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New SOA 11g Samples URL

2011-11-15T18:15:00.000+02:00

SOA 11g Samples moved to this location http://java.net/projects/oraclesoasuite11g/pages/Home

How to get SOA Applications state using WLST ?

2010-09-11T14:21:00.002+03:00

First run "setDomainEnv.sh" to set the environment . ./setDomainEnv.sh and start WLST java weblogic.WLST next run following commands connect('weblogic','welcome1','localhost:7001') domainRuntime() cd ("AppRuntimeStateRuntime/AppRuntimeStateRuntime") ls () You will see here the available applications and you can get for example the soa-infra state using print cmo.getCurrentState("soa-infra

How to change the timeout of EM console in SOA 11g ?

2010-05-26T15:11:00.001+03:00

1. In your SOA installation look for "emoms.properties" file The path should be somewhere in your SOA_HOME under domains folder SOA_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/servers/AdminServer/tmp/_WL_user/em/hsz5x1/META-INF/emoms.properties 2. Edit the file and add the line oracle.sysman.eml.maxInactiveTime= < value > where Value it's in minutes 4. Restart Admin & SOA server.

SOA PS2 (PatchSet 2) 11.1.1.3.0 Available for Download

2010-04-28T11:29:00.000+03:00

SOA 11.1.1.3.0 PS2 is now available on OTN . You can Download it from : http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/middleware/htdocs/fmw_11_download.html To see the new Features in this Release : http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/soa/soasuite/collateral/soa-11gr1-ps2-new-features.html

How to change the timeout of EM console in SOA 11g ?

2010-04-26T09:47:00.001+03:00

1. In your SOA installation look for "emoms.properties" file In my env the path is /home/oracle/product/11g/user_projects/domains/base_domain/servers/AdminServer/tmp/_WL_user/em/hsz5x1/META-INF/emoms.properties 2. Make a backup copy of it 3. Edit the file and add the line oracle.sysman.eml.maxInactiveTime=< value > where VALUE it's in MINUTES 4. Restart Admin & SOA server.

How to Reset CAMM Admin Account Password

2010-04-20T09:55:00.001+03:00

If you forgot the password for "admin" account , this is a simple way to reset it . Look in your CAMM install folder for file "AccessControl.xml" You should see following section regarding the "admin" account: DefaultAdministrator --- encoded password --- If you want to reset the password you can set it to <

How to Convert ESB Timestamp Field to Date and Time?

2010-04-14T11:16:00.008+03:00

This explains how is the TIMESTAMP column from ESB_ACTIVITY table coded, and how to convert it to DATE format if needed. Structure of ESB_ACTIVITY table is : SQL> desc ESB_ACTIVITY Name Null? Type ----------------------------------------- -------- --------------------------- ID NOT NULL NUMBER FLOW_ID

Active Directory and SOA 11g

2010-02-03T20:44:00.000+02:00

. Login to Weblogic Console ( http://host:7001/console) and go to Security Realms -> myrealm -> Providers 2. Click on "New" to create a new Provider. Let's assume you will call this provider AD. You must select ActiveDirectoryAuthenticator as provider type. Click OK. 3. Now , you should have the following list of providers. At this point we need to reorder the provider list so that AD will be

BPEL Samples

2010-01-28T14:04:00.000+02:00

A couple of additions to the list of SOA samples list Some new BPEL samples from Clemens on SOA PM blog. Also the fusion order demo for SOA 11g PS1 http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/jdev/samples/fod/index.html

ServerURL and Callback Server URL in SOA 11g

2010-01-19T15:04:00.006+02:00

When you want to test a composite in SOA 11g you will see something similar to this screenshot : You would want to change the "localhost.localdomain" part of the URL to some other hostname - for example I will use "deskLinux". To do this you need to modify the ServerURL and CallbackServerURL in the SOA configuration. This can be easily done via SOA Enterprise Manager : 1. Right Click on

How to Set a Timeout for a Web Service in SOA 11g ?

2009-12-18T13:34:00.004+02:00

In 11g SOA we don't have anymore the "Timeout" property that we can put in Web Service invocations to set a maximum wait time in a sync BPEL invocation - so the solution presented in Setting a Timeout for a WebService invocation in BPEL will not work anymore in BPEL 11g. I will explain below how to set a TIMEOUT on a Web Service invocation when using SOA 11g . This can only be used when only

How to Define Transaction Timeout for BPEL on Weblogic ?

