Oracle HTTP Server 12c Installation and Configuration - Collocated Mode

Oracle HTTP Server is a webserver component for Oracle Fusion Middleware Architecture, which is based on Apache Webserver.  Oracle HTTP Server 11g Release – 11.1.1.7.0 is based on Apache 2.2.22 and added the modules prepared by Oracle. Oracle HTTP Server 12c Release – 12.2.1 is based on Apache 2.4.

We are discussing Oracle HTTP Server installation and configuration in this post. We can install and configure Oracle HTTP Server in two modes: Standalone mode and WebLogic enabled mode.

In this post, we are covering WebLogic enables mode on OHS 12c which is called Collocated Mode.

Installation Steps:

Step 1: Install Java

Step 2: Install Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure

Step 3: Install Oracle HTTP Server

Step 4: Create WebLogic Domain with Quick Config

Step 5: Update domain with Config

Step 6: Start Admin Server

Step 7: Start Node Manager

Step 8: Start Oracle HTTP Server (EM console & Command Prompt)

Now, we will cover each step in details.

Before starting with any installation, we need to prepare an operating system user for application installation, configuration and server maintenance. I have used Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.9 operating system and created a Virtual Machine in Oracle Virtual Box. Below commands will create the operating system user. Execute below commands with root user privilege.

groupadd -g 1000 oinstall

useradd -u 1100 -g oinstall oracle

passwd oracle

Create application directory with root user and assign the directory access to oracle user.

cd /

mkdir u01

chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01/

chmod -R 775 /u01/

Also, we need to install operating system libraries for Oracle HTTP Server installation and configuration. Execute the command with root user.

yum install binutils-2.20.51.0.2-5.28.el6

yum install compat-libcap1-1.10-1

yum install compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-69.el6

yum install gcc-4.4.7-18.el6

yum install gcc-c++-4.4.7-18.el6

yum install libaio-devel-0.3.107-10.el6

yum install openmotif22-2.2.3

We need to edit the 90-nproc.conf file change the soft limit for the number of user processes.

 cd /etc/security/limits.d/

                 vi 90-nproc.conf

                

Once above pre-requisites are completed successfully, we can start the installation steps.

Step 1: - Install Java

Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c required Oracle JDK with 1.8, and we are installing jdk1.8.0_131.

Login with oracle user and copy the files to the installation directory.

File : jdk-8u131-linux-x64.tar.gz

Extract the Java Package to create the JDK directory.

  ls jdk-8u131-linux-x64.tar.gz

                tar –xvzf jdk-8u131-linux-x64.tar.gz

Java Installation package will be extracted and jdk1.8.0_131 directories will be created with Java Framework. Once Java installed, set the JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variable in .bash_profile file.

cd /home/oracle/

vi .bash_profile

Save the file à Logout oracle user à Login again.

Step 2: Install Oracle Fusion Middleware Infrastructure

Go to software installation directory where the installer files are copied.

cd /u01/sw/

ls fmw_12.2.1.2.0_infrastructure_Disk1_1of1.zip

unzip fmw_12.2.1.2.0_infrastructure_Disk1_1of1.zip

/u01/sw/jdk1.8.0_131/bin/java -Xmx1024m -jar fmw_12.2.1.2.0_infrastructure.jar

Create the Oracle Fusion Middleware Home directory

cd /

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/fmw12c

Step 3: Install Oracle HTTP Server

Go to software installation directory where the installer files are copied.

cd /u01/sw/

unzip ofm_ohs_linux_12.1.2.0.0_64_disk1_1of1.zip

./ohs_121200_linux64.bin

Step 4: Create WebLogic Domain with Quick Config

Fusion Middleware 12c – Weblogic domain creation require the database schema. But, below steps helps to configure the domain without schema and it will be applied only for development environment.

cd /u01/app/oracle/product/fmw12c/oracle_common/common/bin/      

                                              

export QS_TEMPLATES=/u01/app/oracle/product/fmw12c/wlserver/common/templates/wls/wls_jrf.jar

./qs_config.sh

This will enable the quick start configuration wizard

Step 5: Update domain with Config

Once the domain is created with qs_config, we can run config.sh and update the domain for Oracle HTTP Server.

./config.sh

Step 6: Start Admin Server

Start the Admin Server

cd /u01/app1/oracle/product/fmw12c/user_projects/domains/ohsdomain/bin/

nohup ./startWebLogic.sh > AdminLogs.out &

tail –f AdminLogs.out

Step 7: Start Node Manager

Start the Node Manager

cd /u01/app1/oracle/product/fmw12c/user_projects/domains/ohsdomain/bin/

nohup ./startNodeManager.sh > nm.out &

tail -f nm.out

Step 8: Start Oracle HTTP Server (EM console & Command Prompt)

Start the OHS via EM console

Start and Stop OHS via command prompt

It required node manager password to start or stop the OHS system component.

Start the OHS system component

cd /u01/app1/oracle/product/fmw12c/user_projects/domains/ohsdomain/bin/

./startComponent.sh ohs1

Stop the OHS system component

cd /u01/app1/oracle/product/fmw12c/user_projects/domains/ohsdomain/bin/

./stopComponent.sh ohs1