Wiki source code of Oracle Installation

Version 20.1 by Vincent Massol on 2020/07/07

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4
5 = Installation steps =
6
7 Steps:
8
9 * Download and install a version of Oracle Database. For example [[Oracle Express>>http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/express-edition/downloads/index.html]].
10 * Download the corresponding [[Oracle JDBC Drivers>>https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/application-development/jdbc/downloads/index.html]] and copy the JAR (e.g. ##ojdbc8.jar## in ##WEB-INF/lib/##)
11 * Start Oracle and connect to it with a DBA or system user. For example use the Oracle SQL*Plus command-line tool: {{code}}connect system;{{/code}}
12 * Create the wiki user and schema:(((
13 {{code}}
14 create user xwiki
15 identified by xwiki;
16 {{/code}}
17 )))
18 * Create a tablespace (which is the Oracle term for what you know as a "database" on Microsoft SQL Server):(((
19 {{code}}
20 select *
21 from dba_data_files
22 ;
23 --
24 -- Pick an adequate name from the list above.
25 --
26 create tablespace xwiki
27 datafile '/opt/SOMETHING/oracle/oradata/SID/xwiki01.dbf'
28 size 1m
29 autoextend on
30 maxsize 1g
31 ;
32 {{/code}}
33 )))
34 * Create tables of the ##xwiki## user by default in the new tablespace:(((
35 {{code}}
36 alter user xwiki
37 default tablespace xwiki
38 temporary tablespace temp
39 ;
40 alter user xwiki quota unlimited on xwiki
41 ;
42 {{/code}}
43 )))
44 * Give sufficient privileges to the ##xwiki## user:(((
45 {{code}}
46 grant connect to xwiki;
47 grant resource to xwiki;
48 grant dba to xwiki;
49 {{/code}}
50 )))
51 * Tell XWiki to use Oracle. To do this, edit the ##WEB-INF/hibernate.cfg.xml## file where you have expanded the XWiki WAR file and uncommented the Oracle part. Make sure to review the ##connection.url## property. For example a typical Oracle Express would be:{{code}}<property name="connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE</property>{{/code}}(((
52 {{info}}
53 **XE** is the default name of the ORACLE SID created by default by the installation for Oracle Express. If it is another you should change it. You can find the correct SID in ##app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/NETWORK/ADMIN/tnsnames.ora## in the Oracle installation directory (for Windows).
54 {{/info}}
55 )))
56
57 = Installing Oracle from a VM =
58
59 An easy to test Oracle is to use a VM. Here are some easy steps:
60
61 * [[Download the VM from the Oracle web site>>http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/databaseappdev-vm-161299.html]]
62 * Install [[VirtualBox>>https://www.virtualbox.org/]] and import the VM in it
63 * Note: I had to configure the VM network settings to use the "Bridged Adapter" instead of "NAT" in order to be able see it from my host machine
64 * Start the VM and log in as ##oracle##/##oracle##
65 * Note that IP address printed in the shell that opens up, for example: 192.168.0.49
66 * In the shell, starts the manager: ##emctl start dbconsole##
67 * Execute all the instructions above in the shell to create the ##xwiki## database (don't forget to download the JDBC driver and put it in ##WEB-INF/lib##). Tip: Put the following in a file (for example ##xwiki.sql## located on the Desktop) and execute {{code}}echo @Desktop/xwiki.sql | sqlplus system/oracle@orcl{{/code}}:(((
68 {{code}}
69 drop user xwiki cascade;
70 create user xwiki identified by xwiki;
71 select * from dba_data_files;
72 create tablespace xwiki datafile '/home/oracle/app/oracle/oradata/orcl/xwiki01.dbf' size 1m autoextend on maxsize 1g;
73 alter user xwiki default tablespace xwiki temporary tablespace temp;
74 alter user xwiki quota unlimited on xwiki;
75 grant create session to xwiki;
76 grant create table to xwiki;
77 grant create sequence to xwiki;
78 {{/code}}
79 )))
80 * From your host machine, point your browser on http:~/~/192.168.0.49:1158/em and connect as ##system/oracle##
81 * In your XWiki's ##hibernate.cfg.xml##, use:(((
82 {{code}}
83 <property name="connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@192.168.0.49:1521:orcl</property>
84 {{/code}}
85 )))
86 * Don't forget to drop the Oracle JDBC driver in your ##WEB-INF/lib## directory!
87 * Enjoy ;)
88
89 = Using Docker =
90
91 Follow these steps:
