Oracle Apps DBA: Keeping E-Business Suite Alive · Module 2 · The stack you are responsible for
The context file
Lesson 17 of 184 · 2 min
ONE XML FILE that describes the whole instance. Why editing the generated files instead of it is THE MISTAKE THAT SURVIVES UNTIL THE NEXT AutoConfig RUN. The context file is the instance's definition: host names, ports, directory paths, database details, tier configuration — everything that makes this instance this instance rather than a generic EBS installation. AND MOST OF THE CONFIGURATION FILES ON THE SYSTEM ARE GENERATED FROM IT. That is the relationship to hold: the context file is the source, the configuration files are output, and AutoConfig is the process that produces the second from the first. SO THE MISTAKE IS OBVIOUS ONCE STATED AND IS MADE CONSTANTLY. Something needs changing in a configuration file. You open the file, edit it, restart the component, and it works. The change is real, correct, and tested — and it is in an output file. THE NEXT AutoConfig RUN REGENERATES THAT FILE…
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In this module: Module 2 · The stack you are responsible for
- 1The two tiers, and why the split matters
- 2What is running right now
- 3The file system layout
- 4Environment files, and sourcing the right one
- 5The context file
- 6AutoConfig, and what it overwrites
- 7Ports, and the ones you will be asked about
- 8Logs: where they are and which one to open first
- 9What breaks: three architecture surprises
- 10Lab briefing · Map a running instance