Install Oracle Database 19c on CentOS 8 in VirtualBox

oracle-db-19c-centos-8-in-virtualbox.md

Install Oracle Database 19c on CentOS 8 in VirtualBox

** Please use the root user to edit the files and execute the commands unless further notice. **

Prerequisite

1. Install the latest VirtualBox Platform Package and the VirtualBox Extension Pack (Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-VERSION.vbox-extpack).
2. Download the latest VirtualBox Guest Additions (VBoxGuestAdditions_VERSION.iso).
3. Download the latest CentOS Stream 8.
4. Create a new virtual machine and install the CentOS to the virtual machine. During the CentOS installation, select Workstation as Base Environment, select Container Management, Development Tools and Graphical Administration Tools as Additional software for Selected Environment. Use http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/BaseOS/x86_64/os/ as the installation source.
5. After installing the CentOS, execute the following commands to get the required libraries to create applications for handling compiled objects.

dnf update
dnf -y install elfutils-libelf-devel

6. Insert the ISO of VirtualBox Guest Additions to the virtual machine, and then install it.

Download Packages and Software

• compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
• compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm
• oracle-database-preinstall-19c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
• LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip

Hostname and Host File

1. Open the file /etc/hostname, change the content to update the hostname.

ol8-19.localdomain

2. Open the file /etc/hosts, add your IP address and hostname.

192.168.122.1 ol8-19.localdomain

Install Required Packages

1. Perform a dnf update to update every currently installed package.

dnf update

2. Add execute permission to the downloaded rpm files.

chmod u+x *.rpm

3. Install the libcapl library for getting and setting POSIX.1e (formerly POSIX 6) draft 15 capabilities.

dnf localinstall -y compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7.x86_64.rpm

4. Inatll the libstdc++ package which contains compatibility standard C++ library from GCC 3.3.4.

dnf localinstall -y compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm

5. Install the below required packages.

dnf install -y bc binutils elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel fontconfig-devel \
    gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-devel ksh ksh libaio libaio-devel libgcc libnsl libnsl.i686 \
    libnsl2 libnsl2.i686 librdmacm-devel libstdc++ libstdc++-devel libX11 libXau libxcb \
    libXi libXrender libXrender-devel libXtst make net-tools nfs-utils smartmontools \
    sysstat targetcli unixODBC;

Install Oracle Installation Prerequisites

1. Install the Oracle Installation Prerequisites (OIP) package.

dnf localinstall -y oracle-database-preinstall-19c-1.0-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

2. Open the /etc/group file, update the GID of the below items.

oinstall:x:64890:oracle
dba:x:64891:oracle
oper:x:64892:oracle
backupdba:x:64893:oracle
dgdba:x:64894:oracle
kmdba:x:64895:oracle
racdba:x:64896:oracle

3. Open the /etc/passwd file, update both the UID and GID of account oracle.

oracle:x:64890:64890::/home/oracle:/bin/bash

4. Update the password of account oracle.

passwd oracle

5. Set secure Linux to permissive by editing the /etc/selinux/config file.

SELINUX=permissive

6. Set the secure Linux change right now.

setenforce Permissive

7. Disable the firewall.

systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable firewalld

Setup Oracle User Profile

1. Create Oracle directories.

mkdir -p /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1
mkdir -p /u02/oradata
chown -R oracle:oinstall /u01 /u02
chmod -R 775 /u01 /u02

2. Create a new directory for Oracle user.

mkdir -p /home/oracle/scripts
chown -R oracle:oinstall /home/oracle

3. Create an environment setting file.

cat > /home/oracle/scripts/setEnv.sh <<EOF
# Oracle Settings
export TMP=/tmp
export TMPDIR=\$TMP

export ORACLE_HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME
export ORACLE_UNQNAME=cdb1
export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=\$ORACLE_BASE/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1
export ORA_INVENTORY=/u01/app/oraInventory
export ORACLE_SID=cdb1
export PDB_NAME=pdb1
export DATA_DIR=/u02/oradata

export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:\$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
EOF

4. Create a startup shell script.

cat > /home/oracle/scripts/start_all.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
. /home/oracle/scripts/setEnv.sh

export ORAENV_ASK=NO
. oraenv
export ORAENV_ASK=YES

dbstart \$ORACLE_HOME
EOF

5. Create a stop shell script.

cat > /home/oracle/scripts/stop_all.sh <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
. /home/oracle/scripts/setEnv.sh

export ORAENV_ASK=NO
. oraenv
export ORAENV_ASK=YES

dbshut \$ORACLE_HOME
EOF

6. Update the owner and permission of the shell scripts and its parent directory.

chown -R oracle:oinstall /home/oracle
chmod u+x /home/oracle/scripts/*.sh

7. Set the environment when the Bash runs whenever it is started interactively.

cat > /home/oracle/.bashrc <<EOF
#.bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
  . /etc/bashrc
fi

