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Oracle® Application Server Installation Guide
10g Release 3 (10.1.3.1.0) for Microsoft Windows
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4 Basic Installation

This chapter describes how to perform a basic installation of Oracle Application Server. The following topics are covered:

4.1 What Components Are Installed?

During the Basic Installation, you must install all of the following components. If you do not want to install all of the following components or you want to install Oracle HTTP Server, see Chapter 5, "Advanced Installation".

The following components are installed during the Basic Installation:

The basic installation also installs an Oracle Database Lite. If you want to use a regular Oracle Database or a Real Application Clusters Database, you must perform an advanced installation.

4.2 Basic Installation Steps

This section describes the procedure for the basic installation of Oracle Application Server. It contains the following topics:

4.2.1 Before You Begin

Before you begin installing Oracle Application Server, ensure that you have read both Chapter 2, "Requirements" and Chapter 3, "Things You Should Know Before Starting the Installation". These chapters contain important information with which you must be familiar before you begin the installation so you can avoid potential problems during the installation.

You cannot perform a basic installation on a system on which Oracle Database Lite is installed. See Section 3.6, "Installing on a System on which Oracle Database Lite is Running" for more information.

4.2.2 Installation Steps

To install Oracle Application Server with a basic installation, perform the following steps:

  1. Start Oracle Universal Installer.

    For more information, refer to Section 3.10, "Starting theOracle Universal Installer".

  2. Oracle Application Server SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 Installation Screen

    Figure 4-1 Oracle Application Server SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 Installation Screen

    Welcome screen for the installer
    Description of "Figure 4-1 Oracle Application Server SOA Suite 10.1.3.1.0 Installation Screen"

    Installation Directory: Enter the directory where you want install Oracle Application Server.

    Select Basic Install.

    AS Instance Name: The instance name identifies this Oracle Application Server instance. If you have more than one Oracle Application Server instance on the same host, the instances must have unique names.

    AS Administration Username: The administration username for Oracle Application Server instances is set to oc4jadmin and cannot be changed. To manage Oracle Application Server instances using Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, log in as the oc4jadmin user.

    AS Administration Password and Confirm Password: Enter the password for the oc4jadmin user.

    Database Type: An Oracle Database Lite (Olite) is installed with the basic installation. If you want to use another an existing Oracle Database or a Real Application Clusters database, you must perform an advanced installation.

    Click Install.

  3. Oracle Universal Installer: Install Screen

    Figure 4-2 Oracle Universal Installer: Install Screen

    Install Progress screen
    Description of "Figure 4-2 Oracle Universal Installer: Install Screen"

    This screen shows the progress of installation.

  4. Oracle Universal Installer: Configuration Assistants Screen

    Figure 4-3 Oracle Universal Installer: Configuration Assistants Screen

    Configuration assistants screen
    Description of "Figure 4-3 Oracle Universal Installer: Configuration Assistants Screen"

    This screen shows the progress of the configuration assistants.

  5. Oracle Universal Installer: End of Installation Screen

    Figure 4-4 Oracle Universal Installer: End of Installation Screen

    End of Installation screen
    Description of "Figure 4-4 Oracle Universal Installer: End of Installation Screen"

    This screen tells you whether or not your installation was successful, and provides links to various documentation, such as the product release notes and installation log, as well as links to various Oracle Application Server pages such as the Welcome Page or Application Server Control Console.

4.3 What Should I Do Next?

After the installation is complete, you should: