The
installation of an OBIEE 10g stack can be summarized in the following steps:
1)
Configuration of JDK for Oracle Business Intelligence
2) Set up of the Oracle Business Intelligence Server
3) Set up of the Oracle Business Intelligence Presentation Services
4) Set up of the Oracle Business Intelligence Client Tool set
PART 1 which is really a prerequisite to
the installation of Oracle Business Intelligence Server
STEP :1 Confirm JDK 1.5.0 or higher installed
Redhat RHEL
5.4 comes installed with JRE 1.6 which is not the same as JDK 1.5 . JRE
contains the run time binaries needed to run java applets , JDK contains the
APIs needed to execute java functions in your application.
We need JDK because in an OBIEE 10g basic installation, J2EE is the Application
Server.
To start, open your terminal:
in terminal, run :
java
-version
it will generate
java
version "1.6.0_13"
Java(TM)
SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
Java
HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode)
in terminal, run:
echo
$JAVA_HOME
it will generate no result. $JAVA_HOME is an environmental variable that you
configure during your JDK installation. Since neither java -version or echo
$JAVA_HOME mention JDK, we can confirm that you do not have JDK
installed
Step 2:
Download Java Development Kit 5.xx or higher
Download
the binary file :
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk6u35-downloads-1836443.html
You need to make this file executable. This can be done by changing the
permissions.
In terminal, run:
chmod a+x jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586-rpm.bin
Step 3: Create appropriate folders
We need to move the file to the
folder that OBIEE utilizes during install - /usr/local/java. This folder
doesn't exist by default so you will have to create it.
In terminal, run:
mkdir /usr/local/java/
cd /usr/local/java/
Note that your account may not
have privileges to create a new folder in a system-wide directory, so you may
need your sys admin to do this for you.
Now you need to move the jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586-rpm.bin file you
downloaded into the /usr/local/java folder.
In terminal, run:
mv
/desktop/jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586-rpm.bin ./
The above statement assumes you downloaded the file to your
/usr/home/username/Desktop folder.
Step 4: Install JDK 5.xx
Now that you've moved the file to the /usr/local/java/ folder, we can begin the
install:
In terminal, run:
./jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586-rpm.bin
If
successful, you will see the following:
Do you agree to the above license
terms? [yes or no]
yes
Unpacking...
Checksumming...
0
0
Extracting...
inflating: jdk-1_5_0_22-linux-i586.rpm
Preparing...
########################################### [100%]
1:jdk
########################################### [100%]
Done.
Step 5:
Create an account with read/write privilege to /usr/local/java
If you've
been paying attention, you'll notice that all of the above commands had to be
executed by either 'root' or a super user. You cannot install OBI as
root, nor should you attempt to run a server as root due to security concerns.
The
appropriate solution is to create a new user with access to the folders needed
for installation.
We are
now going to create a new user which we will use for the rest of the
installation.
Have your
admin/root account run the following commands in terminal:
groupadd obi #create a group called oinstall
/usr/sbin/useradd obi -g obi #create a user called obi, with membership to group obi
passwd obi #create a new password for user obi
Now give
user obi read/write access to the /usr/local/java folder. This is necessary
because during the start of BI presentation services, log files will be created
and .jar files will be executed.
In
terminal, run the following command:
chown -R obi:obi /usr/local/java
chmod -R 777 /usr/local/java
cd /usr/local
ls –l
Command ls -l should generate:
drwxrwxr-x 3 obi
oinstall 4096 May 23 13:42 java
User obi
now has read/write access to /usr/local/java
Step 6:
Update the bash profile for user obi
Remember in step run, when we ran
echo $JAVA_HOME , no results were returned? This is not ok because $JAVA_HOME
is an environmental variable that OBIEE server uses during its install. We need
to create this variable prior to installing OBIEE Server.
As I
stated earlier, OBIEE Server cannot be installed on root. We created a user obi
which we will utilize during installation. So we need to modify the bash
profile for user obi.
Log out
of your current user, and into user obi.
In your
bash shell terminal, run the following command:
vi ~/.bash_profile
and modify it to include:
# Java Home
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_22
export JAVA_HOME
After you
save your changes, restart your machine , log back into obi and in terminal ,
run:
Or sourch
the bash file like terminal(.
.bash_profile)
echo $JAVA_HOME
you should get the following
output:
/usr/local/java/jdk1.5.0_22
You now
have:
1) JDK
installed
2) a user
called obi
3) user
obi has access to /usr/local/java folder
4) user
obi has an environmental variable called JAVA_HOME
Notice
how we haven't even downloaded or installed OBIEE yet. This is fundamental
pre-work that must be done. Take the time to understand this and do not proceed
until echo $JAVA_HOME is populated and obi user has read/write access to
/usr/local/java.
