Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. License
3. Description - What the module does and why it is useful
4. Setup

• Requirements
• Installing the ora_install module

5. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
6. Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
7. Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.

Overview

This module allows you to install multiple Oracle database related products. It is part of our family of Puppet modules to install, manage and secure Oracle databases with Puppet. Besides the ora_install module, this family also contains:

• ora_config For configuring every aspect of your Oracle database
• ora_cis To secure your databases according to the CIS benchmarks.
• ora_profile The ora_profile module allows an easy path from first simple installation to a fully customized Enterprise setup.

All of these modules support Oracle versions 11, 12, 18 and 19.

License

This is a commercially licensed module. But you can use the module on VirtualBox based development systems for FREE. You can request a FREE trial license here

Check the License for details.

Want to try?

You don't want to read about it, but really want to try it? You can! You can explore our Puppet modules for Oracle by checking out our playgrounds. Here we guide you around in some of the functionality of our modules.

Description

The ora_install module contains all Puppet classes, defined types and custom types needed to install Oracle RDBMS and Oracle ASM on a system. Instead of writing complex Bash scripts, using this module, you can now define your Oracle software installation in an easy, declarative way.

All knowledge required to install and manage your Oracle installation is coded into the Puppet modules. This means you can focus on the "what" and leave the implementation details to our modules.

Our modules support a broad range of Oracle versions. We are committed to making our modules work on future releases. This allows our customers an easy upgrade path from older to newer versions.

The module has support for:

• installasm Install the ASM Grid software
• installdb Install the Oracle Database software
• installem Install Enterprise Manager software
• installem_agent Install the Enterprise Manager Agent software
• goldengate Install the goldengate software
• client Install the Oracle client software
• database Create a simple databases
• db_listener Start the listener
• net Install and configure SQL*Net
• opatchupgrade Ensure the correct Opatch version on your system
• rcu Create a Fusion Repository
• tnsnames Manage TNS names entries

Setup

Requirements

The ora_install module requires:

• Puppet module [enterprisemodules-easy_type]((https://forge.puppet.com/enterprisemodules/easy_type) installed.
• Puppet version 4.0 or higher. Can be Puppet Enterprise or Puppet Open Source
• Oracle 11 or higher, including support for Oracle 18 and Oracle 19
• A valid Oracle license
• A valid Enterprise Modules license for usage
• Runs on most Linux systems
• Runs on Solaris
• Runs on Windows systems

Installing the ora_install module

To install these modules, you can use a Puppetfile

mod 'enterprisemodules/ora_install', '4.6.0'

Then use the librarian-puppet or r10K to install the software.

You can also install the software using the puppet module command:

puppet module install enterprisemodules-ora_install

Usage

Building a total Oracle setup requires quite some work. To help you, we have built some examples. This repo contains a demonstration of a simple database installation.

Reference

You can find some more information here regarding this Puppet module:

• The ora_install documentation

And here are some related blog posts:

• How to ensure you only use Oracle features you paid for
• Oracle 12.2 support added to our Oracle modules
• Secure your Oracle database
• Manage Oracle containers with Puppet
• Manage your Oracle users with Puppet
• Reaching into your Oracle database with Puppet
• Manage your Oracle database schemas with Puppet
• Managing your Oracle database size with Puppet
• Using Puppet to manage Oracle

Limitations

This module runs on Solaris, Windows and most Linux versions. It requires a puppet version higher than 4. Other configurations are no supported.

Version updates

5.12.3

• [db_control] Also stop the daemon processes in specified home and sid

5.12.2

• [ora_install_homes] Fix whitespacing issue

5.12.1

• [ora_install_homes] Fix when oracle homes are substrings

5.12.0

• [installem/installem_agent] Add support for EM 13.4 and 13.5

5.11.2

-[opatchupgrade] Fix error when nice title is specified

5.11.1

• [database] Add dbca response files for Oracle 18 and Oracle 19

5.11.0

• [core] Fix loadpath when gathering facts
• [installdb] Fix noexec mount option on if needed
• [ora_patches_missing] Accomodate patching Grid Infrastructure

