Using PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder to Build PT-MW-DPK on Linux

Obtain the PeopleTools Middleware DPK from PS_HOME, source Python, and build a Middleware DPK.

Obtaining the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder

1. If you have not already done so, obtain the latest DPK zip files for the current PeopleSoft PeopleTools release.

   Use the DPK setup script to deploy PS_HOME only.

   See PeopleSoft PeopleTools <Release> Deployment Packages Installation, "Deploying the PeopleSoft PeopleTools Deployment Packages."

   Note:

   If you have already installed the current PeopleSoft PeopleTools release, you can use the existing PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool.

2. Go to PS_HOME/setup/PsMWDPKBuilder.
3. Copy the zip file PTMWDB-<REL>.zip to a temporary directory and extract in the same temporary directory.

   For example, /scratch/ptmwdb/.

   See Reviewing Features and Usage for the contents of the zip file.

Sourcing the Python Directory

Before running the script, specify the path to the Python directory in your installation:

1. Locate the Python directory under the directory where you extracted the first PeopleTools DPK zip file.

   For example, DPK_INSTALL/setup/python.

   Note:

   The user who will run the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool must have read/write/execute (r/w/x) access to the Python directory.
2. Open a terminal window as the user who will run the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool.
3. Go to the directory where you copied and extracted the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool.

   For example, /scratch/ptmwdb/.

4. Run the following command to set the path for Python for the current session.

   export PATH=/scratch/dpkinstall/setup/python:$PATH

5. Run ./ptmwdb.sh as described in the following section.

   For additional commands, see the examples in Reviewing PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder Sample Commands.

Building PT-MW-DPK on Linux with CPUs for All Components

Before invoking the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool using these steps:

1. Make sure the output directory exists and it's empty. If it does not exist, create it.
2. Prepare the MOS user ID and password. Refer to the section Supplying My Oracle Support User ID and Password.

These examples use MOS credentials provided through standard input.

1. Create a text file with your MOS account ID and password.

   Enter your user ID and password in plain text.

   mos_user_id=<User ID>
   mos_password=<password>

2. Save the text file in a convenient directory.

   For example, /scratch/mos.txt.

3. Open a terminal window or PuTTy session and run the following two commands.

   Note:

   If your network does not require a proxy to access the internet, you can skip this step.

   export http_proxy=<your-proxy>
   export https_proxy=<your-proxy>

4. To invoke the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool using the mandatory parameters, use this command from the folder where the PeopleTools Middleware DPK Builder tool is extracted (for example: /scratch/ptmwdb/):

   ./ptmwdb.sh --os_type Linux --output_dir /scratch/output < /scratch/mos.txt 

5. Check the log file mdb_setup.log in the top-level folder of the extracted files.

   This is the same folder (for example: /scratch/ptmwdb/) as the readme.txt.

6. Go to the output directory (for example: /scratch/output/) to locate the generated PT-MW-DPK and also the download_patches_report.yaml.
7. Extract ptmw-manifest from the generated zip file, without extracting the rest of the contents.

   You will compare the component versions in ptmw-manifest with those in the existing PeopleSoft environment before applying the CPUs.

8. Go to the following section for instructions on using PT-MW-DPK to apply CPUs on an existing PeopleSoft environment.

   See Applying CPUs with PT-MW-DPK on an Existing PeopleSoft Environment.