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## 3.11.10 Installing Exported Applications in a Runtime Environment

Instance administrators manage the APEX runtime environment using SQLcl and the `APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN` API.

Note:

To ensure the security and performance of your development environment, this functionality is not available in Oracle APEX instances running in Oracle Cloud.

- About the Advantages of Using Runtime Environment
  A runtime environment enables you to run production applications, but does not provide a web interface for administration or direct development of these applications.
- Installing an Exported Application in to a Runtime Environment
  You administer the Oracle APEX runtime environment using SQLcl and the `APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN` API.

Parent topic: Managing Existing Workspaces

### 3.11.10.1 About the Advantages of Using Runtime Environment

A runtime environment enables you to run production applications, but does not provide a web interface for administration or direct development of these applications.

Oracle recommends that you run any sensitive production APEX applications with a runtime installation ofAPEX. A runtime installation does not expose the web-based application development environment, thus preventing the use of App Builder, SQL Workshop, and related utilities on a production installation. Additionally, a runtime environment only includes the APEX database objects and privileges necessary to run applications, making it a more hardened environment.

See Also:

APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN in Oracle APEX API Reference

Parent topic: Installing Exported Applications in a Runtime Environment

### 3.11.10.2 Installing an Exported Application in to a Runtime Environment

You administer the Oracle APEX runtime environment using SQLcl and the `APEX_INSTANCE_ADMIN` API.

To install an exported application into a runtime installation, you must:

1. Export the workspace from the Oracle APEX instance where the application was developed as described in Exporting and Importing a Workspace.
2. Use SQLcl to import your workspace in to the runtime environment:

   - Connect as `APEX_260100`, `SYS`, `SYSTEM`, or any schema to which the role `APEX_ADMINISTRATOR_ROLE` has been granted.

   - Run the workspace import file.

     If the workspace export file was created with a version of Oracle APEX lower than 3.2, you must connect as `APEX_260100`.

3. Export and then import your application using SQLcl in to the runtime environment.

See Also:

- Exporting an Application and Application Components in Oracle APEX App Builder User’s Guide

- Creating a Workspace Manually in a Runtime Environment

- Managing Workspace to Schema Assignments

- Removing a Schema Mapping from a Workspace in a Runtime Environment

- Deleting Workspaces in a Runtime Development Environment

Parent topic: Installing Exported Applications in a Runtime Environment