Configuring Instance Settings

Security best practices when configuring an Oracle APEX instance include determining whether to automate the creation workspaces., enabling and configuring email, configuring storage options, and creating wallets.

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

See Also: Configuring Instance Settings in Oracle APEX Administration Guide

About Enabling Automation When Creating Workspaces

Learn about enabling automation when creating workspaces.

Administrators determine the amount of automation when provisioning (or creating) new workspaces.

To determine how provisioning works, an Instance Administrator selects one of the following options on the Instance Settings page:

• Manual - An Instance administrator creates new workspaces and notifies the Workspace administrator regarding the Sign In credentials.

• Request - Users request a workspace. Once an administrator approves the request, the user receives an email containing an email verification link. After the user clicks the email verification link, the workspace is created.

• Automatic - Works similar to Request except requests are automatically approved with no administrator review required. Note: To enable users to request a workspace using a link on the Sign In page, the Instance administrator must choose either the Request or Automatic Provisioning Method and configure email. If the Provisioning Method is set to Manual, no link appears on the Sign In page.

See Also: About the Workspace Request Approval Process and Selecting a Provisioning Mode in Oracle APEX Administration Guide

About Enabling and Configuring Email

Learn about enabling and configuring email.

In order to send email from an APEX application, an Instance administrator must define the email SMTP settings and set the Use SSL/TLS attribute to use a secure connection for Oracle Database 19.18 or later.

For more information, see:

• Configuring Email in Oracle APEX Administration Guide

• Enabling Network Services in Oracle Database

About Configuring Storage Options

Learn about configuring storage options.

Administrators can configure the following storage options: require a new schema when requesting a workspace, auto extend tablespaces, or delete uploaded files after a specified number of days.

See Also: Configuring Storage in Oracle APEX Administration Guide

About Creating Wallets

Learn about creating wallets.

A wallet is a password-protected container that stores authentication and signing credentials (including private keys, certificates, and trusted certificates) needed by SSL. You must create a wallet if you:

• Call a SSL-enabled URL (for example, by invoking a Web service).

• Create a region of type URL that is SSL-enabled.

• Configure secure SMTP by setting the Use SSL/TLS attribute to Yes.

• Have applications with LDAP authentication schemes that are configured to use SSL with Authentication. See Also: Configuring Wallet Information in Oracle APEX Administration Guide