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This article explains how to install Oracle EBS R12.2 on Linux 7 step by step. In addition, It provides the instruction to configure your OS. So, EBS installation complete in a single straight shot and avoids errors in your installation.

Oracle EBusness Suite (#EBS) installation is a lengthy one, because of the installation process validation, and install Database, Middleware. Though, Oracle University Installer (OUI) made the Installation a bit straight forward. However, Its validation takes a lot of time before it shows any error messages. therefore, follow the pre-installation configuration mentioned below to get a smooth installation.

Before we start there are few assumptions, like:

Your server has enough free space at least 300GB.
I will use /u01 as a base of operations, for example, it holds source zip files, extracted stage folders, and installation files too.
Source files are located in /u01/src

EBS prerequisites for a successful install.

The following configurations are essential for EBS R12.2 installation success. therefore, Execute the following commands with a privileged user.

1. Server hostname.

Make sure that your server hostname is stored in the hosts file in the proper syntax

<IP-Address>     <hostname.domainname>        <HOSTNAME>
192.168.0.50     ebssrv1.cloudadmin.club       ebssrv1

2. Oracle Linux preinstall Packages

Then, Update your operating system and Install Oracle pre-installation configuration packages for both database and EBS. each package fulfill the prerequisites of one of the components.

[root@ebssrv1 ~]# yum update -y
[root@ebssrv1 ~]# yum install -y oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall.x86_64
[root@ebssrv1 ~]# yum install -y oracle-ebs-server-R12-preinstall.x86_64

This installation will create the oracle user and all required groups oinstall, hence, you need to set a password for the oracle user.

3. Oracle Inventory file

It’s essential to creat and configure Oracle inventory file correctly. If not, It will cause your installation to fail, as, the EBS R12.2.5 wizard will try to access /oracle/oraInventory which does not exist. therefore, let’s create it in /etc/ with name oraInst.loc

the file should have the following lines:

[root@ebssrv1 ~]# cat /etc/oraInst.loc
inventory_loc=/u01/oraInventory
inst_group=oinstall

4. File system fold structure

To Install Oracle EBS you need 3 directories, that is to say,

Source directory: It contains the Zip files that you downloaded from Oracle.
Stage directory: Contains the extract of zip files in structure needed by the installer.
EBS Installation Directory: that contains the running instance and datafiles.

Oracle Base directory

Create /u01 and change ownership

[root@ebssrv1 ~]# mkdir /u01
[root@ebssrv1 ~]# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01

5. Configure Linux Firewall

Oracle EBS needs a group of ports, So the following command enables access to its default ports. I intentionally didn’t add the database listener to prevent external access to the database.

You can adjust the ports to the values

[root@ebssrv1 ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port={7001/tcp,7201/tcp,7401/tcp,7601/tcp,7801/tcp,8889/tcp,9999/tcp,8000/tcp}
success
[root@ebssrv1 ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port={7002/tcp,7202/tcp,7402/tcp,7602/tcp,7802/tcp,8890/tcp,10000/tcp}
success
[root@ebssrv1 ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

Build Oracle EBS R12.2 stage.

To prepare for EBS installation, navigate into Source folder ( /u01/src), then extract StartCD compressed files

cd /u01/src
unzip V100052-01_1of3.zip
unzip V100052-01_2of3.zip
unzip V100052-01_3of3.zip

It will extract the content into a directory called startCD.

Next, Navigate into /u01/src/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz, then execute buildStage.sh script.

This interactive script will give you the option to create the staging directory structure and extract the ZIP files into it, consequently, we will be able to start the installation
To build stage structure I will ask to provide the EBS source directory

[root@ebssrv1 ~]# cd /u01/src/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/bin
[root@ebssrv1 bin]# ./buildStage.sh

After application starts, The interactive Configuration menu will prompt you for your input.

Firstly, press Enter to open the Build stage menu, Next, Press (1) to create a new stage area for your ebs installation.

Next, press 2 to select Linux as a platform

Finally, specify the directory that contains the zipped installation files, in our example the files stored in /u01/src/zipFiles. Then press Enter.

Follow the procedures mostly It is informational, as the script will verify the files, then extract them, after that, it will apply patches, and finally, it will Exit.

How to install EBS R12.2.

This article’s objective is to ensure a successful install of Oracle ebs R12.2 on your Oracle Linux 7 server. therefore, We will not discuss advanced Installation.

To start the installation. First, Navigate to oracle EBS rapid installer to start to install oracle EBS.

[root@ebssrv1 ~]# cd /u01/src/startCD/Disk1/rapidwiz/
[root@ebssrv1 rapidwiz]# ./rapidwiz

When the Wizard UI opens,Check use Express Install then press Next.

Nex, You will be asked to enter the following values

Database type: whether your installation has demo data or clean installation.
Enter Database SID : VIS
Domain: Enter the domain that your server belongs to, As explained in EBS R12.2 prerequisites section. For example, our domain is cloudadmin.club the wizard will attach hostname.
Oracle FusionMiddleware credentials (username-password)
Oracle Base Dir: make sure you have the correct path /u01.

When you press Next. the wizard will issue system check

If you applied the configuration correctly, The results should appear like this image.

Now, press Next to proceed with the installation, press Next then Next.

When the installation finishes It will show you the post-installation validation.

The previous screen shows a successful post-installation check for your installation. press Next will show the finish screen.

After your installation is complete. Click on the “Connect to oracle e-bussiness suite release 12.2” button, or open your EBS URL in our example: http://ebssrv1.cloudadmin.club:8000 to get the EBS login page.

Access your EBS using default username sysadmin and password sysadmin too.

Our conclusion that the Install process of Oracle EBusiness Suite (EBS) is a time consuming, especially when you repeat the process because EBS R12.2 prerequisites on Linux were not fulfilled. If you properly configured your operating system and followed the instructions in this article you will save your time and get it done from the first time.

If you are new to Oracle E-Business suite R12.2 on Linux, You might find stating EBS instance a bit confusing especially after rebooting your server. If you try to execute adstrtal.sh script directly, It will fail. As there are some preparations If that is your case then, this article is for you. It explains how to safely stop and start oracle EBS processes on Linux. For information on how to install EBS R12.2 on Linux Server.

Production environments host their database runs on a separate server. For that, EBS R12.2 does not include starting the database in their start script, even if it is hosted on the same server.

There are two phases to start oracle E-Business suite R12.2 on Linux.

First Phase: start EBS database.

Second Phase: Find start Script and start EBS instance.

Start EBS database

Starting EBS database is a bit different than starting a normal Oracle database. First, you need to identify ebs database’s home.

Get server name is simple just execute the following command.

$ tree -d -L 2 /u01

The output depends on your Oracle Base directory, for example, It shows oracle home bellow the VIS directory.

Next, we will load database environment variables.

[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ ls -l /u01/VIS/12.1.0/*.env
-rw-r--r--. 1 oracle oinstall 4205 Aug 8 09:15 /u01/VIS/12.1.0/VIS_ebssrv1.env
[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ source /u01/VIS/12.1.0/VIS_ebssrv1.env

Finally, Start the database and the database listener. By executing the following commands.

[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ lsnrctl start
[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ echo "startup" | sqlplus -s / as sysdba

The output of the command will look like that:

Start Oracle EBS Instance using adstrtal.sh

After Starting EBS database, Next is to start The E-Business suite R12.2 process. Simply execute adstrtal.sh from EBS administrator script directory.

Default Path for the script in /u01/VIS/fs1/inst/apps/VIS_ebs/admin/scripts

To execute a shell script in Linux or UNIX from the same directory which the script located is simple. You just need to add ./ before the script’s name. For example, in our situation to execute the adstrtal.sh script.

[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ cd /u01/VIS/fs1/inst/apps/VIS_ebs/admin/scripts
[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ ./adstrtal.sh

when you execute the script, it will ask you to provide three credentials Apps username, APPS password, and Weblogic Password.

Note: EBS R12.2 APPS default username is apps and the password is apps too.

You could provide username and password for apps as parameters for adstart.sh script as follows:

[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ ./adstrtal.sh apps/apps

It’s not recommended to do so. besides, it will ask for WebLogic Server password.

Stop Oracle EBS R12.2

To achieve safe shutdown of ebs services, you need to reverse the order of the process.

stop Oracle EBS instance

First, stop ebs R12.2 instance using the adstpall.sh script which is located in EBS admin scripts directory.

After executing it, it will ask for the Apps user credentials and WebLogic Server password.

[oracle@ebssrv1 ~]$ /u01/VIS/fs1/inst/apps/VIS_ebssrv1/admin/scripts/adstpall.sh

Stop the ebs database.

To stop the ebs database, first, load the environment variables. Then, shut down the database and the listener.

To summarize, You need to start the database before you start ebs, If you executed the adstrtal.sh script without starting the database, It will fail. consequentially, you will need to restart your server. First Start your database, then, execute the script.

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Install EBS R12.2 on Linux 7