1. Download Oracle 12c software from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterpriseedition/downloads/index.html.
2. Unzip files. You should have a single directory called "database" containing installation files.
3. Hosts File
The "/etc/hosts" file must contain a fully qualified name for the server.
<IP-address> <fully-qualified-machine-name> <machine-name>
For example.
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain
192.168.6.134 oracle12c oracle12c.localdomain
4. Add or amend the following lines in the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file.
fs.file-max = 6815744
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128
kernel.shmmni = 4096
kernel.shmall = 1073741824
kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048576
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
Run the following command to change the current kernel parameters.
/sbin/sysctl -p
5. Create user named “oracle”
useradd oracle
6. Set the password for the "oracle" user.
passwd oracle
7. Add the following lines to the "/etc/security/limits.conf" file.
oracle soft nofile 1024
oracle hard nofile 65536
oracle soft nproc 16384
oracle hard nproc 16384
oracle soft stack 10240
oracle hard stack 32768
8. If you have the Linux firewall enabled, you will need to disable it
service iptables stop
chkconfig iptables off
9. Create the directories in which the Oracle software will be installed.
mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/db_1
chown -R oracle /u01
chmod -R 775 /u01
10. Add the following lines at the end of the "/home/oracle/.bash_profile" file.
# Oracle Settings
export TMP=/tmp
export TMPDIR=$TMP
export ORACLE_HOSTNAME=oracle12c.localdomain
export ORACLE_UNQNAME=orcl
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/12.1.0.2/db_1
export ORACLE_SID=orcl
export PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
export CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib
11. Install the following packages if they are not already present.
yum install compat-libcap1.x86_64 -y
yum install compat-libstdc++-33.x86_64 -y
yum install libstdc++-devel.x86_64 -y
yum install gcc-c++.x86_64 -y
yum install ksh.x86_64 -y
yum install libaio-devel.x86_64 -y
12. Log in as oracle user. Start the Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) by issuing the following command
in the database directory.
./runInstaller
13. On first step of installation wizard specify your email address to receive security updates. Or you
may leave all fields empty and just press Next.
14. Select Create and configure a database. Press Next.
15. Select Desctop class. Press Next.
16. Set following values as below. For all others leave defaults.
Character set: Unicode(AL32UTF8)
Global database name: orcl
Administrative password: alfresco
Confirm password: alfresco
Select Create as Container database checkbox
Pluggable database name: alfresco
Press Next.
17. Press Next.
18. Press Install.
19. You should see installation progress bar.
20. When installation wizard prompt you about extra configuration required run following
commands from terminal as root user.
/u01/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/db_1/root.sh
/u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
21. Press Ok on previous step. Installation should continue.
22. When installation complete you should see following window. This means all is ok.
23. Create user for Alfresco application.
sqlplus / as sysdba
alter pluggable database alfresco open;
alter session set container = alfresco;
create user alfresco identified by alfresco container = current;
grant connect, resource, exp_full_database, imp_full_database, create any directory, unlimited
tablespace to alfresco;
24. Configure alfresco-global.properties:
db.username=alfresco
db.password=alfresco
db.driver=oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
db.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.6.134:1521/alfresco
hibernate.default_schema=ALFRESCO
25. Start alfresco server.