Install and Configure Oracle Application Express Apex 5.1.1,5.x with Embedded PL/SQL Gateway

Hi, for this first post i have compiled different tricks for install apex 5.1.1

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First you can follow the original steps for Oracle… Install Apex from Oracle Page

But it will be summarized…

1: Download apex 5.1.1 from Oracle
2: Copy and compress the content in a directory easy access, for example D:\\InstallApex
3: Open CMD and go for this directory and write SQLPLUS

4: Loged with  \”sys as sysdba\”, enter your password and continue…
5: Run apexins.sql

@apexins.sql APEX APEX TEMP /i/

 or     @apexins.sql SYSAUX SYSAUX TEMP /i/

6: Once complete, change the admin password by running the \”apxchpwd.sql\” scripts as the SYS user.

@apxchpwd.sql

7: Create the APEX_LISTENER and APEX_REST_PUBLIC_USER users by running the \”apex_rest_config.sql\” script.

@apex_rest_config.sql

8: Run the Embedded PL/SQL Gateway configuration (EPG)

 @apex_epg_config.sql D:\\InstallApex

   Note: You can try add \”\\\” or erase it , The command automatically recognize the APEX main folder

9: Update APEX directory images with those from the new release, it could take a lot of minutes:

 @apxldimg.sql D:\\InstallApex

10: Unlock the ANONYMOUS account.

          ALTER USER ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

      Note: Make sure that the following accounts are unlocked

ALTER USER xdb ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

ALTER USER apex_public_user ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

ALTER USER flows_files ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

11:  Aditional Config:
           11.1 Open XML DB Protocol Server.

 EXEC DBMS_XDB.sethttpport(8080); 

           11.2 Update quantity of process

            SHOW PARAMETER job_queue_processes
     ALTER system SET job_queue_processes=20 scope=both;

     SHOW PARAMETER shared_servers
     ALTER system SET shared_servers=5 scope=both;

             11.3 Enable remote HTTP connections (optional):

     EXEC dbms_xdb.setListenerLocalAccess(l_access => FALSE);

12:   APEX should now be available from a URL like http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex

13:   Granting Connect Privileges:

13.1   

     DECLARE

    ACL_PATH VARCHAR2(4000);

    BEGIN

    — Look for the ACL currently assigned to \’*\’ and give APEX_050100a

    — the \”connect\” privilege if APEX_050100

    — does not have the privilege yet.

    SELECT ACL INTO ACL_PATH FROM DBA_NETWORK_ACLS

    WHERE HOST = \’*\’ AND LOWER_PORT IS NULL AND UPPER_PORT IS NULL;

    IF DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CHECK_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH,     \’APEX_050100\’,

    \’connect\’) IS NULL THEN

    DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH,

    \’APEX_050100\’, TRUE, \’connect\’);

    END IF;

    EXCEPTION

    — When no ACL has been assigned to \’*\’.

    WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN

    DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CREATE_ACL(\’power_users.xml\’,

    \’ACL that lets power users to connect to everywhere\’,

    \’APEX_050100\’, TRUE, \’connect\’);

    DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ASSIGN_ACL(\’power_users.xml\’,\’*\’);

    END;

    /

    COMMIT;

13.2

DECLARE
ACL_PATH  VARCHAR2(4000);
BEGIN
— Look for the ACL currently assigned to \’localhost\’ and give APEX_050100
— the \”connect\” privilege if APEX_050100 does not have the privilege yet.
SELECT ACL INTO ACL_PATH FROM DBA_NETWORK_ACLS
WHERE HOST = \’localhost\’ AND LOWER_PORT IS NULL AND UPPER_PORT IS NULL;
IF DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CHECK_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH, \’APEX_050100\’,
\’connect\’) IS NULL THEN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ADD_PRIVILEGE(ACL_PATH,
\’APEX_050100\’, TRUE, \’connect\’);
END IF;
EXCEPTION
— When no ACL has been assigned to \’localhost\’.
WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.CREATE_ACL(\’local-access-users.xml\’,
\’ACL that lets users to connect to localhost\’,
\’APEX_050100\’, TRUE, \’connect\’);
DBMS_NETWORK_ACL_ADMIN.ASSIGN_ACL(\’local-access-users.xml\’,\’localhost\’);
END;
/
COMMIT;

14: For the first installation you need create a new schema and workspace. for this you can log in as ADMIN.

Workspace: INTERNALUsername: ADMINPassword: ***** 

   

Now you can enjoy of APEX