Install Oracle 11G Release 2 (11.2) on Centos Linux 7

This article presents how to install Oracle 11G on Centos Linux 7.

Read following article how to install Centos Linux 7:  (for comfort set 2G memory for your virtual machine before proceeding with Oracle software installation).

Installation software is available on OTN, edelivery version 11.2.0.1 or Oracle support(old metalink) 11.2.0.4. In this installation I’m presenting installation for 11.2.0.4 but for previous version 11.2.0.X it shouldn’t be different.

Database software – 11.2.0.4

p13390677_112040_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip 
p13390677_112040_Linux-x86-64_2of7.zip

OS configuration and preparation

OS configuration is executed as root. To login as root just execute following command in terminal.

su - root

Add groups

--required groups
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 501 oinstall
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 502 dba
/usr/sbin/groupadd -g 503 oper

Add user Oracle

/usr/sbin/useradd -u 502 -g oinstall -G dba,oper oracle

Change password for user

passwd oracle

Add kernel parameters to /etc/sysctl.conf

kernel.shmmni = 4096 
kernel.shmmax = 4398046511104
kernel.shmall = 1073741824
kernel.sem = 250 32000 100 128

fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
fs.file-max = 6815744
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 9000 65500
net.core.rmem_default = 262144
net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
net.core.wmem_default = 262144
net.core.wmem_max = 1048586

Apply kernel parameters

/sbin/sysctl -p

Add following lines to set shell limits for user oracle in file /etc/security/limits.conf

oracle   soft   nproc    131072
oracle   hard   nproc    131072
oracle   soft   nofile   131072
oracle   hard   nofile   131072
oracle   soft   core     unlimited
oracle   hard   core     unlimited
oracle   soft   memlock  50000000
oracle   hard   memlock  50000000

The “/etc/hosts” file must contain a fully qualified name for the server.

<IP-address>  <fully-qualified-machine-name>  <machine-name>

For example.

127.0.0.1 centos7 centos7.dbaora.com localhost localhost.localdomain

Verify your network settings

[root@centos7 ~]# ping -c 1 centos7
PING centos7 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from centos7 (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.040 ms

--- centos7 ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.040/0.040/0.040/0.000 ms

Modify .bash_profile for user oracle in his home directory

# Oracle Settings
export TMP=/tmp

export ORACLE_HOSTNAME=centos7.dbaora.com
export ORACLE_UNQNAME=ORA11G
export ORACLE_BASE=/ora01/app/oracle
export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/product/11.2.0/db_1
export ORACLE_SID=ORA11G

PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/bin

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib:/lib:/usr/lib;
export CLASSPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/jlib:$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/jlib;

alias cdob=‘cd $ORACLE_BASE‘
alias cdoh=‘cd $ORACLE_HOME‘
alias tns=‘cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin‘
alias envo=‘env | grep ORACLE‘

umask 022

Check which packages are installed and which are missing

rpm -q --qf ‘%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}(%{ARCH})\n‘ binutils elfutils-libelf elfutils-libelf-devel gcc gcc-c++ glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-headers ksh libaio libaio-devel libgcc libstdc++ libstdc++-devel make sysstat unixODBC unixODBC-devel

In my case it returns following

binutils-2.23.52.0.1-16.el7(x86_64)
elfutils-libelf-0.158-3.el7(x86_64)
package elfutils-libelf-devel is not installed
gcc-4.8.2-16.el7(x86_64)
gcc-c++-4.8.2-16.el7(x86_64)
glibc-2.17-55.el7(x86_64)
glibc-common-2.17-55.el7(x86_64)
glibc-devel-2.17-55.el7(x86_64)
glibc-headers-2.17-55.el7(x86_64)
package ksh is not installed
libaio-0.3.109-12.el7(x86_64)
package libaio-devel is not installed
libgcc-4.8.2-16.el7(x86_64)
libstdc++-4.8.2-16.el7(x86_64)
libstdc++-devel-4.8.2-16.el7(x86_64)
make-3.82-21.el7(x86_64)
sysstat-10.1.5-4.el7(x86_64)
package unixODBC is not installed
package unixODBC-devel is not installed

Missing packages are on Centos 7 installation dvd. Other option if you are connected to internet is just use yum install command.

• First option – just mount dvd and install missing packages using rpm -Uvh command from directory <mount dvd>/Packages.

In my case the directory is

/run/media/tomasz/CentOS 7 x86_64/Packages

NOTE – I’m using x86_64 version of packages

rpm -Uvh elfutils-libelf-devel*.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh libaio-devel*.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh unixODBC*.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh ksh*.x86_64.rpm

• Second option – use yum install command

yum -y install elfutils-libelf-devel
yum -y install libaio-devel
yum -y install unixODBC
yum -y install unixODBC-devel
yum -y install ksh

Create directory structure

mkdir -p /ora01/app
chown oracle:oinstall /ora01/app
chmod 775 /ora01/app

create ORACLE_BASE directory for oracle

mkdir -p /ora01/app/oracle
chown oracle:oinstall /ora01/app/oracle
chmod 775 /ora01/app/oracle

Create ORACLE_HOME directory for oracle

mkdir -p /ora01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1
chown oracle:oinstall -R /ora01/app/oracle

Disable secure linux by editing the “/etc/selinux/config” file, making sure the SELINUX flag is set as follows. It requires REBOOT to be effective !!!

SELINUX=permissive

In Centos Linux 7 /tmp data is stored on tmpfs which consumes memory and is too small. To revert it back to storage just run following command and REBOOT machine to be effective.

systemctl mask tmp.mount

Install database software

Let’s start with database software installation as oracle user.

su - oracle

--unzip software 11.2.0.4
unzip p13390677_112040_Linux-x86-64_1of7.zip
unzip p13390677_112040_Linux-x86-64_2of7.zip
--I defined 4 aliases in .bash_profile of user oracle to make 
--administration heaven :)

[oracle@centos7 ~]$ alias envo cdob cdoh tns
alias envo=‘env | grep ORACLE‘
alias cdob=‘cd $ORACLE_BASE‘
alias cdoh=‘cd $ORACLE_HOME‘
alias tns=‘cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin‘

--run alias command envo to display environment settings
envo
ORACLE_UNQNAME=ORA11G
ORACLE_SID=ORA11G
ORACLE_BASE=/ora01/app/oracle
ORACLE_HOSTNAME=centos7.dbaora.com
ORACLE_HOME=/ora01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1

--run alias command cdob and cdoh to check ORACLE_BASE, ORACLE_HOME 
[oracle@centos7 ~]$ cdob
[oracle@centos7 oracle]$ pwd
/ora01/app/oracle

[oracle@centos7 db_1]$ cdoh
[oracle@centos7 db_1]$ pwd
/ora01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1

--run installation from install directory
./runInstall