5.10.2

• [core] Ensure correct loading of all ruby code independant of order
• [installdb] Fix duplicate declaration
• [quality] Fix puppet 4 unit tests
• [plans/patch_home] Fix deprecation message on ora_patches_installed
• [plans] Add selective module sync to all plans using puppet apply function

5.10.1

• [release] Add playground link to README
• [database] Add LD_LIBRARY_PATH as variable

5.10.0

• [opatchupgrade] Use namespaced opatch_version function
• [facts] Add running_listeners to ora_install_homes fact

5.9.0

• [release] Support puppet 7

5.8.1

• [core] Use namespaced oracle_exists function

5.8.0

• [core] Functions refactor, ora_install namespace added

5.7.0

• [core] Add easy_type::debug_evaluation to all classes

5.6.0

• [functions] Fix issue when removing patches
• [installem] Add support for software only install of Enterprise Manager
• [installem_agent] Fix issues on systems with noexec set on /tmp

5.5.10

• [db_rcu] Fix connection when TNS_ADMIN is set
• [db_control] Fix connection when TNS_ADMIN is set

5.5.9

• [database] Fix interpolation of template content
• [ora_opatch] Remove created directory directly

5.5.8

• Just a release

5.5.7

• [opatchupgrade] Fix typo in title

5.5.6

• [opatchupgrade] Fix error when nice title is specified
• [ora_opatch] Fix nul error when no sub_patches are specified

5.5.5

• [ora_patches_missing] Remove byebug

5.5.4

• [ora_patches_missing] Fix when no sub_patches are specified
• [ora_opatch] Fail when sub_patches include main patch_id

5.5.3

• [facts] Fix Invalid opatch version

5.5.2

• [installdb] cleanup created response file
• [facts] Better cleanup of files created by opatch lsinventory
• [database] Only create the template when we need it
• [net] Only create the response file when we need it

5.5.1

• [db_directory_structure] Add create_orainst_only parameter to type
• [dborainst] Use db_directory_structure to create oraInst.loc
• [client/goldengate/installasm/installdb/installem] Add os_user param
• [ora_patches_installed] Don't fail on non existing oracle home

5.5.0

• [functions] Add function that returns from the patchlist only the part of the hash with the homes that need to be patched
• [net] Add listener_name and make resources more unique [ch370]
• [functions] Add function that returns from the patchlist only the part of the hash with the homes that need to be patched

5.4.1

• [installdb] Fix duplicate properties for epp files

5.4.0

• [core] Replaces add erb templates for epp templates
• [installdb] Allow to install multiple oracle homes (of same version)

5.3.4

• [database] Fix typos in snmp password parameters to dbca
• [installasm] Fail when grid_type is HA_SWONLY on Linux and SunOS

5.3.3

• [ora_physical_patches] Take ensure => absent into account
• [plans] Add documentation And some minor changes to make the plan consistent.
• [facts] Fix determination of Opatch version on Oracle 19 systems
• [release] fixtures dependencies fix

5.3.2

• [release] puppet-archive dependency fix
• [database_pluggable] Use Sensitive data type for passwords
• [client] Better template for Oracle 19

5.3.1

• [installdb] Fix installation on RHEL8

5.3.0

• [installasm] Add support for bash_additions
• [installdb] Add support for bash_additions
• [plans] Add plans and tasks to install and patch new oracle and grid homes
• [bolt] Add tasks and plan to switch grid home

5.2.0

• [core] Add parameter allow_insecure for inscure ssl downloads

5.1.2

• [database] add quote’s arround password’s

5.1.1

• [release] Fix module dependencies

5.1.0

• [client] Add support for Oracle 19 client installtion
• [database] make asm and db snp passwords optional

5.0.0

To ensure secure operations, ss of this release all password must be Puppet data type Sensitive. This ensures that Puppet keeps these values safe.

