2 Installing Oracle Traffic Director
This section contains the following topics:
- Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Traffic Director
There are mandatory configurations and packages required to Install Oracle Traffic Director. - Installation Procedure
There are two types of installations, Collocated and Standalone. As per your organizational requirement, you can install Oracle Traffic Director in a Standalone mode or in a Collocated domain with the WebLogic Server. Also, you can use the Graphical User Interface or a silent mode to complete the installation. - Troubleshooting Installation Problems
It is important to understand the known errors that may occur during the installation. You can follow the troubleshooting procedure in order to fix them.
Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Traffic Director
There are mandatory configurations and packages required to Install Oracle Traffic Director.
The following table lists the prerequisites for installing Oracle Traffic Director on various platforms.
Table 2-1 Prerequisites for Installing OTD
Platforms | Prerequisites |
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Oracle Linux 6 for Exalogic |
The following are pre-requisite packages for OTD installation:
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Oracle Linux 6 or 7 for other hardware |
The following are pre-requisite packages for OTD instalation:
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Windows |
Microsoft Visual C++ 12 runtime Libraries must be installed separately before installing OTD. You can download Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 by clicking the following link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 |
AIX |
The following APAR are required:
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Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Traffic Director in a Collocated Domain
These additional prerequisites are required if you are installing Oracle Traffic Director in a collocated domain with Oracle WebLogic Server. Oracle Traffic Director can either be administered through Fusion Middleware Control or using WLST commands. In this configuration, Oracle Traffic Director is administered through Fusion Middleware Control.
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Oracle WebLogic Server (
fmw_12.2.1.x.0_infrastructure_generic.jar
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Java SE Development Kit 8
Note:
For information on installing Oracle WebLogic Server, see Installing and Configuring Oracle WebLogic Server and Coherence. For information on performing administration tasks, see Administering Oracle WebLogic Server and Administering Oracle Traffic Director. For a list of custom Oracle Traffic Director WLST commands see Oracle Traffic Director WLST Command Reference.
The recommended configuration for a collocated domain is to use the Restricted JRF template that does not require a database. If the Full JRF template is used instead, then the following are additional requirements:
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Oracle Database (Without a Restricted JRF template, the Oracle Traffic Director domain creation requires a running Oracle database to successfully complete the installation.)
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Domain repository
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For Exalogic, the path that you provide for ORACLE_HOME must be the NFS share that is mounted locally within the compute node.
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To install Oracle Traffic Director on engineered systems, first perform the procedures described in Requirements for Installing Oracle Traffic Director on Engineered Systems.
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Parent topic: Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Traffic Director
Installation Procedure
There are two types of installations, Collocated and Standalone. As per your organizational requirement, you can install Oracle Traffic Director in a Standalone mode or in a Collocated domain with the WebLogic Server. Also, you can use the Graphical User Interface or a silent mode to complete the installation.
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Linux: fmw_12.2.1.3.0_otd_linux64.bin
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Windows: fmw_12.2.1.3.0_otd_win64.exe
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AIX: fmw_12.2.1.3.0_otd_aix_ppc64.bin
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Solaris Sparc: fmw_12.2.1.3.0_otd_solaris_sparc64.bin
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Solaris x64: fmw_12.2.1.3.0_otd_intelsolaris.bin
This chapter contains the following sections:
- Installing a Standalone or a Collocated Oracle Traffic Director in Graphical Mode
- Installing a Collocated or a Standalone Oracle Traffic Director in Silent Mode
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Installing a Standalone or a Collocated Oracle Traffic Director in Graphical Mode
Both Standalone and Collocated OTD can be installed in graphical mode.
Note:
To install collocated OTD, you need to install WebLogic Server (fmw_12.2.1.3.0_infrastructure_generic.jar) first. For information on installing Oracle WebLogic Server, see Installing and Configuring Oracle WebLogic Server and Coherence. For a list of custom Oracle Traffic Director WLST commands see Oracle Traffic Director WLST Command Reference.Note:
The common infrastructure made available to OTD from Weblogic server installation enables administration of OTD through the FMW control or using WLST command in collocated mode; whereas, these administration options are not available in standalone mode install.Perform the following steps to install Oracle Traffic Director in Graphical Mode:
Parent topic: Installation Procedure
Installing a Collocated or a Standalone Oracle Traffic Director in Silent Mode
This section describes how to install collocated or standalone Oracle Traffic Director in silent mode by specifying installation options at the command line.
If a central inventory directory is not already available on the host on which you are installing Oracle Traffic Director, you must create an oraInst.loc
file before starting the silent installation. For more information, see Oracle Central Inventory Location on UNIX Operating Systems in Installing Software with the
Oracle Universal Installer.
For ExaLogic, the path that you provide for ORACLE_HOME
must be the NFS share that is mounted locally within the compute node.
Note:
The ignoreSysPrereqs
option should not be used while performing silent installation of Oracle Traffic Director, as this option will cause the installation to fail.
Parent topic: Installation Procedure
Troubleshooting Installation Problems
It is important to understand the known errors that may occur during the installation. You can follow the troubleshooting procedure in order to fix them.
If you encounter an error while installing Oracle Traffic Director, do the following:
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Verify that your system meets the requirements specified in Prerequisites for Installing Oracle Traffic Director
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While using the installation wizard, if you realize that you entered incorrect information on one of the installation screens, then return to that screen by clicking Back, enter the correct information and proceed with the installation
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If an error occurs while the installer is copying or linking files:
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Note the error and review the installation log files. For more information, see Examining the Installation Log.
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Remove the failed installation by entering the following command: ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/deinstall.sh
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Correct the issue that caused the error.
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Restart the installation process.
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