12.1.0.2 RAC Installation – Step by Step installation on VMware

12.1.0.2 RAC Installation ======================== RPMs for 12c on RHEL 6.x Check if the pre-requisite packages are installed using rpm –q  command as shown below. rpm –q <package> e.g: rpm –q binutils The list of packages to be installed are below   binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.11.el6 (x86_64) compat-libcap1-1.10-1 (x86_64) compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (x86_64) compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6 (i686) gcc-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64) gcc-c++-4.4.4-13.el6 (x86_64) glibc-2.12-1.7.el6 (i686) […]

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Installing Oracle SOA Suite 12c

Hi All, As you all know that the Oracle 12c is out now… this is the first Major release where oracle has now combined the Oracle Service Bus with the SOA Suite Install… and its apparently only a 30 min single installation… So firstly download the soa suite  from http://download.oracle.com/otn/nt/middleware/12c/121300/fmw_12.1.3.0.0_soaqs_Disk1_1of1.zip This contains SOA Suite 12.1.3 Size: 2.97 GB, Check […]

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OSB Deployment scripts 11.1.1.7 using configtool

These instructions are only valid for OSB Release 11.1.1.7 onwards.   How to export desired projects using the configjar utility   The configjar tool is located in the OSB installation directory under C:oracleMiddleware11117Oracle_OSB1toolsconfigjar [Check the path relative to your install] Run the setenv.cmd And execute the C:oracleMiddleware11117Oracle_OSB1toolsconfigjarconfigjar.bat -settingsfile C:OSB_DeploymentOSBPS6_MavenConfigToolnysolutions_export_projects.xml   Where the nysolutions_export_projects.xml file contains the names […]

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Testing Oracle Service Bus components

Testing Approach with OSB I have been having a thought about what’s the best way forward with automating unit tests with OSB First of all there are 2 things here… One is Unit testing and the Second bit is automating them… UNIT TESTING with OSB A customer of mine was very keen on unit testing and […]

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OSB Deployment scripts

UPDATE: For 11.1.1.7 deployment scripts …. see my new post http://nitinaggarwal.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/osb-deployment-scripts-11-1-1-7-using-configtool/   There are several OSB posts regarding the OSB Deployment Scripts available on the internet. For Oracle Service Bus 10.3 & 11g you can use the ANT / WLST deployment scripts provided by Oracle. I went through the post by Edwin http://biemond.blogspot.nl/2010/07/osb-11g-ant-deployment-scripts.html This is the most straight […]

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Securing an OSB Service with OWSM

In this post I will show how to secure a web service used by OSB ( Oracle Service Bus ) by authenticating it against an OWSM (Oracle Web Services manager) policy. We will add a User Name Token service OWSM policy to secure the Proxy Service in OSB. Below are steps in using a simple […]

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Implementing sequencing solutions with OSB when using JMS messaging

I Came across this post when I was looking for option on how to implement sequencing solutions with OSB when using messaging (JMS) https://forums.oracle.com/thread/2138854 Which talks about Using Message Unit-of-Order with JMS   Using Message Unit-of-Order Message Unit-of-Order is a WebLogic Server value-added feature that enables a stand-alone message producer, or a group of producers […]

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Implementing Security with OSB

I am looking to implement WS Security with OSB for one of our customers, so on doing a quick search the following articles caught my eye. Will be looking at some of these before I decide what would work best for my situation, or whether I need to come up with a new approach all […]

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Configuring Automatic Engine Recovery for Oracle BPEL Process Manager

Oracle SOA Suite provides an automatic recovery feature in Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control Console that enables you to configure and recover: All activities (for example, wait activities and OnAlarm branches of pick activities) that have an associated expiration date and are scheduled with the SOA Infrastructure to be rescheduled All activities that are […]

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Duplicate instances when using DB adapter in high availability environment.

Many a times I have noticed that when you use DB Adapters (SOA Suite 11g) for integrating with applications like the E Business Suite in a clustered high availability environment, at times there will be multiple instances for the same request. The number of instances each entry in the DB would generate would directly correlate […]

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