. /home/oracle/scripts/setEnv.sh >> /home/oracle/.bashrc
EOF

chown oracle:oinstall /home/oracle/.bashrc

Create and Add New Swap File

1. Run the following command, with oracle user, to create and apply new swap file.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/additional-swap bs=1048576 count=4096
chmod 600 /tmp/additional-swap
mkswap /tmp/additional-swap

2. Apply the swap by executing the following command with root user.

swapon /tmp/additional-swap

Install Oracle Database

1. Set the DISPLAY variable with oracle user.

DISPLAY=$HOSTNAME:0.0; export DISPLAY

2. Unzip the archive with oracle user.

cd $ORACLE_HOME
unzip -oq /path/to/software/LINUX.X64_193000_db_home.zip

3. "Cheat" the installer about the distribution with oracle user.

export CV_ASSUME_DISTID=RHEL7.6

4. Run the installer, with oracle user, to install Oracle database.

cd $ORACLE_HOME
./runInstaller -ignorePrereq -waitforcompletion -silent                        \
    -responseFile ${ORACLE_HOME}/install/response/db_install.rsp               \
    oracle.install.option=INSTALL_DB_SWONLY                                    \
    ORACLE_HOSTNAME=${ORACLE_HOSTNAME}                                         \
    UNIX_GROUP_NAME=oinstall                                                   \
    INVENTORY_LOCATION=${ORA_INVENTORY}                                        \
    SELECTED_LANGUAGES=en,en_GB                                                \
    ORACLE_HOME=${ORACLE_HOME}                                                 \
    ORACLE_BASE=${ORACLE_BASE}                                                 \
    oracle.install.db.InstallEdition=EE                                        \
    oracle.install.db.OSDBA_GROUP=dba                                          \
    oracle.install.db.OSBACKUPDBA_GROUP=dba                                    \
    oracle.install.db.OSDGDBA_GROUP=dba                                        \
    oracle.install.db.OSKMDBA_GROUP=dba                                        \
    oracle.install.db.OSRACDBA_GROUP=dba                                       \
    SECURITY_UPDATES_VIA_MYORACLESUPPORT=false                                 \
    DECLINE_SECURITY_UPDATES=true

5. If the setup is success, the following message should be printed on screen.

Successfully Setup Software.

6. Execute the below scripts, with root user, to update the permission of Oracle directories and set the environment variables.

/u01/app/oraInventory/orainstRoot.sh
/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1/root.sh

Database Creation

1. Start the listener with oracle user.

lsnrctl start

2. Create a database with oracle user.

dbca -silent -createDatabase                                                   \
     -templateName General_Purpose.dbc                                         \
     -gdbname ${ORACLE_SID} -sid  ${ORACLE_SID} -responseFile NO_VALUE         \
     -characterSet AL32UTF8                                                    \
     -sysPassword SysPassword1                                                 \
     -systemPassword SysPassword1                                              \
     -createAsContainerDatabase true                                           \
     -numberOfPDBs 1                                                           \
     -pdbName ${PDB_NAME}                                                      \
     -pdbAdminPassword PdbPassword1                                            \
     -databaseType MULTIPURPOSE                                                \
     -automaticMemoryManagement false                                          \
     -totalMemory 1000                                                         \
     -storageType FS                                                           \
     -datafileDestination "${DATA_DIR}"                                        \
     -redoLogFileSize 50                                                       \
     -emConfiguration NONE                                                     \
     -ignorePreReqs

Listener Update

1. Replace or edit the listener.ora file, with oracle user, to set the correct hostname, port number and SID name.

cat > /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1/network/admin/listener.ora <<EOF
LISTENER =
  (DESCRIPTION_LIST =
    (DESCRIPTION =
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(PORT = 1539))
      (ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = IPC)(KEY = EXTPROC1521))
    )
  )

SID_LIST_LISTENER =
  (SID_LIST =
    (SID_DESC =
      (SID_NAME = ${ORACLE_SID})
    )
  )

EOF

2. Reload the Oracle Listener.

lsnrctl reload

Post Installation

1. Edit the /etc/oratab file, with root user, to update the restart flag from 'N' to 'Y'.

orcl:/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1:Y

2. Configure the Database instance "orcl" with auto startup.

cd $ORACLE_HOME/dbs
ln -s spfilecdb1.ora initorcl.ora

3. Enable Oracle Managed Files (OMF) and make sure the PDB starts when the instance starts.

sqlplus / as sysdba <<EOF
alter system set db_create_file_dest='${DATA_DIR}';
alter pluggable database ${PDB_NAME} save state;
exit;
EOF

