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## 3.1.2 Signing In To Administration Services

Sign in to Oracle APEX Administration Services using the Instance administrator account and password created or reset during the installation process.

Note:

Accessing Administration Services differs slightly if you are running Oracle APEX in Oracle Cloud. For Oracle APEX AI Application Generator Service (APEX Service), see Sign In To Administration Services in Getting Started with Oracle APEX in Oracle Cloud. For Oracle APEX AI Application Generator on Autonomous AI Database, see Access Oracle APEX Administration Services in Using Oracle Autonomous AI Database Serverless.

To manually create a workspace and user accounts, you sign in to a separate application for managing an entire Oracle APEX instance called Oracle APEX Administration Services.

Tip:

You can also access Administration Services from the Oracle APEX Sign In page. On the Oracle APEX Sign In page, scroll down and click Administration. The Administration Services Sign In page appears.

To sign Oracle APEX Administration Services:

1. In a Web browser, navigate to the Administration Services Sign In page:

   Tip:

   By default, the context root for accessing Oracle APEX through Oracle REST Data Services is `/ords`. If you wish to have a context root of `/apex` for accessing Oracle APEX, rename the `ords.war` file to `apex.war` before installing Oracle REST Data Services. See Installing and Configuring Oracle REST Data Services in Oracle REST Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide.

   By default, Administration Services installs to the following location:

       http://hostname:port/ords/apex_admin

   Where:

   - `hostname` is the name of the system where Oracle REST Data Services is installed.

   - `port` is the port number assigned when configuring Oracle REST Data Services. In a default installation, this number is 8080. To learn more, see Installing and Configuring Oracle REST Data Services in Oracle REST Data Services Installation and Configuration Guide

   - `ords` is the service name defined when configuring Oracle REST Data Services.

   The Administration Services Sign In page appears.

2. On the Sign In page:
   1. Username - Enter the Instance administrator account username.
   2. Password - Enter your Instance administrator account password.
   3. Click Sign In to Administration.

      Oracle APEX Administration Services appears.

See Also:

- Creating or Updating Your Instance Administration Account in Oracle APEX Installation Guide
- Creating New User Accounts in Administration Services

Parent topic: Understanding Administration Services