Overview
Oracle Database 19c is a multi-model database which provides full support for relational and non-relational data, such as JSON, XML, text, spatial and graph data. There are lots of new features available in this new release like partitioned hybrid tables, encryption capabilities in the built-in data dictionary, statistics-only queries and many more. It also enables Oracle’s Autonomous Database Cloud Services. This article describes the installation of Oracle Database 19c (19.3) 64-bit on Red Hat 8 64-bit.
Lab Environment
| Server Machine | Work Station or Client Machine | |
| OS Release | Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 (Ootpa) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 (Ootpa) |
| Kernel | 4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64 | 4.18.0-305.7.1.el8_4.x86_64 |
| Oracle Release | 19.3 | Oracle SQL Developer Version 19.2.1.247 |
| IP Address | 192.168.201.111 | 10.100.20.197 |
| Host Name | Server | Client |
| User Name | Admin | User |
Step 1: Download Software
Go to the below office site.
https://www.oracle.com/bd/database/technologies/oracle19c-linux-downloads.html
And download the following version. As of date Tue Aug 3 13:01:35 +06 2021, the latest version of the Oracle Database for Red Hat is:
Oracle Database 19c (19.3) for Linux x86-64
Step 2: Edit Server Host File
Add the hostname and IP address in the last line of “/etc/hosts” file in the following format.
Server_IP_address fully_qualified_host_name host_name
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo sed -i '$ a 192.168.201.111 Server.localdomain Server' /etc/hostsAfter that, the file will be like that:
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
192.168.201.111 Server.localdomain Server
Here, Server is the hostname and the IP address of the server is 192.168.201.111.
Step 3: Basic Prerequisites for Oracle Installation
We divided this step into three sections (1) the Automatic Setup or (2) the Manual Setup and (3) the Additional Setup. The Additional Setup is mandatory for both processes. In this tutorial, we follow the Manual Setup for this reason we need to complete all tasks by ourselves, and then we go Additional Setup if you want to go with the Automatic Setup checkout here.
3.1. The Manual Setup:
In this process, we will complete most of your prerequisites system setup tasks manually and will complete the following tasks:
Installs any additional RPM packages and dependencies that required
As needed, sets sysctl.conf settings and recommendations values for system startup parameters, and driver parameters
Sets hard and soft resource limits, and kernel parameter
Creates an oracle user and the oraInventory (oinstall) and OSDBA (dba) groups
For Linux x86_64 machines, Sets numa=off in the kernel.
3.1.1. Install Dependent Package
At first, manually install some basic prerequisite rpm that will suppress future conflicts:
May you not find the following RPM packages in the local repository.
compat-libcap1
compat-libstdc++-33
So, download these RPMs from the rpm finder:
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo wget https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.9.2009/os/x86_64/Packages/compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7.x86_64.rpm[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo wget https://rpmfind.net/linux/centos/7.9.2009/os/x86_64/Packages/compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm
And then install:
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo dnf -y localinstall compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7.x86_64.rpm[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo dnf -y localinstall compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm
3.1.2. Set Kernel Parameter Values
We can choose either “/etc/sysctl.conf” or “/etc/sysctl.d/98-oracle.conf” file to set the following Kernel parameters. In this case we choose “/etc/sysctl.d/98-oracle.conf” file:
Note:
Step 4: Make sure that all your database instances are up (including ASM instances) as they would run on production. Use the script hugepages_settings.sh in Document 401749.1 to calculate the recommended value for the vm.nr_hugepageskernel parameter. e.g.:
$ ./hugepages_settings.sh
...
Recommended setting: vm.nr_hugepages = 163842
$
Note: You can also calculate a proper value for the parameter yourself but that is not advised if you do not have extensive experience with HugePages and concepts.
Step 5: Edit the file /etc/sysctl.conf and set the vm.nr_hugepages parameter there:
...
vm.nr_hugepages = 163842
...
This will make the parameter to be set properly with each reboot.
Depending on the file, run the following command to load these kernel parameters to the system.