4. Execute the following commands, with root user, to start the Oracle Listener automatically.

cat > /home/oracle/scripts/cron.sh <<EOF1
#!/bin/bash

. /home/oracle/scripts/setEnv.sh

echo "\`date\`" > /home/oracle/scripts/last.log

lsnrctl start

sleep 3

lsnrctl reload

sleep 3

sqlplus /nolog <<EOF
conn / as sysdba
startup
EOF

EOF1

chown oracle:oinstall /home/oracle/scripts/cron.sh
chmod 744 /home/oracle/scripts/cron.sh

5. Use the following command, with oracle user, to edit the crontab file.

crontab -e

6. Put the following cron job in the first line of crontab file, then press the keys :wq to save and exit.

@reboot /home/oracle/scripts/cron.sh

Healthcheck

1. Login as oracle user and then execute the following commands one-by-one.

sqlplus /nolog
conn / as sysdba;
select * from v$version;
show pdbs;

Create New User and Tablespace

1. Login as Sysdba with SqlPlus.

sqlplus / as sysdba

2. Update the seesion setting _ORACLE_SCRIPT to true to allow common user comes without c## as prefix.

ALTER SESSION SET "_ORACLE_SCRIPT"=true;

3. Create a new tablespace with an automatic extensible size 100MB, maximum 10G in size.

-- DROP TABLESPACE my_tablespace INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES;
-- Location of the dat file: /u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1/dbs/my_tablespace.dat
-- SELECT tablespace_name, block_size, max_size, status FROM DBA_TABLESPACES;
CREATE TABLESPACE my_tablespace
  DATAFILE 'my_tablespace.dat'
    SIZE 100M
    AUTOEXTEND ON
    NEXT 32M MAXSIZE 10G
    EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL
    SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO
;

-- List the information of the tablespaces
SELECT FILE_ID, FILE_NAME, TABLESPACE_NAME, AUTOEXTENSIBLE, INCREMENT_BY 
FROM DBA_DATA_FILES ORDER BY FILE_ID DESC;

-- List the free space of the tablespaces
SELECT tablespace_name, SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 "Free Space (MB)" FROM dba_free_space GROUP BY tablespace_name;

-- Extend the tablespace with the same dat file
-- ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE '/u01/app/oracle/product/19.3.0/dbhome_1/dbs/my_testing_tablespace.dat' RESIZE 20G;

4. [Optional] Update the password life time from 180 days (default) to unlimited.

ALTER PROFILE DEFAULT LIMIT PASSWORD_LIFE_TIME UNLIMITED;

5. Create a new user.

-- ALTER SESSION SET "_ORACLE_SCRIPT"=true;
-- DROP USER newuser CASCADE;
CREATE USER newuser IDENTIFIED BY "P@ssw0rd" DEFAULT TABLESPACE my_tablespace;

6. Grant permissions to the new user.

-- REVOKE CREATE SESSION FROM newuser;
-- REVOKE CREATE TABLE FROM newuser;
-- REVOKE CREATE VIEW FROM newuser;
-- REVOKE CREATE ANY TRIGGER FROM newuser;
-- REVOKE CREATE ANY PROCEDURE FROM newuser;
-- REVOKE CREATE SEQUENCE FROM newuser;
-- REVOKE CREATE SYNONYM FROM newuser;
GRANT CREATE SESSION TO newuser;
GRANT CREATE TABLE TO newuser;
GRANT CREATE VIEW TO newuser;
GRANT CREATE ANY TRIGGER TO newuser;
GRANT CREATE ANY PROCEDURE TO newuser;
GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO newuser;
GRANT CREATE SYNONYM TO newuser;

ALTER USER newuser QUOTA UNLIMITED ON my_tablespace;

7. [Optional] Grant DBA to the new user.

-- REVOKE DBA FROM newuser;
GRANT DBA TO newuser;

References

• Install Oracle Database 19c on CentOS 8 in VirtualBox - Github Gist (hkneptune)
• Running RPM Packages to Install Oracle Database
• Oracle Database 19c Installation On Oracle Linux 8 (OL8)

Great! Maybe you know how to configurate Apex on Centos.
On this moment I have OracleDB,Tomcat,Apex and ORDS installed on virtualBox Centos8, but how evertyhing configurate?

Excellent Work....

Excellent!!

Not able to move further from on Database Creation. Server is getting hung.

I am getting an error while installing the database: [FATAL] [DBT-50000] Unable to check for available memory.
I have 8GB RAM and 50GB in hard disk

Not able to move further from on Database Creation. Server is getting hung.

I am getting an error while installing the database: [FATAL] [DBT-50000] Unable to check for available memory. I have 8GB RAM and 50GB in hard disk

You may try the following parameter for Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA).
https://stackoverflow.com/a/61482015

Packages from centos.pkgs.org:
compat-libcap1-1.10-7.el7.x86_64.rpm
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-72.el7.x86_64.rpm

Works nice with alma linux 8 as well

well done! installed successfully on centOS 8 :)

Hi, I'm still a beginner when it comes to installing Oracle.

Could you please let me know what the contents of the db_install.rsp file are?

Thank you.