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Oracle Application Express (APEX) Start and Stop

Oracle APEX 18 or 19 or 20 installed on Oracle Database 12c/19c and deployed on Weblogic 12c with Oracle HTTP Server 12c. These find setup and commands for APEX Application Service start and stop. 


1. Setup $HOME/.bash_profile for APEX environments

# .bash_profile


export MW_HOME=/oracle/app/product/fmw

export WLS_HOME=$MW_HOME/wlserver

export WL_HOME=$WLS_HOME

export DOMAIN_HOME=$MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain

# Set to the appropriate JAVA_HOME.

export JAVA_HOME=/oracle/app/java

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$MW_HOME/bin:$PATH

export CONFIG_JVM_ARGS=-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom


2. APEX Start Commands

# wl_apex_start.sh


# Start WebLogic Admin Server

nohup $MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/startWebLogic.sh &

sleep 60


# Start NodeManager

nohup $DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startNodeManager.sh &

sleep 10


# Start WebLogic Managed Server

nohup $MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/bin/startManagedWebLogic.sh APEX_Server_1  &

sleep 60


# Start OHS  Server

$DOMAIN_HOME/bin/startComponent.sh OHS_System_1


3. APEX Stop Commands

# wl_apex_stop.sh


# Stop HTTP Server

$DOMAIN_HOME/bin/stopComponent.sh OHS_System_1


# Stop WebLogic Managed Server

$MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/bin/stopManagedWebLogic.sh APEX_Server_1


# Start WebLogic Admin Server

$MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/base_domain/bin/stopWebLogic.sh


4. APEX Logfiles

# AdminServer and Domain Logs:

$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/AdminServer/logs/AdminServer.log

$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/AdminServer/logs/base_domain.log


# APEX_Server_1 Managed Server Log: 

$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/APEX_Server_1/logs/APEX_Server_1.log


# Component OHS_System_1 Instance Log:

$DOMAIN_HOME/servers/OHS_System_1/logs/OHS_System_1.log


# Node Manager Log:

$DOMAIN_HOME/nodemanager/nodemanager.log


5. APEX Configuration Files:

# coming up soon...

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