failed <<<<
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<<
Checking Recommended glibc version
Expected result: ATLEAST=2.5-12
Actual Result: 2.5-34
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed

Checking physical memory
Expected result: 1024MB
Actual Result: 1196MB
Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Passed
[/sourcecode]

Install all the correct packages (yum available/yum install), and ignore the other warnings during install.

Setup your own db instance


I selected just all the components

Install Oracle WebLogic Server and Create the Middleware Home

chmod the bin file and run ./oepe11_wls1031_linux32.bin
I had some ‘wrong class version exceptions’, so installed java6 update14.

Create a new home

Installing Oracle SOA Suite

Unzip ofm_soa_generic_11.1.1.1.0_disk1_1of1.zip and run ./runInstaller in Disk1

Configuring Oracle SOA Suite

Now we need to configure the soa suite installation with the Oracle Fusion Middleware Configuration Wizard.
Go to [sourcecode language=”xml”]
/common/bin
[/sourcecode]
and run ./config.sh

Since i used 1 db for all the components, select al the components and config the same db settings

Most of the steps are just next, next and a few more next.

Post-Installation Tasks

Start both the AdminServer and the ManagedServers.
AdminServer
[sourcecode language=”xml”]
/user_projects/domains/domain_name/startWebLogic.sh
[/sourcecode]
ManagedServers
[sourcecode language=”xml”]
/user_projects/domains/domain_name/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh soa_server1 (default name)
/user_projects/domains/domain_name/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh bam_server1 (default name)
[/sourcecode]
On startup it will prompt you for the username/password we used on during installation

Installing Oracle SOA Suite Design-Time Components

For development we will download Oracle JDeveloper 11g R1 (Build 5407).
To be able to create soa projects in it we need to update it with the Oracle SOA Suite Extension.
Go to Help > Check for Updates. Select ‘Oracle Fusion Middleware Products’ in the ‘Search Update Centers’, next and select ‘Oracle SOA Suite Composite Editor 11.1.1.0’.

New consoles (look-and-feel)

weblogic server 10.3.1 console

enterprise manager

Installation is done!
Just a few urls to check if everything went ok

administration server
http://host:admin_server_port (default installation : http://localhost:7001)
wls console
http://host:admin_server_port/console (default installation : http://localhost:7001/console)
enterprise manager
http://host:admin_server_port/em (default installation : http://localhost:7001/em)

Links

Oracle Fusion Middleware Documentation Library
Oracle Fusion Middleware Products Update Center
Oracle11g on CentOS-5, package requirements
Oracle® Fusion Middleware Quick Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite11g Release 1 (11.1.1)

Ready to create some nice new fusion apps!

Original blog