PART 2:
Step 1 : Modification of bash shell
script to include Oracle Environmental Variables
The OBIEE 10g installation is going to look for the following variables in your
bash profile:
1) $JAVA_HOME
2) $PATH - modified to include your OBI Set up folder
We created the $JAVA_HOME variable in step 1, so let's go ahead and modify our
bash shell script to include the OBI Set up folder for the $PATH variable
For user account OBI, run the following command in terminal:
vi ~/.bash_profile
modify the bash shell start up
script to include
# OBI Setup Script
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/OracleBI/setup
export PATH
Also, set the file descriptor
limit to 10240
# File Descriptor Limit
ulimit -n 10240
step 2: Create installation
folders & grant required access
Oracle Analytics Server uses /u05/local/OracleBI/setup and /u05/local/OracleBIData/setup
for installation and execution. We need to create those folders and grant our
user obi read write access:
Log into your root/super user account or have the sys admin execute the
following commands:
mkdir -p /u05/local/OracleBI
chown -R obi:obi /u05/local/OracleBI
chmod -R 775 /usr/local/OracleBI
mkdir -p /u05/local/OracleBIData
chown -R obi:obi /u05/local/OracleBIData
chmod -R 775
/usr/local/OracleBIData
mkdir -p /u05/local/OracleBI/setup
mkdir -p /u05/local/OracleBIdata/setup
Step 3: Confirm /dev/random and /dev/urandom are available
Oracle BI Presentation Services requires pseudo random number generation devices. Confirm your system has urandom and random installed:
In terminal, run the following command:
[root@oel11g ~]# cd /dev
[root@oel11g dev]# ls *random
random urandom
You
should see the following output:
random urandom
Step 4:
Download Oracle BI Suite EE 10.1.3
and download x86 (Red Hat Linux /
Oracle Enterprise Linux)
Then extract the file to your /tmp folder. You should have 2 folders:
drwxrwxr-x 3 59934 obi
4096 May 24 10:40 Server
drwxrwxr-x 5 59934 obi
4096 May 24 10:41 Server_Ancillary
Using your root/super user account, execute (or have the sys admin) the
following commands:
chown -R obi:obi /tmp/Server
chmod -R 775 /tmp/Server
chown -R obi:obi
/tmp/Server_Ancillary
chmod -R 775
/tmp/Server_Ancillary
Step 5: Run final compatibility
check with UnixChk.sh
Oracle created a script which will determine if you've successfully completed
all of the pre-work needed for installation.
In terminal, run the following command:
./UnixChk.sh -b /u05/local/OracleBI
You should get the following
output:
SUCCESS!! - This machine is
configured for Oracle BI EE 10.1.3.3.2
Step 6: Proceed with installation
Congratulations, you've completed all of the required pre-work needed to
install OBIEE! Let's get started! Navigate to your /u05/local/OracleBI/setup folder
and run the following command as a obi user
if any error through like
permission problem follow below steps.
As the Java Development Kit 1.5.0 or greater installation
location and all its files and subdirectories must have the writable user or
user group permissions for the user installing Oracle Business Intelligence,
run the following as root:
chmod -R 777 /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_22
./setup.sh
You will be asked to identify
your java directory, installation type and installation folder.
Here are the details:
- Installation Location: /u05/local/OracleBI
- Data Location: /u05/local/OracleBIData
- Installation Type: Basic
- JDK Location:
/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_22 or higher
select next options in the installer.
Just
Click on Next to continue the installation process.
Next Screen will appear like following. Here you have to give the folder
name where you want to install the OBIEE 10g. It will ask to folder
Names.
/u05/local/oracleBI/ for Admin Tool Process related with OracleBIServer
Service
/u05/local/OracleBIData
for Webcatalog related with oracleBIPresentationService
FYI: Basic vs
Advanced Installation Primer:
Basic installation uses the J2EE Application Server rather than the Oracle
Application Server. If you want to utilize single sign on, select Advanced.
select basic installation options select next.
with the above
option, Select Basic Option and Click Next
4. Next Screen will
give the choice that what are the component we want with the installation.
Select "Complete" and Click Next
choose the complete setup options then select next.
5. This screen will give what are the components of OBIEE 10g going to
install. By default all the components are selected. If you don't want any of
the components, you have the choice to unselect it.
select to next.
6. In the following screen, we have to specify the installed JDK
Location and Enter OC4JAdmin Password. Keep that in Mind. This password is
getting used to Login with Enterprise Manager and to UnInstall the OBIEE.
choose the jdk location and select the administrator password then continue
8. After the changes, Click Next button and select which language you want to
see the Error Message Language Selection
select language.
9. So, The installation will start with the following Screen and
It will take some moment to install all the components of OBIEE 10g
preview select continue.
10. We will get Installing OBIEE Components 100% Screen and following
that the other screen also will come.
installation continue
select next
then select restart finish.
Restore the JDK directory
permission as root:
chmod -R 755
/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_22
Step 7: Start Services
Now that you've installed OBIEE Server & Presentation services, you need to
activate it by running the following scripts from your
/usr/local/OracleBI/setup folder:
./oc4j -start # starts Oracle
Application Server
./run-sa.sh start # starts BI
server
./run-saw.sh start # starts
presentation server
./run-ccs.sh start # Oracle BI Cluster Controller
To shutdown the server, you need
to run the commands in the opposite order:
./run-ccs.sh stop
./run-saw.sh stop
./run-sa.sh stop
./oc4j -shutdown -port ----
-password oc4jadmin
Installation complete and check the BI server username/password is
Administrator/ Administrator is located on
http://hostname.domainname.net:portnumber/analytics.