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Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) : Installation on Tomcat (Windows)

Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS), formerly known as the APEX Listener, allows APEX applications to be deployed without the use of Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) and mod_plsql or the Embedded PL/SQL Gateway. ORDS version 3.0 onward also includes JSON API support to work in conjunction with the JSON support in the database. ORDS can be deployed on WebLogic, Tomcat or run in standalone mode. This article describes the installation of ORDS on Tomcat 9 running on Windows.

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Prerequisites

We need the Java and Tomcat software installed on the server before we can proceed.

Java:

Tomcat:

We will also need the ORDS and APEX software. This article will assume it is in our "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads" directory.

Multitenant : CDB or PDB Installation

When using the multitenant architecture there are several options for how to install ORDS. For this article we are going to install ORDS into the PDB. This is preferable for Lone-PDB installations (a CDB with one PDB), or for CDBs with small numbers of PDBs

If you are using many PDBs per CDB, you may prefer to install ORDS into the CDB. You can read more about the CDB installation options here.

ORDS Installation

Check the SYS user (or an alternative SYSDBA user) and common public users are unlocked. Remember to lock the SYS user when the installation is complete. Change the passwords as required.

conn / as sysdba
alter user sys identified by SysPassword1 account unlock container=all;

alter session set container = pdb1;
alter user apex_listener identified by OraPassword1 account unlock;
alter user apex_public_user identified by OraPassword1 account unlock;
alter user apex_rest_public_user identified by OraPassword1 account unlock;

-- The next one will fail if you've never installed ORDS before. Ignore errors.
alter user ords_public_user identified by OraPassword1 account unlock;

All commands are run with the command prompt unless otherwise stated.

Make a directory for the ORDS software.

mkdir c:\app\ords

Unzip the ORDS software into the directory.

powershell -command "Expand-Archive -LiteralPath %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\ords-latest.zip -DestinationPath c:\app\ords"

Make a config directory for ORDS, with a logs subdirectory.

mkdir c:\app\config\ords\logs

Install ORDS. Amend the environment variables as required, and enter the SYSDBA and ORDS_PUBLIC_USER passwords when prompted.

set ORDS_HOME=c:\app\ords
set ORDS_CONFIG=c:\app\config\ords
set ORDS_LOGS=%ORDS_CONFIG%\logs
set DB_HOSTNAME=localhost
set DB_PORT=1521
set DB_SERVICE=pdb1
set SYSDBA_USER=SYS

c:\app\ords\bin\ords.exe ^
  --config %ORDS_CONFIG% install ^
  --log-folder %ORDS_LOGS% ^
  --admin-user %SYSDBA_USER% ^
  --db-hostname %DB_HOSTNAME% ^
  --db-port %DB_PORT% ^
  --db-servicename %DB_SERVICE% ^
  --feature-db-api true ^
  --feature-rest-enabled-sql true ^
  --feature-sdw true ^
  --gateway-mode proxied ^
  --gateway-user APEX_PUBLIC_USER ^
  --proxy-user

Add the ORDS "bin" directory to your path permanently, and in the current session.

setx PATH "%PATH%;c:\app\ords\bin"
set PATH="%PATH%;c:\app\ords\bin"

Tomcat Deployment

Unzip the APEX software.

powershell -command "Expand-Archive -LiteralPath %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\apex-latest.zip -DestinationPath %USERPROFILE%\Downloads"

Copy the APEX images to the Tomcat "webapps\i" directory.

set CATALINA_HOME="c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 9.0"

mkdir %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\i
xcopy /s %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\apex\images %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\i\

Copy the "ords.war" file to the Tomcat "webapps" directory.

copy C:\app\ords\ords.war %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\

The _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable must include a reference to the "-Dconfig.url" flag, to tell ORDS where to find the ORDS configuration. Some references suggest you may need to use the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable instead of _JAVA_OPTIONS environment variable.

This can be done in one of two ways. We could create a system variable with the following details, but that would affect any java processes on the server.

Variable Name: _JAVA_OPTIONS
Variable Value: -Dconfig.url=c:\app\config\ords

Alternatively we could run the following program.

"C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 9.0\bin\Tomcat9w.exe"

Then add the variable value to the "Java Options" on the "Java" tab.

tomcat9w

After restarting Tomcat (see below) ORDS should now be accessible using the following type of URL.

http://<server-name>:/ords/

http://localhost:8080/ords/

Starting/Stopping ORDS Under Tomcat

ORDS is started or stopped using the Windows service. We must be running the command prompt as the administrator.

net stop "Apache Tomcat 9.0 Tomcat9"
net start "Apache Tomcat 9.0 Tomcat9"

ORDS Repair

We can repair the current ORDS installation using the following command.

set ORDS_HOME=c:\app\ords
set ORDS_CONFIG=c:\app\config\ords
set ORDS_LOGS=%ORDS_CONFIG%\logs

c:\app\ords\bin\ords.exe --config %ORDS_CONFIG% install repair --interactive --log-folder %ORDS_LOGS%

ORDS Uninstall

ORDS is uninstalled using the following command.

set ORDS_HOME=c:\app\ords
set ORDS_CONFIG=c:\app\config\ords

c:\app\ords\bin\ords.exe --config %ORDS_CONFIG% uninstall --interactive

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Hope this helps. Regards Tim...

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