Integration of “Oracle 11G R2” with “Node.js” in Ubuntu

Node.js and oracle database are very powerful tool for the development of any dependent system, But to provide incorporation between these two is always a challenge. I would like to share the procedure that could help anybody who is suffering from incorporation and integration of both systems.

This piece of writing is going to cover :

Installation of oracle java 7
Installation of Oracle 11g R2
Configure Oracle
Installation of Node.js
Use of node-oracle db plug-in to access oracleDB.

Let start!!!

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1 1.Installation of oracle java 7

2 2.Installation of Oracle 11g

3 3.Configuring oracle

4 4.Installation of Node.js

5 5.Use of node-oracledb plugin to access oracleDB

1.Installation of oracle java 7

let’s start with oracle java installation of machine.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

After installing java you need to set JAVA_HOME in bashrc, Do the following to set it:

sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc

After opening this file add below lines after the last line of bashrc:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Load the changes by doing:

source /etc/bash.bashrc

Now check JAVA_HOME

echo $JAVA_HOME

It should be like:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle

Here you are done with the Installation of oracle java 7

Now we’ll go for the installation of Oracle 11g

2.Installation of Oracle 11g

Before starting the installation process there are some additional packages which are needed to be install, They can be installed by :

sudo apt-get install alien libaio1 unixodbc

Once you are done with that you have to download oracle 11G from :

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/products/express-edition/downloads/index.html

After download do the following:

unzip oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm.zip

cd Disk1

Now we have to convert “rpm” to “deb”, For that use the command below:

sudo alien --scripts -d oracle-xe-11.2.0-1.0.x86_64.rpm

The "/sbin/chkconfig file" is always needed by Red Hat package, which is not used in Ubuntu.

To successfully install Oracle XE we use a simple trick.

First you need to create this file “/sbin/chkconfig” by using:

sudo gedit /sbin/chkconfig

Then you need to put below code in “chkconfig file”:

#!/bin/bash

# Oracle 11gR2 XE installer chkconfig hack for Ubuntu

file=/etc/init.d/oracle-xe

if [[ ! `tail -n1 $file | grep INIT` ]]; then

echo >> $file

echo '### BEGIN INIT INFO' >> $file

echo '# Provides: OracleXE' >> $file

echo '# Required-Start: $remote_fs $syslog' >> $file

echo '# Required-Stop: $remote_fs $syslog' >> $file

echo '# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5' >> $file

echo '# Default-Stop: 0 1 6' >> $file

echo '# Short-Description: Oracle 11g Express Edition' >> $file

echo '### END INIT INFO' >> $file

update-rc.d oracle-xe defaults 80 01

#EOF

Then you need to give permission to the file by:

sudo chmod 755 /sbin/chkconfig

Now you have to set the additional kernel parameters, So create the file

/etc/sysctl.d/60-oracle.conf by :

sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.d/60-oracle.conf

Copy and paste the following into the file.“Kernel.shmmax” is the maximum possible value of physical RAM in bytes. 536870912 / 1024 /1024 = 512 MB.

# Oracle 11g XE kernel parameters

fs.file-max=6815744

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range=9000 65000

kernel.sem=250 32000 100 128

kernel.shmmax=536870912

Load the kernel parameters:

sudo service procps start

After this, execute the following statements to make further changes required:

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/awk /bin/awk

mkdir /var/lock/subsys

touch /var/lock/subsys/listener

Now run this command to install oracle 11G:

sudo dpkg --install oracle-xe_11.2.0-2_amd64.deb

Execute the following to avoid getting ORA-00845: MEMORY_TARGET error.

Note: replace “size=4096m” with the size of your (virtual) machine’s RAM in Mbs.

sudo rm -rf /dev/shm

sudo mkdir /dev/shm

sudo mount -t tmpfs shmfs -o size=4096m /dev/shm

Create the file “/etc/rc2.d/S01shm_load”

sudo gedit /etc/rc2.d/S01shm_load

Copy and paste the following in the file.

Note: replace “size=4096m” with the size of your machine’s RAM in Mbs.

#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in

start) mkdir /var/lock/subsys 2>/dev/null

touch /var/lock/subsys/listener

rm /dev/shm 2>/dev/null

mkdir /dev/shm 2>/dev/null

mount -t tmpfs shmfs -o size=4096m /dev/shm ;;

*) echo error

exit 1 ;;

esac

Save the file and close.

sudo chmod 755 /etc/rc2.d/S01shm_load

3.Configuring oracle

After successful installation of Oracle you need to configure it, to configure use the command below:

sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure

Now you have to set environment variable just to set everything properly.

sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc

Paste below code at the end of “bashrc file”:

export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/xe

export ORACLE_SID=XE

export NLS_LANG=`$ORACLE_HOME/bin/nls_lang.sh`

export ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH

Now reload bashrc:

source /etc/bash.bashrc

Finally start the service:

sudo service oracle-xe start

Now your are done with oracle !!!!

After successfully installing & configuring Oracle ,let’s start with nodejs.

4.Installation of Node.js

Go to

https://nodejs.org/download/

and download linux binaries 64 bit.

After downloading create node directory on home by:

mkdir node

And move node gz to node folder:

mv ~/Downloads/node-v0.12.7-linux-x64.tar.gz ~/node

cd ~/ node

Unzip the file by:

tar -zvf node-v0.12.7-linux-x64.tar.gz

After that you need to set node path to “bashrc” to access it globally, to do this use below command:

sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc

export PATH=/home/amit/node/node-v0.12.7-linux-x64/bin:$PATH

Now try to access node command from terminal, it should work.

node -v

5.Use of node-oracledb plugin to access oracleDB

First of all you need to download node oracle driver from below URL:

https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb

Unzip file into "node-oracledb" folder at home directory.

Now you have to change directory to “node-oracledb-master” directory:

cd ~/node-oracledb/node-oracledb-master

Before installing the driver you need to set below parameter into "bashrc" :

export OCI_LIB_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME/lib

export OCI_INC_DIR=$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/public

As you are in node-oracledb-master directory, now you have to run below command to install all dependencies:

npm install -g

Note : "-g" is for set it globally.

Now NODE_PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be exported to "bashrc".

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

export NODE_PATH=/home/amit/node/node-v0.12.7-linux-x64/lib/node_modules

Here you are done, Now you can run nodejs code with oracle.

There are several example available. You can refer

https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/tree/master/examples .

I hope you enjoy it. 🙂

Integration of “Oracle 11G R2” with “Node.js” in Ubuntu

1.Installation of oracle java 7

2.Installation of Oracle 11g

3.Configuring oracle

4.Installation of Node.js

5.Use of node-oracledb plugin to access oracleDB

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