Getting Started - Installation of Oracle SOA Suite 11g

The following needs to be installed on your desktop to start working with Oracle BPEL. Installing all this on your desktop or laptop will help you run it anytime and anywhere. These instructions have been tried on Windows Vista.

1. Oracle Database 10g Express Edition
2. Repository Creation Utility(RCU)
3. Oracle Weblogic Server 11g(10.3.1)
4. Oracle SOA Suite 11g 
5. Oracle JDeveloper 11g

Note : 

1. The installation guides for all the above are available here 
2. You need to sign into OTN and accept the license to be able to download.

Oracle Database Express Edition10g or 11g 

1. Download 10.2.0.1 from here  as OracleXEUniv.zip
2. While installing, enter "system" as password for "sys" and "system" database accounts. 
3. After installation, login with "system" account to ensure that it was installed successfully.
4. Now, set the oracle parameters as follows. This is required by the RCU in next step

Open "Run SQL Command Line"

SQL> connect sys as sysdba

SQL> alter system set PROCESSES=500 scope=SPFILE;

SQL> alter system set open_cursors=500 scope=SPFILE;

Go to Services and restart "OracleServiceXE" 

Repository Creation Utility

1. Download it from here as ofm_rcu_win32_11.1.1.1.0_disk1_1of1.zip
2. Go to C:\rcuHome\BIN and execute rcu.bat
3. In the Step2/7, "Create Repository", choose to create a repository
4. In the Step3/7, "Database Connection Details", enter the following values
   
   
   1. Host Name : localhost
   2. 
      
      
      Port : 1521
      Service Name : xe
      Username : sys
      Password : system
      Role : SYSDBA
      
      
      Note : Ignore the warning "The database you are connecting is not a supported version".
      
      
5. In the Step4/7, of wizard "Schema Passwords"(system) enter a password and make a note of it.
6. 
   
   
   In the Step5/7 of wizard "Map Tablespaces", accept the values and proceed. If you get an error in the creation of "Portal" tablespace ignore and proceed. 
   
   Note  : Detailed instructions are available here  
   

Oracle Weblogic Server 11g(Actual Version is 10.3.1)

1. Download from here as net_oepe11_wls1031.exe
2. The directory structure of Oracle SOA Suite can be seen here 
3. Enter a Middleware Home directory. I created this as "oraclefusion"
4. The Weblogic server and Eclipse are installed in sub folders. 

Note  : Detailed instructions are available here  

Oracle SOA Suite 11g

1. Download from here as ofm_soa_generic_11.1.1.1.0_disk1_1of1.zip
2. Extract this to a temp folder.[c:\temp]
3. At Command Line, go to disk1 folder and run setup.exe -jreLoc C:\oraclefusion\jdk160_11\jre
4. This launches a wizard. Step3/6, select the Middleware Home directory, "oraclefusion"

Configuration of the SOA Suite will be covered in the next blog.