2009-10-26T13:07:00.004+02:00

Consider following scenario : you want to force a BPEL to wait for maximum of 3 (180 seconds) minutes to get reply from a Partner Link. You can set the following timeouts : a) syncMaxWaitTime to 180; b) for CubeEngineBean, CubeDeliveryBean and MessageBean to 240 (best is to set it 1-2 minutes more than the syncMaxWaitTime) c) Global JTA Timeout to 300 As a general rule, you should have

SOA 11g Book

2009-10-08T14:28:00.001+03:00

New book on SOA 11g written by Oracle SOA Suite Product Management team is now available: "Getting Started with Oracle SOA Suite 11g - A Hands-On Tutorial"

SOA 11g Samples

2009-09-23T14:39:00.005+03:00

In SOA 11g the samples are not anymore in the install kit as were in 10g release, instead all samples are now posted on OTN for download. SOA Suite 11g Samples -- http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/soa/index.html BPEL 11g Samples -- http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/products/bpel/index.html Human Workflow 11g Samples -- http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code

Deploy EAR or RAR using admin.jar

2009-09-03T12:39:00.005+03:00

When trying to deploy an EAR or RAR using "admin.jar" you may get following errorWARNING: Exception returned by remote server: {0} javax.naming.NoPermissionException: This operation was denied. The admin.jar utility can not be used to perform operations against OPMN managed OC4J i nstnaces. Please use Enterprise Manager instead. Refer to the Oracle10iAS Admin Guide or the OC4J User's Guide for

10.1.3.5 Patchset

2009-08-19T10:49:00.003+03:00

Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.5 patchset has been released for Windows and Linux platforms.Patchset is available on Metalink as patch number 8626084.

RUL-01726 when Defining new Pattern in a Rule

2009-07-26T17:01:00.002+03:00

After importing XMLFacts from an XSD, you try to create a new Pattern for a new Rule by comparing a Double (java.lang.Double type) with a double value (e.g. 4.2) , and you get following error in RuleAuthor 'RUL-01726: Data type operator for <, at position 0: java.lang.Double The reason is that xsd:double type from the XSD was transformed in Rules into the Java class java.lang.Double. When you

NullPointerException using HTTP Basic Authentication

2009-07-26T16:53:00.006+03:00

If you try to use use HTTP Basic Authentication headers to invoke a secured Web Service in BPEL 10.1.3.4credentialsyour_usernameyour_passwordYou may encounter a NullPointerException error ONLY if you use ports 80 or 443 :

Getting Started with SOA 11g

2009-07-03T17:02:00.000+03:00

Some quick steps to get a working SOA 11g install with a 11g DB repositoryDatabase InstallSOA 11g supports Oracle 10g and 11g database, with following version- Oracle Database 10g (10.2.0.4 or later)- Oracle Database 11g (11.1.0.7 or later)Note: you should install the DB with AL32UTF8 character set, otherwise you will get a warning when you run RCU:The database you are connecting is with

Missing in SOAP Header when Calling Secured WS

2009-06-08T17:58:00.000+03:00

When calling Secured Web Service from BPEL there is an error received in logs and in Bpel Console : Fault happened: exception during SOAP invoke: Missing in SOAP Header; nested exception is:javax.xml.rpc.soap.SOAPFaultException: Missing in SOAP Header The partner link properties in bpel.xml are

Alarms do not Expire

2009-04-03T11:46:00.000+03:00

Sometimes, when the a BPEL process have a lot of Wait and onAlarm activities (or there are many BPEL instances running that use Wait or onAlarm) then some of the Alarms may not fire.The BPEL engine makes use of Quartz in numerous ways, mainly for expiration of wait and onAlarm activities, but also for: sending periodically "pings" to the dispatcher to flush out stranded messages enabling

Setting a Timeout for a WebService invocation in BPEL

2008-06-17T17:53:00.000+03:00

1. Given a process that invokes a Local or Remote WebService, we want to set a timeout of 10 seconds that the BPEL will wait for the answer. If no response is received within the specified timeout, we want to perform a series of activities (eg. WebService not available, end the BPEL process, etc). "WS_Call" is the Invoke operation on the WebService.2. In the Sequence where "WS_Call" Invoke

Dynamic FTP Adapter in SOA 10.1.3

2008-05-26T22:41:00.000+03:00

The Outbound dynamic configuration is supported via JCA dynamic partnerlinks. There are 2 possible scenarios for this (which are described in detail in Oracle SOA tutorial 140.AdapterFramework\DynamicPartnerlinks) :a) the dynamic part is the jca:address location attributeThe BPEL process can decide which JCA Connection Factory (JNDI entry) to use. The

What is this blog about ?

2008-05-22T14:41:00.000+03:00

Technical information about Oracle SOA Suite 10.1.3.3 with focus on following subjects - BPEL - Business Process Execution Language- ESB - Enterprise Service Bus- JDeveloper- AS - Application Server