About Managing Patches for Instances Provisioned With Earlier Releases

It is your responsibility to keep your Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances up-to-date with the latest software bundle patches.

The following types of patches apply to your Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances:

SOA Bundle Patches

When you provision a new Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance, it contains all of the latest patches associated with the product. However, once instances are created, they are not automatically updated with the latest bundle patches from subsequent releases. You are responsible for keeping the instance patch levels current.

Apply only patches that are applicable for Oracle SOA Cloud Service. This includes Patch Set Updates (PSUs) and Oracle SOA Cloud Service bundle patches.

To retrieve a list of SOA bundle patches that have been applied to your Oracle SOA Cloud Service instance:

Use the ssh command to connect to the Administration Server (as the opc user):

ssh -i private_key opc@VM_IP_address
Change to the oracle user:

sudo su - oracle
Enter the following command:

cat /u01/app/oracle/tools/downloadBinaries/soacs/toponame_version_patches.txt

For example:

cat /u01/app/oracle/tools/downloadBinaries/soacs/20.3.1.0.0_soaosbb2b_12.2.1.4_patches.txt

Example Output:

["p30549478_122140_Generic.zip","p31396632_122140_Generic.zip"]

Applying bundle patches to existing instances may involve multiple Oracle SOA Cloud Service instances that were provisioned at different times that may include different bundle patches. Contact Oracle Support for information about the latest Oracle SOA Cloud Service certified patches and instructions on how to apply the patches.

Note:

You can find the current list of Oracle SOA Cloud Service bundle patches in Patches Installed By Release.

Quarterly Security Patches

Oracle recommends that you subscribe to security updates and apply quarterly security patches that are available for your release. For more information, see Step1: Apply the Latest Patch Set Update for WebLogic Server.

Operating System Patches

Oracle SOA Cloud Service does not provide cloud tooling to patch the operating system for the nodes in a service instance. You are responsible for installing any operating system patches. Refer to your operating system patching documentation for information.

Recommendations:

Before applying an operating system patch, stop the SOA servers from the command line. After the patch is applied, start the SOA servers.
For major version patching (for example, OEL6 to OEL8), consult the Linux upgrade documentation if your operating system version has a supported upgrade path.
Always test the patch on a non-production environment before applying it to a production environment.
If you need help with issues in applying Linux patches, file a service request (SR) at My Oracle Support (click the Service Requests tab, and click Create Technical SR) on the Oracle Linux product.