Setup Oracle SOA Virtualbox

* Download SOA VM files from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/soasuite/learnmore/vmsoa-172279.html
* Follow the instructions on the download page on how to combine, import, and use VM, for example:
– Run combine.bat or sh to combine downloaded files
– Or if you have 7-Zip installed, you can highlights all files and select Extract Here… which will combine all files and unzip for you.

* Open VirtualBox Manager
* Select File > Import Appliance…
* Click Choose… button and browse to the downloaded .ovf file, e.g. vbox-oel5u4-soabpm-11gr1ps2-bp1-otn.ovf
* Click Next to import

* Go to Settings > System
* Click Motherboard tab and enter memory, for example:
– Base Memory: 4096
* Click Processor tab and enter processor numbers, for example:
– Processor(s): 2

* Go to Settings > Network > Adapter 1
* Check that Enable Network Adapter is checked
* Select appropriate Attached to field, e.g. Host-only Adapter
* Expand Advanced and select:
– Adapter Type: Intel PRO/1000 MT Server (82545EM)

* Start VM
* Login as oracle/oracle

* Select Desktop Start Graphical Desktop

* Select dev_soa domain to use with the VM

* Click Close button when domain is created.

* From VM Control Center > Server Control tab,
– select Admin Server with SOA and EM
– click Start button

* After VM has started, minimize and maximize desktop and the VM seems to self adjust.
* You can toggle full screen display by pressing Right Control Key + f

Manually:
* Go to System > Display Settings

* See this post on how to do this.

* Alternatively you can use vsftp to transfer files to and from VM.
* vsftpd is already installed on soa box.
* If needed, see this post to configure vsftpd
* Start vsftpd

# su as root
su -
 
# Setup autostart
chkconfig vsftpd on
 
# Start
service vsftpd start

* Database should have been autostarted
* To manual start, open a terminal and enter:

cd /home/oracle/bin
. ./oracle_env.sh 
sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL> startup

* When you start SOA server you also start BAM server
* Double click Start/Stop WebLogic Server icon from the VM desktop and select appropriate action:

* Alternatively, use shell scripts:

cd /home/oracle/bin
./start-wls-server.sh 
Starting Admin Server with BPM/SOA, BAM, EM .........OK

SOA box is configured to allowed access from localhost only. Follow the instruction below to allow access from outside the virtual box.
* Login WLS admin console
* In Domain Structure panel, click domain1 > Environment > Servers
* Click AdminServer(admin)

* Expand Advanced section

* Remove localhost from the External Listen Address field

* You should have:

* Click Save
* Restart WLS

* Find out VM IP address:

[oracle@soabpm-vm ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:1C:4C:37  
          inet addr:192.168.56.101  Bcast:192.168.56.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

* Add an entry to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file to point to the soa box IP, for example:

192.168.56.101  soabox

* Access consoles from host desktop:
Oracle EM FMW Control: http://soabox:7001/em
Oracle WLS Console: http://soabox:7001/console
Oracle BPM Workspace: http://soabox:7001/bpm/workspace
Oracle Process Composer: http://soabox:7001/bpm/composer
Oracle BAM: http://soabox:7001/OracleBAM

Oracle EM FMW Control: http://localhost:7001/em
Oracle WLS Console: http://localhost:7001/console
Oracle BPM Workspace: http://localhost:7001/bpm/workspace
Oracle Process Composer: http://localhost:7001/bpm/composer
Oracle BAM: http://localhost:7001/OracleBAM