PDB Provisioning with Oracle Multitenant Self Service Application

Databases for the Masses:Self-Service Oracle Multitenant with APEX

Leighton L. Nelson

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Who am I?

• Oracle DBA• Oracle ACE• Oracle Certified Expert RAC and Grid

Infrastructure Administrator 11gR2• Co-Author Expert Oracle Enterprise

Manager Cloud Control 12c (Apress 2013)• Speaker at RMOUG, IOUG Collaborate,

ODTUG KScope, Oracle OpenWorld• Blogs, Social Media• RAC Attack Ninja

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Agenda

• Oracle Multitenant Overview• Manual Provisioning• Oracle Multitenant Self Service Apex Setup• Self-Service Provisioning Demo• Summary


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Oracle Multitenant Overview


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Oracle Multitenant Overview


• High consolidation density• Rapid provisioning and cloning• Rapid patching and upgrades• Manage many databases as one• Dynamic resource management between

pluggable database

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Manual Provisioning


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Manual Provisioning

• Create from PDB seed

CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdbname ADMIN USER pdbadmin IDENTIFIED BY password

• Cloning an existing PDB

CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdbclone FROM pdbsource

• Plugging in an unplugged PDB

CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE USING ‘pdb.xml’• Migrate non-CDB to a PDB

– DBMS_PDB– Data Pump @leight0nn

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Manual Provisioning

• Drop PDB

DROP PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdbname• Unplug PDB

ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdbname UNPLUG INTO ‘pdb.xml’

• Open/Close

ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE pdbname OPEN/CLOSE


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Manual Provisioning


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Oracle Multitenant Self-Service Provisioning – BETA 2

• APEX App available on OTN• Provisions PDBs using PL/SQL API on top of

APEX.• Customizable

– Quotas– Security– DB Size


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Oracle Multitenant Self Service APEX Setup

• Install Oracle Database 12c• Create new container database• Upgrade APEX to 4.2.3+• Configure RESTful Web Services in CDB• Unlock APEX_PUBLIC_USER• Grant permissions on containers to APEX users• Download and Configure APEX Listener 2.0.4+

(Oracle REST Data Services)• Start APEX Listener in Standalone Mode@leight0nn

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• Create a new 12c container database


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• Upgrade APEX to 4.2.3+– Download and apply Oracle Application Express

patch 17347169 from My Oracle Support. This patch will upgrade Application Express to release 4.2.3.00.08.

– Recommended to apply latest patch 4.2.5.00.08(patch no. 17966818)-For APEX 4.1 and below Install APEX 4.2.5 Full

installer (OTN)


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• Configure RESTful Web Services in CDB– cd patch (the directory from Step 3 above)– Connect as SYS as SYSDBA to CDB$ROOT– @apex_rest_config_con.sql– When prompted, enter passwords for the

APEX_LISTENER and APEX_REST_PUBLIC_USER database users that will be created.


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• Unlock APEX_PUBLIC_USER– Connect as SYS as SYSDBA to CDB$ROOT– alter user APEX_PUBLIC_USER identified by

"<replace_with_password>" account unlock;


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• Grant permissions on containers to APEX users– Connect as SYS as SYSDBA to CDB$ROOT– grant set container to APEX_PUBLIC_USER

container=all;– grant set container to APEX_REST_PUBLIC_USER

container=all;– grant set container to APEX_LISTENER

container=all;


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• Download and Configure APEX Listener 2.0.4+– unzip apex_listener.<version>.zip (ords.zip)– Change your working directory to where you unzipped the

software– java -jar apex.war

or– java –jar ords.war


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• Start APEX Listener in Standalone Mode– java -jar apex.war– Supply the full file system path to the Application

Express images directory from the patch set from Step 3

– Choose an available network port (for example, 8080)

– Confirm that you can access the URL listed at the end of the apex.war console output using a web browser


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• Install PDBSS applicationSQL> @pdbss_ins.sql

. Oracle Multitenant Self-Service Provisioning

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• Login to APEX app as ADMIN


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Self-Service Provisioning Demo

DEMO TIME


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• Administration


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• Configure SMTP settings


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• Update Admin Email Address


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• Request Access


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Self-Service Provisioning Demo Mode


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Database Management

• PDBSS ONLY does provisioning– No monitoring– No DBA management

• SQL Developer 4.0• Manually configure EM12c Express for PDBs

– Requires EM_EXPRESS_ALL or EM_EXPRESS_BASIC


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Database Management

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Summary

• Consolidated database environment• Fast database provisioning • Self-Service• Ideal for Test/Development Environments• No need for complex tools• Does not manage or monitor PDBs

– configure EM12c Express


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Summary


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Thank you

Questions?


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Contact


http://blogs.griddba.com

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@leight0nn

[email protected]

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References

• Oracle Multitenant Option - 12c : Frequently Asked Questions (Doc ID 1511619.1)

• Oracle® Database Administrator's Guide 12c Release 1 (12.1)


Technology

PDB Provisioning with Oracle Multitenant Self Service Application