Simanta
Simanta

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Install Oracle Apex in Microsoft server 2016

  1. Oracle Database Express Edition (Oracle Database XE). Preferably latest version.
  2. Oracle Application Express (APEX) 18.1 or greater. Preferably latest version.
  3. Oracle WebLogic, Glassfish, TomCat, etc. as long as it supports ORDS
  4. Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) release 3.0.12 or later.

Is 1 and 2 installation same as windows? why do I need 3 and 4?

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thatjeffsmith
thatjeffsmith

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XE latest version of Database isn't available for Windows yet, but will be soon. For now, you have an 11gR2 version of XE.

I'd wait a bit if you can for the 18c version of XE to drop for Windows.

Installation of XE or the database on Windows is via a GUI installer for both the server and creating a database and it's services. On NIX, you have YUM or RPM solutions, which are generally easier (personal opinion).

APEX installation happens in the database itself, process is the same regardless of your OS.

Tomcat or WLS aren't required, but are there to help manage ORDS (Java EE app). Most customers setup Apache with Tomcat for ORDS and APEX.

ORDS itself makes things inside the database available via HTTPS - one of those things is your APEX applications.

ORDS can also be ran as a standalone process, and this also gives you a built-in webserver (Jetty.)

Finally, if you're using ORDS, you can also build and deliver REST APIs for your database.

P.S. You could also use Docker to make things easier. Joel Kallman shows how here.

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