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo /sbin/sysctl -p3.1.3. Sets Resource Limits
Create a file under ‘/etc/security/limits.d/‘ and assign the recommended resource limits for Oracle Database 19c. These settings can also be done in a *.conf file under /etc/security/limits.d/ directory. Also if there is a *.conf file in /etc/security/limits.d/ that has settings for memlock, setting it up in /etc/security/limits.conf may not work. Make sure you check the files /etc/security/limits.d/*.conf files.
This configuration file may be distribution specific. Contact your system administrator for distribution specific configuration file information.
memlock soft and hard limit: unlimited
3.1.4. Create Oracle User and Groups
3.3. The Additional Setup
In this section, we can do some configurations such as the password set for oracle user, change the SELinux tag to permissive, stop the firewall, create installation directories etc. These steps are described in the following section:
3.3.1. Set the password for oracle user:
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo passwd oracleProvide your super-secret password for oracle user.
3.3.2. Set SELinux flag:
Change the SELinux flag to permissive in the”/etc/selinux/config” file.
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=permissive/' /etc/selinux/config3.3.3. Stop and disable the firewall service:
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo systemctl stop firewalls[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo systemctl disable firewalld
To configure the firewall please follow the link.
3.3.4. Create database installation directory:
In this tutorial, we will use different directories for each type of database file.
Note:Do not put the oraInventory directory under the Oracle base directory for a new installation, because that can result in user permission errors for other installations.
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo mkdir -p /u02/oradata
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo mkdir -p /u03/recovery_area
Change the permission of these directories to oracle user.
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01 /u02 /u03[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo chmod -R 775 /u01 /u02 /u03
Step 4. Configure Environment Variable
This step creates a script file for the environment variable and then assign it (the script file) to the “/home/oracle/.bash_profile” file. To complete this task, Log in to the oracle user.
[Admin@Server ~]$ su - oracleCreate a directory to keep the scripts:
[oracle@Server ~]$ mkdir /home/oracle/scriptsCreate a script file named “Oracle19cEnvVar.sh” in that directory. And put the following content to that file:
Now add this file to the end of the”/home/oracle/.bash_profile” file.
[oracle@Server ~]$ echo ". /home/oracle/scripts/Oracle19cEnvVar.sh" >> /home/oracle/.bash_profileTo start and stop the database using Linux Service with the help of dbstart and dbshut utility respectively. Please check the link.
Step 5: Exporting Graphical User Interface
For exporting GUI display, install these following packages in the server from root or sudo user. Log in to Admin user and run the following command:
[oracle@Server ~]$ su - Admin[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo yum install -y xdpyinfo xorg-x11-xauth
And change the value of “ForwardX11” from “no” to “yes” in the following file:
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo sed -i -E 's/#\s+ForwardX11 no/ForwardX11 yes/' /etc/ssh/ssh_configStep 6: Upload Oracle Database software to Server
In this case, we already download the oracle software on our client machine‘s “/tmp” directory. So, at first, we need to log in to the client machine and then upload the zip file of Oracle software to the “/tmp” directory of the server.
[Admin@Server ~]$ ssh -X User@10.100.20.197[User@Client ~]$ sudo scp -v /tmp/LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip oracle@192.168.201.111:/tmp/
Log in to the server with the oracle user and unzip the software file into the ORACLE_HOME directory.
[User@Client ~]$ ssh -X oracle@192.168.201.111[oracle@Server ~]$ unzip /tmp/LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip -d /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1
Now reboot (from root or sudo user in this case Admin) the server:
[oracle@Server ~]$ su - Admin[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo reboot
After rebooting log into the server using oracle user with graphical user interface feature.
[User@Client ~]$ ssh -X oracle@192.168.201.111Step 7: Suppress the OS Version Error
We may receive the following error when installing Oracle database 19c Installer on Red Hat 8 (64-bit) platform:
[INS-13001] Oracle Database is not supported on this operating system. The installer will not perform prerequisite checks on the system.
