Monday, March 4, 2013

Excited to take up this test

Exam: 1Z1-478-Oracle SOA Suite 11g Essentials-ENU


Preparation underway

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Oracle SOA Installation Useful Links

http://anvvsharma.wordpress.com/category/technical/installations/

http://sivadreamz.blogspot.com/2012/12/installation-instructions-for-oracle.html

Refer to the detailed steps regarding installation at
Oracle® Fusion Middleware Quick Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Business Process Management Suite
11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6.0)
Part Number E14318-05

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/install.1111/e14318/qisoa.htm#BABJBAJB

The above mentioned guide details the steps regarding installation along with prerequisites and the installion commands invocation steps. It also provides screenshots of various installation screens.

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2434039

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/install.1111/e14318/qisoa.htm#BABJBAJB

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/doc.1111/e13925/toc.htm

installing Oracle SOA can not be a Pain, It is Easy

Installing ofm_soa_generic_11.1.1.6.0_disk1_1of2

Was getting errors >>

While Installing SOA11g on Windows 7 Machine.. i am facing the following issue.

The Java Run Time Environment was not found at C:\Program\bin\javaw.exe. Hence the Oracle Universal Installer cannot be run.
Please visit http:/www.javasoft.com and install JRE Version 1.3.1 or higher and try again.

Refer to the detailed steps regarding installation at
Oracle® Fusion Middleware Quick Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Business Process Management Suite
11g Release 1 (11.1.1.6.0)
Part Number E14318-05

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E23943_01/install.1111/e14318/qisoa.htm#BABJBAJB

The above mentioned guide details the steps regarding installation along with prerequisites and the installion commands invocation steps. It also provides screenshots of various installation screens.

Tried with all the version of JDK / JRE available and path set 

None worked... Seems Oracle is trying to make people to use their JRE ... ridiculous.... disgusting...

Finding Details Oracle 11G Express Edition

Installed on my Machine OS Windows 7 Home Edition

Oracle 11g Express Edition

lsnrctl status command was helpful in letting me know the following details after execution on the command prompt


C:\Windows\system32>lsnrctl status

LSNRCTL for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production on 03-MAR-2013 16:27:04

Copyright (c) 1991, 2010, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=IPC)(KEY=EXTPROC1)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
------------------------
Alias                     LISTENER
Version                   TNSLSNR for 32-bit Windows: Version 11.2.0.2.0 - Production
Start Date                02-MAR-2013 22:14:24
Uptime                    0 days 18 hr. 12 min. 41 sec
Trace Level               off
Security                  ON: Local OS Authentication
SNMP                      OFF
Default Service           XE
Listener Parameter File   C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\product\11.2.0\server\network\admin\listener.ora
Listener Log File         C:\oraclexe\app\oracle\diag\tnslsnr\MEDITATE-THINK\listener\alert\log.xml
Listening Endpoints Summary...
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(PIPENAME=\\.\pipe\EXTPROC1ipc)))
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=MEDITATE-THINK)(PORT=1521)))
  (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=MEDITATE-THINK)(PORT=8080))(Presentation=HTTP)(Session=RAW))
Services Summary...
Service "CLRExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "CLRExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "XEXDB" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
Service "xe" has 1 instance(s).
  Instance "xe", status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully

C:\Windows\system32>


Found the database connection details one by one

1521 Port was easy to know
sys or system as username and Passwzerord was easy as I have set it during installation
service name was found by executing the command the output I have

I managed to connect to the server. I ran 'lsnrctl status' in command prompt then I looked at the listeners. and instead of using my localhost and that given port. I used My Laptop's name and port :) 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4381215/oracle-11g-and-database-connection

How do I redirect from Apache to Tomcat?


I'm working on my first Java site. I'm running Apache Tomcat on port 8080, and Apache HTTPD on port 80. The current URL that I can access the site at is (for example) 123.4.5.6:8080. I want to remove the port number from the URL before I point the domain at the new IP.
At the moment I am only using Apache for phpmyadmin, however I plan on using it for CGI scripts and other stuff once I figure out mod_jk etc... So I don't want to change Tomcat's port to 80 and turn off Apache.
I hope this makes sense.

