A couple years ago, I took on a geeky project, creating a WebCenter VM. The goal was to get WebCenter running so I could kick the tires and build something. It didn’t end well, thanks to a variety of factors, but one good thing that came of the effort was a conversation with Justin (@oracletechnet)… Read More

So, after failing to bring this project home before Christmas, I picked it up again yesterday, unfortunately with the same results. I reached out to some people on the WebCenter team who could help, and the consensus was that I don’t have enough system resources to run the full stack on a single VM. Further… Read More

I really, really, really wanted to bring this whole project home with a triumphant ending today, erm late last night. It started out as a lark and has been a great learning experience, but it’s been hanging over my head since before Thanksgiving. I’ve got other, more important work to do, and I’m sure you’re… Read More

So, I’m in the home stretch installing WebCenter. Here’s the installation guide, if you’re following along at home. Yesterday, I got through the “Preparing to Install” steps, which consist mostly of running RCU to create the WebCenter schemas. I’m skipping the installation of JDeveloper for the time being. If I were using the VM in… Read More

So, I’m back on track after yesterday’s detour to configure 11g and get it ready for the WebCenter schemas. I’m working off the WebCenter installation guide, by the way, Section 2.1.3 Create Schemas for Oracle WebCenter. Next step is to download and run Repository Creation Utility (RCU) which handily creates all the Fusion Middleware schemas… Read More

First, let me start off with a hearty thanks to John (@jpiwowar) for his help with my n00bism, a.k.a. Part 6 in this series. Also, thanks to those of you with DBA skills out there for not flaming me for my lack thereof. Part 6 was a bit of a disaster, but thanks to John and… Read More

Today, I hit a roadblock in my ongoing project to create a WebCenter VM. I was all ready to get started with the WebCenter install. I found the installation guide and ran the installer. Then, I hit the prerequisites. Looks like I need to create the schemas first with the Repository Creation Utility (RCU), available… Read More

Ready or not, here comes another installment in my gripping series on how to create a WebCenter 11g R1 Patch Set 1 VM. In the last part, I went over the last few steps of the 11g install. This part focuses on WebLogic, which is the preferred application server for WebCenter. I don’t know if… Read More

While finishing yesterday’s Part 3, I decided to investigate how to add a swap file to my OEL 5 VM to accomodate at least one of 11g’s resource requirements. I may eventually have to bump up the physical memory allocated to the VM, which will completely cripple the host OS, but I’m bending the rules… Read More

Having been out a few days with the flu, I’m feeling a bit behind on my geeky project (see Parts 1 and 2 for background), so last night, I decided to tackle the next big step, installing Oracle 11gR2. Obviously, WebCenter needs a database, and I haven’t installed Oracle for a few years. So, this… Read More

Right after I posted yesterday’s Part 1, I decided to try out the Oracle public yum server over at public-yum.oracle.com. I had pinged Justin over the weekend and his contact had pointed me there, and it turns out the same suggestion was also kindly added to comments shortly after I published. After following the instructions there,… Read More

I’ve managed to collect a handful of geeky projects lately. First, my move to Ubuntu 9.10 got fast-tracked. After the rocky move from 8.10 to 9.04, I figured I’d wait a bit on Karmic. But, last week, my drive filled up due to my backup package erroneously writing backups locally instead of to my backup… Read More

You may recall my struggle last year to assemble and document a WebCenter VM. Well, apparently other people thought it was a good idea because I noticed today via Peter Moskovits’ blog that there is now a VirtualBox VM available for WebCenter PS 3 (11.1.1.4), which was just released, including the AviTrust demo to get… Read More

I haven’t been in the loop much, what with the arrival of my daughter and all, but I’m starting to catch up on what’s been happening. Here’s a WebCenter (@oraclewebcenter) news item that you’ll like. WebCenter Spaces PS3 VirtualBox Appliance « Peter Moskovits’ Oracle WebCenter Blog I believe this is an update to the VM… Read More

We joined the WebCenter development team back in late September of last year, and since then, one of our major projects has been redesigning the internal WebCenter 11g instance used by employees. I’m happy to report that our first round of changes went live on Monday. More on that in a minute. Coincidentally, the latest… Read More

Yesterday, Vince posted the third installment in his “What is WebCenter” series, and as promised, he dives into the design points with more detail. After reading all three parts, it should be clearer that WebCenter is a lot of things and is therefore, difficult to describe in a terse manner. To date, we’ve been working… Read More

About a month ago, I mentioned John P’s install EBS posts over at ORACLENERD. A few other people have decided to follow along for giggles, prompting Chet (@oraclenerd) to declare a formal “EBS Challenge“. So far, here’s who’s participating: Chet Ted Simpson [blog|twitter] Marcin Przepiorowski [blog|twitter] Floyd Teter [blog|twitter] Interested in joining? Feel free, and… Read More

With 2009 winding down quickly, I’m pleased to present you with that good old blogging tradition–the year-end wrap post. 2009 was an eventful year for us. Mostly noteworthy: we joined the WebCenter development team to work on the internal rollout of WebCenter 11g, validating our work on Connect and Mix and minting us as a… Read More

Happy holidays everyone. I got you a heat map. Do you like it? I’m technically on vacation this week, but I cannot take a vacation from the Interwebs. While browsing feeds yesterday, I saw this post from Gizmodo titled “Foursquare, As Seen by the Predator”. My crush on foursquare is well-documented, and I’ve always liked… Read More

My latest kick is to catalog useful information for reference purposes, which is one reason why I embarked on a quest to create a WebCenter VM. Blogs are extremely good at SEO out of the box. So, it’s very likely that anyone searching for information on a technical topic will find a wealth of information… Read More