Installing a Database for Oracle Identity Governance 12c

Before You Begin

This tutorial shows you how to install Oracle Database software for use with Oracle Identity Governance 12c. This tutorial takes approximately 15 minutes to complete.

This tutorial is part of the series Getting Started with Oracle Identity Governance 12c. Read them sequentially.

Background

Oracle Identity Governance 12c stores its metadata in an Oracle Database. While installing a database for use with Oracle Identity and Access Management Suite, you must ensure that certain parameters are set appropriately.

What Do You Need?

An environment with:

At least 16 GB of physical memory
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.6 or later with access to the Internet
Super-user (root) credentials

A basic understanding of Linux

Note: You will be installing the oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall utility to prepare your server for the database installation. Refer to the article How I simplified Oracle Database 12c and 11g installations on Oracle Linux 6 to become familiar with the utility.

Prepare your Server

In this section, you install the oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall utility on Node 1 (host01.example.com). This utility prepares your Linux server for installation of Oracle Database.

Launch a Linux terminal as root.
Enter the command yum install oracle-database-server-12cR2-preinstall. When terminal prompts for confirmation, enter y.
Wait until server displays the message Complete! and close the terminal.

Download the Oracle Database Software

Launch your browser and navigate to http://otn.oracle.com. Click Software Downloads > Database > Database 12c Enterprise/Standard Editions
In the Database download page, accept the license agreement, scroll-down to Oracle Database 12c Release 2, and download the installation files for Linux x86-64. The installation zip file (linuxx64_12201_database.zip) is downloaded in the Downloads directory under the home directory.

Install the Database

Launch a Linux terminal as root.
Before starting the Oracle Database installer, you need to create the directory where the database software will be located. In the terminal window, enter the following commands to install the necessary directories:
```
# mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1
# chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01
# chmod -R 775 /u01
# exit
```
Launch a Linux terminal as oracle.

Enter the following commands to extract the contents of the zip files into the /home/oracle/Downloads/database directory:
```
$ cd Downloads
$ unzip linuxx64_12201_database.zip
```
Enter the following commands to launch the Oracle Database 12c Release 2 installer:
```
$ cd database
$ ./runInstaller
```

Follow the table below to guide you through the installation screens:

Step	Window Description	Choices or Values
1	Configure Security Updates	De-select I wish to receive security updates via My Oracle Support. Click Next. Select Yes to remain uninformed.
2	Select Installation Option	Install database software only
3	Select Database Installation Options	Single instance database installation
4	Select Database Edition	Enterprise Edition
5	Specify Installation Location	Oracle Base: `/u01/app/oracle` Software Location: `/u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1`
6	Create Inventory	Inventory Directory: `/u01/app/oraInventory` oraInventory Group Name : `oinstall`
7	Privileged Operating System Groups	Set all groups to `dba` Set Database Operator (OSOPER) Group (Optional): `oinstall`
8	Perform Prerequisite Checks	Click Next
9	Summary	Click Install When the Execute Configuration scripts window is displayed: Launch a terminal window as `root` and execute the following scripts: `/u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh /u01/app/oracle/product/12.2.0/dbhome_1/root.sh` Once the scripts have run click OK
10	Finish	Click Close

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Creating an Oracle Database for Oracle Identity Governance 12c