Create a Standalone BI Publisher

1. If the Specify Inventory Directory window appears, accept the default values.

   Inventory Directory field	/home/oracle/oraInventory
   Operating System Group name field	dba

2. In the Welcome window, click Next.
3. In the Install Software Updates window, select Skip Software Updates and click Next.
4. In the Select Installation Type window, select Simple Install and click Next.
5. In the Prerequisite Checks window, verify that your system has the necessary prerequisites and click Next. For example:

   

   Note:

   If the operating system certification test fails, the test skips the next three checks even though it marks them with an X. This can happen even on systems with the latest glibc version. If necessary, run yum update glibc to update your version of glibc.

   

6. In the Specify Installation Location window, click Browse to populate the Middleware Home field with the OracleMiddleWare directory you created. For example:

   

7. In the Administrator Details window, complete the following fields for the WebLogic account and click Next:

   Username field	Enter weblogic.
   Password field	Enter the WebLogic account password.
   Confirm Password field	Reenter the WebLogic account password to confirm it.

   Note:

   The user name and password provided is used after installation to register and to sign in to BI Publisher at the URL: <server_name_or_ip>:7001/xmlpserver.
8. In the Configure Components window, check the Business Intelligence Publisher check box only and click Next.

   

9. In the BIPLATFORM Schema window, complete the following fields and click Next:

   Database Type field	The name of the database. For example: Oracle Database
   Connect String field	<server_name>:<port>:<service_name> For example: vm:1521:AcmeBIPublisher
   BIPLATFORM Schema Username field	<prefix>_BIPLATFORM For example: DEV_BIPLATFORM
   Schema Password field	Enter the schema password.

   Note:

   The <prefix> value is set when running the Repository Creation Utility (RCU). The default schema prefix will be set to DEV unless this value was changed in the "Create a new Prefix" text field of RCU's Select Components screen.
10. In the MDS Schema window, complete the following fields and click Next:

    Database Type field	The name of the database. For example: Oracle Database
    Connect String field	<server_name>:<port>:<service_name> For example: vm:1521:AcmeBIPublisher
    MDS Schema Username field	<prefix>_MDS For example: DEV_MDS
    Schema Password field	Enter the schema password.

    Note:

    The <prefix> value is set when running the Repository Creation Utility (RCU). The default schema prefix is set to DEV unless this value was changed in the Create a New Prefix field in the RCU Select Components window.
11. In the Specify Security Updates window, enter your email address and click Next.
12. On the Summary window, click Install.

    Note:

    You may see error pop-up messages appear during the installation because software updates were skipped in a previous step. Click OK in these messages to continue the installation.
13. After the processes in the Configuration Progress window complete, click Next.
14. Click Finish.