Install Oracle 12C Release 1 (12.1) on Fedora 25

This article presents installation of Oracle database 12C(12.1) on Fedora 25. Read following article to install Fedora 25 Linux: Install Fedora 25(for comfort set 4G memory for your virtual machine). Software Software for 12CR1 is available on OTN or edelivery

Database software

linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip 
linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip

If you are going to use version 12.1.0.1 you can encounter bugs. Solutions for the bugs are described in the following post: Install Oracle 12C Release 1 (12.1) on Fedora 20.

OS configuration and preparation

OS configuration is executed as root. To login as root just execute following command in terminal.

su - root

It’s recommended to update your Fedora 25 kernel to latest version as root

dnf update

The “/etc/hosts” file must contain a fully qualified name for the server.

<IP-address>  <fully-qualified-machine-name>  <machine-name>

For example.

127.0.0.1 fedora.dbaora.com fedora localhost.localdomain localhost

Add groups

#groups for database management
groupadd -g 54321 oinstall
groupadd -g 54322 dba
groupadd -g 54323 oper
groupadd -g 54324 backupdba
groupadd -g 54325 dgdba
groupadd -g 54326 kmdba
groupadd -g 54327 asmdba
groupadd -g 54328 asmoper
groupadd -g 54329 asmadmin

Add user Oracle for database software

useradd -u 54321 -g oinstall -G dba,oper,backupdba,dgdba,kmdba oracle

Change password for user Oracle

passwd oracle

OS configuration

Check which packages are installed and which are missing

rpm -q --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}(%{ARCH})\n' binutils \
compat-libcap1 \
compat-libstdc++-33 \
gcc \
gcc-c++ \
glibc \
glibc-devel \
ksh \
libaio \
libaio-devel \
libgcc \
libstdc++ \
libstdc++-devel \
libXi \
libXtst \
make \
sysstat

Install missing packages (two options)

  • from dvd. It’s just example:
#directory with mounted Oracle Fedora 25 install disk 

cd /media/<Fedora 25>/Server/Packages 

#install missed packages (example for package ksh) 

rpm -Uvh ksh
  • or install via internet connection. It’s just example:
dnf install ksh

Add kernel parameters to “/etc/sysctl.conf”

fs.file-max = 6815744
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.shmall = 1073741824
kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048576
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500

Apply kernel parameters

/sbin/sysctl -p

Add following lines to set shell limits for user oracle in file “/etc/security/limits.conf”

oracle   soft   nofile   1024
oracle   hard   nofile   65536
oracle   soft   nproc    2047
oracle   hard   nproc    16384
oracle   soft   stack    10240
oracle   hard   stack    32768

Additional steps

Create .bash_profile for user oracle

# Oracle Settings
export TMP=/tmp

export ORACLE_HOSTNAME=fedora.dbaora.com
export ORACLE_UNQNAME=ORA12C
export ORACLE_BASE=/ora01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/12.1.0/db_1
export ORACLE_SID=ORA12C

PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib;
export CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib;

alias cdob='cd $ORACLE_BASE'
alias cdoh='cd $ORACLE_HOME'
alias tns='cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin'
alias envo='env | grep ORACLE'

umask 022

envo

Directory structure

Create directory structure ORACLE_BASE – /ora01/app/oracle ORACLE_HOME – /ora01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1

mkdir -p /ora01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
chown oracle:oinstall -R /ora01

SSH server

I use it for later connection as user oracle in GNOME using command ssh oracle@fedora -X. Without it it won’t be possible to run X interfaces like Oracle Universal Installer.

Install ssh server. In workstation it should be already installed.

dnf install openssh-server

start ssh server

systemctl start sshd

verify it works

systemctl status sshd

Install database software

Let’s start with database software installation as oracle user. Usually I’m connected as my personal user tomasz in GNOME so you need to use ssh.