The correct way to do things is to leave Apache at 80 and Tomcat at 8080 and use a plug in (preferably mod_proxy) to proxy Tomcat from Apache. mod_proxy would only take you 10 minutes to set up.
This how-to is very simple to follow.
I'd recommend this too - best not have your JVM running as root unless you've got some other way of allowing it to bind to port 80.

mod_jk allows you to not run as root and still use port 80 to serve requests through Apache. – Mike
@kgiannakakis: do you prefer this over mod_jk?
mod_proxy is a newer module and is considered to be better than mod_jk. It is only supported from Apache's version 2.2 onwards. I personally have only used mod_proxy.
The usual way this is done, as you already mentioned, is to use mod_jk from Apache HTTPD to forward that content that you want to be processed by Tomcat.
There is a Quick HowTo at tomcat.apache.org. You need to do the following:
  • Copy mod_jk.so into the appropriate modules directory for Apache HTTPD.
  • Create a configuration file workers.properties
  • In Apache HTTPD's httpd.conf, add a section to configure mod_jk.
  • Ensure that Tomcat is configured to accept the mod_jk protocol, which is usually on port 8009.
The lines in httpd.conf with JkMount:
JkMount  /examples/* worker1
tell Apache HTTPD which requests are to be forwarded to Tomcat.

Both the helpful answers above are good, but I much prefer mod_proxy over mod_jk. There's no extra installation to do for mod_proxy, unlike mod_jk, and the setup is much easier. mod_jk gives you more control over detailed tuning of Tomcat parameters, but if you just want a simple redirect from Apache to Tomcat, mod_proxy is the way to go.

If you want static content to be served by Apache instead of Tomcat you should use mod_jk :http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/proxy-howto.html
And what about SSL - if we want Apache to handle HTTPS, because it is faster then java/Tomcat?



Saturday, March 2, 2013

soa suite installation in windows 7

Oracle SOA Suite is yet not certified to work on Windows7. Though it did run well on Windows 7 beta.
Installation procedure will be similar to that on Windows Vista.

Im running SOA Suite 11g on windows 7 home premium (AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core QL-65 2.10Ghz with 4,00 GB RAM). 

It all works fine. No issues so far. 

I installed SOA Suite on Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit. Weblogic use 32bit jdk. But SOA need 64bit jdk. Nothing unnormal.

Was your SOA-Suite installation a vanila installation or you tweaked the installation process.
If later is the case can you please brief the tweak in process.

First, I installed JDK 1.6u17, both 32bit and 64bit. Then modified the registry, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\NtfsDisable8dot3NameCreation to 0. This is required by [JDeveloper|http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/htdocs/11/11.1.1.2/knownissues.html#install1]. 
Installed Jdeveloper and Weblogic and run RCU to create SOA repository as normal steps. 
When installed SOA, it asked the location of JDK. It must be path of 64bit JDK. After installation, created a domain including SOA.
Everything goes well so far.

Did you use generic WLS installer (wls1032_generic) or wls1032_win32?
Do JDK versions matter? Can you provide any additional info about your installation procedure please?

When I try to install (on Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit) everything goes well, untill creating the domain and I can't figure out what's wrong..

I finally made it work. I forgot to run the config.cmd as an administrator ;)

Everybody should consider installing on a certified platform. Windows 7, Vista, and XP are not certified SOA Suite platforms. I know may will say "it can work" and they are right. However, keep in mind that when your company buys SOA Suite the odds of you actually getting a desktop copy are next to zero. The licensing costs are just way over the top at over $100K list for everything you need to run on a dual core desktop. Get used to working off a shared server early for which there are many certified platforms to choose from.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Happiness cannot be explained after looking at things you have achieved, The feeling is so different

Oracle came up with a new Website called Oracle Certview

Successfully Logged on using my Oracle Account

I was able to see my Certifications available online on their website

Other things

https://education.oracle.com/pls/eval-eddap-dcd/ocp_interface.certification_history

Under Oracle University Certification History
 Ajay Chowdary Kandula 
 OC0879078


Oracle Certification Status

Certification Logo
Credential/CertificationDate AchievedDownload Logo
All certified individuals must adhere to the Oracle Logo Usage Guidelines
Download OPN Specialist Logo
Oracle WebLogic Server 10g System Administrator Certified Expert-12-JUL-2010BMPGIF / EPS