Installing Oracle SOA Suite

The following procedure provides an overview of the Oracle SOA Suite installation procedure. For more information about this procedure, see the Oracle® Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11g Release 1 http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15523_01/doc.1111/e13925/overview.htm#sthref12. This roadmap contains documentation links for the steps that follow.

  To install Oracle SOA Suite:

  1. Ensure that you meet all the prerequisites and system requirements described in the Oracle® Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11g Release 1.

    Note:

    Oracle SOA Suite requires WebLogic Server, which is installed with a default installation of EPM System.

  2. Install and run the Repository Creation Utility (RCU) to create the required schemas for Oracle SOA Suite. Note the following details for this step:

    • Download the Repository Creation Utility from the “Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System” Media Pack on Oracle EDelivery and then install it.

    • To start RCU, from rcuHome/bin, run ./rcu (UNIX) or rcu.bat (Windows).

    • You can ignore any messages about using a non-AL32UTF8 database.

    • On the Database Connection Details page, specify a user with DBA or SYSDBA privileges, such as sys.

    • On the Select Components page, make the following selections:

      • Expand SOA and BPM Infrastructure and select the following SOA infrastructure components: SOA Infrastructure and User Messaging Service. (You need not select Business Activity Monitoring (BAM).)

      • Expand AS Common Schemas and select Metadata Services if it is not already selected.

      • For Identity Management, OID is selected by default. Do not select Oracle Identity Federation.

      Make a note of the schema owner names for all the components because you need them to configure Oracle SOA Suite.

    • On the Schema Passwords page, Oracle recommends that you select Use same passwords for all schemas. Make a note of this password.

  3. Download Oracle SOA Suite from the “Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System” Media Pack on Oracle EDelivery, and then install it using the default options. If you have already installed EPM System products, install to the same Middleware home, for example: Oracle/Middleware.

    During installation, use the JDK in the EPM System installation (MIDDLEWARE_HOME/JDK160_21).

  4. When the installation is complete, configure Oracle SOA Suite. See Configuring and Starting Oracle SOA Suite.