Connect as user Oracle

[tomasz@fedora ~]$ ssh oracle@fedora.dbaora.com -X

and start universal installer after unzipping binaries

--unizp software it will create directory database with binaries
--to install
unzip linuxamd64_12102_database_1of2.zip 
unzip linuxamd64_12102_database_2of2.zip

--I defined 4 aliases in .bash_profile of user oracle to make 
--administration easier :)

[oracle@fedora ~]$ alias envo cdob cdoh tns
alias envo='env | grep ORACLE'
alias cdob='cd $ORACLE_BASE'
alias cdoh='cd $ORACLE_HOME'
alias tns='cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin'

--run alias command envo to display environment settings
[oracle@fedora ~]$ envo
ORACLE_UNQNAME=ORA12C
ORACLE_SID=ORA12C
ORACLE_BASE=/ora01/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=fedora.dbaora.com
ORACLE_HOME=/ora01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1
--run alias command cdob and cdoh to check ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME 
[oracle@fedora ~]$ cdob
[oracle@fedora oracle]$ pwd
/ora01/app/oracle

[oracle@fedora db_1]$ cdoh
[oracle@fedora db_1]$ pwd
/ora01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1

--run installation from installation directory usually
--/home/oracle/database
./runInstaller

1. Uncheck checkbox “I wish to receive security updates via My Oracle Support” and then click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_1 2. Ignore following message about email and click “Yes” button and Ignore message about environment and click “Yes” button. oracle_db12c_2 fedora_ora12_4 3. Select “Create and configure a database” then click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_3 4. Select “Server class” and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_4 5. Accept default “Single instance database installation” and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_5 6. Select “Advanced install” to later select more options during database installation and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_6 7. You can select language here. Once it’s done click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_7 8. You can select here type of binaries to install. Once it’s done click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_8 9. Here you should see directories for ORACLE_BASE and ORACLE_HOME for your binaries according to environmental settings. Click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_9 10. Accept default and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_10 11. Accept default “General Purpose/ transaction Processing” and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_11 12. Here you define your database name. Check checkbox “Create as Container database” and enter “Pluggable database name” to add your first container ORA12C and pluggable PORA12C1 database and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_12 13. Specify more details about your database on 3 tabs where you can define memory settings, character set and if to install sample schema on your database. Once you are happy with your settings click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_13 oracle_db12c_14 oracle_db12c_15 14. Specify directory where you want to install your database files then click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_16 15. On this page you can register your database in Oracle Enterprise Manager”. Accept default settings and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_17 16. Check checkbox “Enable Recovery” to specify directory for your recovery area “Recovery area location” and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_18 17. Specify password for each user or enter the same for all. Once it’s done click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_19 18. Here you can specify OS group for each oracle group. Accept default settings and click “Next” button. oracle_db12c_20 19. Checks are started to verify if OS is ready to install database software. oracle_db12c_21 20. If everything is right click “Install” button. It’s the last moment to come back to each of previous point and make changes. oracle_db12c_22 21. Installation in progress … go play football :) oracle_db12c_23 22. Once binaries are installed the last step is to run 2 scripts as user root. oracle_db12c_24

--execute scripts
/ora01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
/ora01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0/db_1/root.sh

23. Installation will continue … oracle_db12c_25 24. Database Configuration Assistant will start automatically and create database for you. oracle_db12c_26 25. When database is ready you should see summary window. You can click “Password Management” to change passwords for many accounts in database. Once it’s done click “OK” button to continue. fedora_ora12_16 oracle_db12c_28 26. You are lucky 12C installation is completed. Click “Close” button. oracle_db12c_29 27. Try to login as SYS to Enterprise manager Database express 12C . NOTE – It requires to install flash plug-in on Fedora 25. https://fedora.dbaora.com:5500/em database_12c_fedora_expres1 database_12c_fedora_expres2 Remember it requires listener up and running.

Have a fun 🙂

Tomasz

2 thoughts on “Install Oracle 12C Release 1 (12.1) on Fedora 25

  1. Followed exact same procedures, but net assistant but dbca failed.
    They worked in 12.2, though. May I should try net assistant separately.

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