Installing a highly available Oracle SOA Suite 12c cluster is a little more tedious than a traditional single-node installation, and even the EDG should be considered as merely a guide.
This chapter focused on one of the more commonly used architectures and provided concise and direct instructions to help you avoid the lengthy installation documents from Oracle.
The steps involved include:
Downloading the Software
Downloading Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c
Downloading Oracle Java
Downloading Oracle Web Tier 12c
Ensuring proper installation prerequisites
Ensuring hardware requirements
Setting up a load balancer
Setting up a hostname
Preparing a filesystem
Configuring an operating system
Verifying a temp and SWAP space
Creating operating system accounts
Configuring operating system prerequisites
Creating custom environment scripts
Unzipping software
Installing Java and Infrastructure
Installing Java and Infrastructure on MidTier
Installing Java and Infrastructure on WebTier
Running the Repository Creation Utility
Creating a new domain
Starting Node Manager in Admin Server domain home
Creating the boot.properties file
Starting the Admin Server
Creating the domain directory for managed servers on MidTier
Starting Node Manager in the MidTier domain directory
Modifying the Node Manager ports for MidTier
Modifying the upload and stage directories to absolute paths
Starting the WSM managed servers
Configuring WebTier
Installing OHS on MidTier
Installing OHS on WebTier
Extending the domain with OHS
Propagating the extended domain to WebTier
Updating the OPSS JPS configuration on WebTier
Starting the Admin Server
Starting Node Manager on WebTier on port 5558
Configuring OHS
Installing Oracle SOA Suite
Installing Oracle SOA Suite
Creating Oracle SOA Suite Database schemas
Configuring SOA schemas for transaction recovery
Extending the domain with Oracle SOA Suite
Configuring the default persistence store for transaction recovery
Propagating the domain to the domain directories and machines
Configuring Oracle HTTP Server for Oracle SOA Suite
Configuring the WebLogic Proxy PlugIn
Configuring the Oracle File Adapter for Oracle SOA Suite
Configuring the Oracle FTP Adapter for Oracle SOA Suite
Configuring the Oracle JMS Adapter for Oracle SOA Suite
Installing Oracle Service Bus
Installing Oracle Service Bus
Extending the domain to include Oracle Service Bus
Configuring the default persistence store for transaction recovery
Propagating the domain to the domain directories and machines
Configuring the WebLogic proxy plug-in
Installing Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
Extending the domain to include Oracle Enterprise Scheduler
Configuring the default persistence store for transaction recovery
Propagating the domain to the domain directories and machines