92 * Start Oracle: {{code language='none'}}docker run --name oracle-xwiki -d -p 1521:1521 -v [<host mount point>:]/opt/oracle/oradata xwiki/oracle-database:19.3.0-se2{{/code}}
93 * Download the corresponding [[JDBC driver>>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/oracle/ojdbc/ojdbc8/]] and put it in XWiki's ##WEB-INF/lib## directory
94 * Edit XWiki's ##hibernate.cfg.xml## file, comment out the Oracle section and make sure you use the following settings:(((
95 {{code language='none'}}
96 <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:xwiki</property>
97 <property name="hibernate.connection.username">xwiki</property>
98 <property name="hibernate.connection.password">xwiki</property>
99 {{/code}}
100 )))
101
102 = Indexes =
103
104 See [[Database Administration>>Documentation.AdminGuide.Performances.Database Administration.WebHome]].
105
106 {{code}}
107 CREATE INDEX XWLS_VALUE ON XWIKILARGESTRINGS (XWL_VALUE) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
108 create index xwd_parent on xwikidoc (xwd_parent) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
109 create index xwd_class_xml on xwikidoc (xwd_class_xml) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
110 create index ase_page_date on activitystream_events (ase_page, ase_date);
111 create index xda_docid1 on xwikiattrecyclebin (xda_docid);
112 create index ase_param1 on activitystream_events (ase_param1) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
113 create index ase_param2 on activitystream_events (ase_param2) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
114 create index ase_param3 on activitystream_events (ase_param3) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
115 create index ase_param4 on activitystream_events (ase_param4) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
116 create index ase_param5 on activitystream_events (ase_param5) INDEXTYPE IS CTXSYS.CONTEXT PARAMETERS('SYNC (ON COMMIT)');
117 {{/code}}
118
119 = Troubleshooting =
120
121 == ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into ("XWIKI"."XWIKILARGESTRINGS"."XWL_ID") ==
122
123 This error can appear if you're using Oracle JDBC driver 10.2.0.1.0. The solution is to use version 10.2.0.2 or greater of the driver.
124
125 == SetString can only process strings of less than 32766 chararacters ==
126
127 If you see an error that says something like this:
128
129 {{code}}
130 Error number 3201 in 3: Exception while saving document XWiki.XWikiPreferences
131 Wrapped Exception: could not update: [com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocumentArchive#104408758]
132 com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException: Error number 3201 in 3: Exception while saving document XWiki.XWikiPreferences
133 Wrapped Exception: could not update: [com.xpn.xwiki.doc.XWikiDocumentArchive#104408758]
134 ...
135 Wrapped Exception:
136
137 java.sql.SQLException: setString can only process strings of less than 32766 chararacters
138 ...
139 {{/code}}
140
141 Then that's because Oracle has a limitation of 32K for CLOBs. To overcome it you need to add the following 2 properties in the ##hibernate.cfg.xml## file, as specified in the installation steps section above:
142
143 {{code}}
144 <property name="hibernate.connection.SetBigStringTryClob">true</property>
145 <property name="hibernate.jdbc.batch_size">0</property>
146 {{/code}}
147
148 == NullPointerException at HqlSqlWalker ==
149
150 This is actually caused by a wrong Oracle ##ojdbc## JAR being used. There are different JARs for every different minor version of Oracle. For example if you use the JDBC connector for Oracle 11g version 11.2.0.4.0 and your Oracle db version is 11.2.0.1.0 then you'll have the problem.
151
152 == Errors due to missing RAM ==
153
154 If you see one of the following errors in the XWiki logs, it may simply be that you don't allocate enough RAM to Oracle. This is especially true if you're running it in a VM or in a Docker Container. For example we know that 2GB is not enough for Oracle and 2.5GB+ is ok.
155
156 {{code language='none'}}
157 SQL Error: 0, SQLState: null
158 Cannot get a connection, pool error Timeout waiting for idle object
159 ORA-12519, TNS:no appropriate service handler found
160 ORA-01435: user does not exist
161 {{/code}}
162
163 Note that it's possible to have these errors for other reasons too but you should at least check that the RAM is enough.

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