1. Installer Pre-Requisite Setup Guide
  2. Oracle HTTP Server Installation

2 Oracle HTTP Server Installation

Oracle Webtier is the Web server component for Oracle Fusion Middleware. The Oracle Web Tier installation gives you the option of installing Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Web Cache. OPMN is installed, by default, and you do not have the option of deselecting this product.

Together, these products are responsible for managing incoming HTTP requests, caching web messages, and sending XML and HTML back to the client. Also, it provides a listener for Oracle WebLogic Server and the framework for hosting static pages, dynamic pages, and applications over the Web. Oracle Web Tier contains the following components:

  • Oracle HTTP Server:Oracle HTTP Server (OHS) is an enterprise grade Web Server software - based on open source Apache HTTP Web Server - designed to deliver the following benefits:
    • Deliver HTTP Listener for Oracle WebLogic Server through built-in WebLogic Web Server Proxy Plug-In.
    • Deliver Web Server component for Fusion Middleware.
    • Serve static web content such as HTML, JavaScript, Images etc, and dynamic web content built with CGI/FastCGI based applications.
  • Oracle Web Cache:Oracle Web Cache is a content-aware server accelerator, or reverse proxy, for the Web tier that improves the performance, scalability, and availability of Web sites that run on Oracle HTTP Server. Oracle Web Cache is the primary caching mechanism provided with Oracle Fusion Middleware. Caching improves the performance, scalability, and availability of websites that run on Oracle WebLogic Server by storing frequently accessed URLs in memory.

There are different Methods to install Webtier. An Oracle Web Tier solution can be built in one of the following ways:

  • In stand-alone mode: Oracle Web Tier is configured without a domain, and administered from the command line. Refer section Installing Stand-alone Weblogic Serverfor an overview of the installation procedure.
  • Using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control: In order to use the Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control, WebLogic Server domain needs to be configured using both the Enterprise Manager and the Java Required Files (JRF) domain templates.

Here, we install Oracle Web Tier in stand-alone mode and following are the sections lists the steps for it: