The FlexDeploy provides a file distribution for Tomcat which simplifies the installation process.  This distribution contains includes the binaries for Tomcat, the FlexDeploy WAR, and the base configurations, leaving only a few simple steps to complete the install. The distribution contains the following components. 

• A tomcat 9.0.34 server with required libraries, and base configurations
• The FlexDeploy WAR
• The FlexDeploy database installation scripts
• The FlexDeploy database migration scripts (for upgrading an existing FlexDeploy Tomcat installation)
• The FlexDeploy plugins

 If you wish to use an existing Tomcat server, please see Installing FlexDeploy on existing Tomcat.

Requirements 

• 8GB of RAM
• 1 CPU
• At least 20GB of available space, may need additional space based on purge criteria and usage.
• 64 bit Java 8 JDK.

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• If you have not created FlexDeploy Working Directory and Artifact Repository folders, we will create in steps below. (See Create Folders for FlexDeploy Server)
• See Installation Instructions - Database Tier for requirements on Database tier.
• Optional - consider Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) unlimited strength policy files to avoid SSH issues when using strong ciphers.

Installation Instructions

Adjust for Windows path if you are installing on Windows platform.

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Step 4. Modify Tomcat configuration file (context.xml) for database connectivity depending on your database type.

• Replace the contents of context.xml with the contents the context-<type>.xml if using PostgreSQL or MySQL.  The default context.xml file is for Oracle. 
• Replace URL and Password with the actual values.

File - <FlexDeploy Home>/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/conf/context.xml

<Resource name="jdbc/flexdbDS" auth="Container"
    type="oracle.ucp.jdbc.PoolDataSource"
    factory="oracle.ucp.jdbc.PoolDataSourceImpl"
 
    connectionFactoryClassName="oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource"
    minPoolSize="0"
    maxPoolSize="100"
    initialPoolSize="0"
    autoCommit="false"
    inactiveConnectionTimeout="300"
 
    url="**CONNECT_STRING**"
    user="fd_admin"
    password="**FD_ADMIN_PASSWORD**"
 
    fastConnectionFailoverEnabled="true"
 
    validationQuery="select 1 from dual"
    testOnBorrow="true"
 
    useLocalSessionState="true"
    defaultAutoCommit="false"/>

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• Download the latest Oracle JDBC driver from https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/appdev/jdbc-ucp-19c-downloads.html. For example, ojdbc8-full.tar.gz.
• Remove ojdbc jar files like ojdbc*.jar or ojdbc*dms.jar from <FlexDeploy Home>/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/lib.
• Copy ojdbc8.jar, ons.jar anducp.jar from download archive to <FlexDeploy Home>/apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/lib.

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• lib

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java.lang.SecurityException: sealing violation: package oracle.jdbc is sealed
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.getAndVerifyPackage(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.definePackageInternal(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)

• UCP is now required for Oracle Database connections. See Implementing UCP connections with Tomcat and Oracle for more info.

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Step 9. (Linux only) - set the shell scripts executable with this command.

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File - <FlexDeploy Home>/StartFlexDeploy.sh(you can also use startup.sh or startup.bat scripts). If you want to use Windows service, see Install Windows Service for FlexDeploy Tomcat Server.

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