HOW TO

Set up direct connect for Oracle with ArcGIS Server on Linux

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Summary

Instructions provided describe how to set up the arcsoc.init file to include the environment variables necessary for performing Oracle direct connect.

Procedure



  1. Stop server:

    Code:
    <arcgis directory>/scripts/stopserver


    Note:
    In version 10.0, <arcgis directory> is the path to the server10.0 directory inside the arcgis directory. In previous versions, <arcgis directory> is the path to the arcgis directory.

  2. Make a backup of the <arcgis directory>/bin/arcsoc.init file:

    Code:
    cp <arcgis directory>/bin/arcsoc.init <arcgis directory>/bin/arcsoc.init.orig

  3. Set the following variables in the <arcgis directory>/bin/arcsoc.init file just before the exec $* statement:

    Code:
    SDEHOME=<arcgis directory>;export SDEHOME

    ORACLE_HOME=<oracle client directory location>;export ORACLE_HOME

    PATH="$PATH:$SDEHOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin";export PATH

    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SDEHOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/lib";export LD_LIBRARY_PATH


    Note:
    If the 64-bit version of the Oracle client is being used, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH value of $ORACLE_HOME/lib has to be $ORACLE_HOME/lib32 instead.

    For example, with ArcGIS Server installed to /dir1/arcgis and Oracle Client located in /dir1/oracli/app/oracle/product/10.2.0, the settings would be:

    Code:
    SDEHOME=/dir1/arcgis;export SDEHOME

    ORACLE_HOME=/dir1/oracli/app/oracle/product/10.2.0;export ORACLE_HOME

    PATH="$PATH:$SDEHOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/bin";export PATH

    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$SDEHOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/lib";export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

    If the tnsnames.ora file is not in the default location, the additional variable TNS_ADMIN must be added to the arcsoc.init file:

    Code:
    TNS_ADMIN=/dir1/oracli/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/network/admin;export TNS_ADMIN

    In this example, TNS_ADMIN is set to the default location of the tnsnames.ora file.
  4. Start server:

    Code:
    <arcgis directory>/scripts/startserver

Article ID: 000010202

Software:
  • ArcGIS Server

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