To suppress this error change the distribution id to OLE8 in “cvu_config” file as:
[oracle@Server ~]$ cp -pvf /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1/cv/admin/cvu_config /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1/cv/admin/cvu_config.bak[oracle@Server ~]$ sed -i 's/#CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL5/CV_ASSUME_DISTID=OEL8/' /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1/cv/admin/cvu_config
Step 8: Installation Oracle Database On Red Hat
Go to the ORACLE_HOME directory and start the Oracle Universal Install (OUI) interactively by issuing the following command. If you want to run this installer silently then check this link.
[oracle@Server ~]$ bash /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1/runInstallerIn this installation process, we will create and configure an Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Server. For RAC and Upgrade installation choose ‘Set UP Software Only’. The Server Class option for a production data center allows for more advanced configuration options such as Oracle RAC, ASM, RMAN, integration with OEM, etc.
Choose the following option for this installation process:
Configure Option: Create and configure a single instance database
System Class: Server class
Database Edition: Enterprise Edition
Installation Location: /u01/app/oracle
Create Inventory: /u01/app/oraInventory
oraInventory Group Name: oinstall
Configuration Type: General Purpose / Transaction Processing
Database Identificaton:
Global database name: oracledbdc
Oracle system identifier (SID): oracledb
Pluggable database name: hrpdb
Configuration Options:
Memory: Uncheck ‘Enable Automatic Memory Management’
Character sets: use Unicode (AL32UTF8)
Simple schemas: Uncheck ‘Install sample schemas in the database’
Database Storage:
File system: /u02/oradata
Management Options: Uncheck ‘Register with Enterprise Manager (EM) Cloud Control’
Recovery Optionsa: Check ‘Enable Recovery’
File system: /u03/recovery_area
Schema Passwords: Check ‘use the same password for all accounts’ and set same password for SYS, SYSTEM, PDBADMIN USER
Operating System Groups:
Database Administrator (OSDBA) group: dba
Database Operator (OSOPER) group (Optional): oper
Database Backup and Recovery (OSBACKUPDBA) group: backupdba
Data Guard administrative (OSDGDBA) group: dgdba
Encryption Key Management administrative (OSKMDBA) group: kmdba
Real Application Cluster administrative (OSRACDBA) group: racdba
Root script execution: Uncheck ‘Automatically run configuration scripts’
Prerequisite Checks: will run automatically
Summary: Save the summaruy description
Install Product: This section take sometimes. When prompted these following scripts run these from root or sudo user as follows
Finish: If we see the installation process is complete then we see ‘Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Express URL: https://Server.localdomain:5500/em’ this type of popup message and then close the installation window
If the installation is failed due to Run Level error please check this link.
[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo bash /u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo bash /u01/app/oracle/product/19c/db_1/root.sh
Close the installation window when we see the above screen.
Step 9: Post Installation
Set the restart flag to ‘Y‘ in the “/etc/oratab” file from root or sudo user:
[oracle@Server ~]$ su - Admin[Admin@Server ~]$ sudo sed -i -e 's/oracledb:\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19c\/db_1:N/oracledb:\/u01\/app\/oracle\/product\/19c\/db_1:Y/' /etc/oratab
Local Connectivity
Log in to the server using oracle user and connect:
[Admin@Server ~]$ su - oracle[oracle@Server ~]$ sqlplus / as sysdba
Remote Connectivity
Now we connect the database from our remote client machine. To do this we use Oracle SQL Developer as a client application. If you are new to Oracle SQL Developer please visit here.
Open Oracle SQL Developer and provide the following connection parameter:
Name: Test_DB_Connection_from_Client_Machine
Username: sys
Role: SYSDBA
Password: <Password of SYS user>
Hostname: 192.168.201.111
Port: 1521
Service name: oracledbdc
Connectivity from Oracle SQL Developer:
Click on the Test button it will show the Status is Success then Save and Connect.
Conclusion
This will help you to install Oracle Database 19c on Red Hat Linux 8 step by step. If you have any queries please comment to us.
References
This tutorial follows the official docs as reference Database Installation Guide for Linux.
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