• [core] Generate passwords for unspecfied passwords
• [core] Use Sentive data type for passwords

4.11.1

• [installasm] Change name of db_directory_structure and always call it

4.11.0

• [core] Add support for RHEL 8
• [facts] Fix error when inventory XML contains home with subelements
• [installasm] Allow for staged install in order to apply patches in between
• [installasm/installdb] Manage .bash_profile regardless if sw is installed

4.10.0

• [manifests] Remove notify’s
• [goldengate] Add support for version 18 and 19

4.9.1

• [db_control] Properly unset TWO_TASK

4.9.0

• [installasm] Expose GIMR database (MGMTDB) options
• [dbcontrol] unset TWO_TASK added to dbcontrol

4.8.3

• [core] Rename version 19.3.0.0 to 19.0.0.0

4.8.2

• [db_control] fix connect statement

4.8.1

• [db_control] specifically set NLS_LANG: in case the system NLS_LANGUAGE setting is something else
• [db_control] no alter session but unzet NLS_LANG
• [db_rcu] Fix when using non-english NLS
• [db_control] Fix when using non-english NLS
• [ora_opatch] Allow reinstallation of incompatible patch

4.8.0

• [ora_opatch] Fix issue when ora_install_homes fact not yet defined
• [installasm] Fix missing parameters for 18 and 19
• [ora_opatch] Add support to remove incompatible patches

4.7.2

• [installasm] Add response file for 19.3 grid install

4.7.1

• [installasm] Fix ASM 19.3 support

4.7.0

• [switch_oracle_home] Add support for RAC home
• [switch_oracle_home] Switch grid home
• [facts] Fix issue where ORACLE_SID is 8 characters long

4.6.1

• [installdb] Add extra checks for Oracle versions on Windows
• [installdb] Remove notice in windows

4.6.0

• [core] Add windows support

4.5.3

• [autostartdatabase] Fix merge issue causing idempotency problems

4.5.2

• [core] Speed up removal of old archive files

4.5.1

• Update metadata to inlcude Oracle 19

4.5.0

• [core] Add Oracle 19 support

4.4.5

• [core] Fix require ordering

4.4.4

• [changed_oracle_home] Fix on initial run

4.4.3

• [facts] Fix when oratab doesn’t exists

4.4.2

• [ora_install_homes] Make fact more resilent for missing Oracle homes
• [core] extracted requires to ensure ordering and constency

4.4.1

• [ora_tab_entry] Make the comment property read-only

4.4.0

• [ora_tab_entry] Fix comments when startup is yes.
• [switch_oracle_home] Initial experimental support for switching homes
• [facts] Fix detection of defined homes
• [core] Detect ASM sids for running sids
• [upgrade_db] Initial implementation of the task
• [apply_psu_db] Initial implementation of the task
• [autostartdatabase] Add support for changing oracle_home
• [changed_oracle_home_for] Fixed lookup of defined sids
• [db_listener] Add support for oracle_home switching
• [changed_oracle_home_for] Initial implementation to detect a changed oracle_home
• [core] Detect ASM sids for running sids
• [autostartdatabase] Add support for changing oracle_home

4.3.3

• [client] Backport support for component selection to Oracle 11

4.3.2

[autostartdatabase] Fix when oratab defined by somebody else

4.3.1

• [autostartdatabase] Suppress warning about startup value

4.3.0

• [autostartdatabase] Use ora_tab_entry for setting startup
• [ora_tab_entry] Initial implementation

4.2.1

• [installasm] Fix PATH variable in bash profile for oracle grid
• [installdb] Fix PATH variable in bash profile for oracle user
• [quality] Fix lint errors

4.2.0

• [client] Add support for custom installs
• [tasks] Update to new way of using module code

4.1.2

• [facts] Fix cleanup when running on WIndows

4.1.1

• [facts] Better cleanup of opatch files
• [facts] Speedup fact resolution for Oracle home
• [facts] Speedup fact resolution when wls facts are also on system
• [tnsnames] fix tests for older ruby versions

4.1.0

[testing] Remove deprecation messages [tnsnames] Add support for services to a sid instead of a service_name [docs] Fixed spelling issues, made formatting more consistent

4.0.2

• [facts] Normalize detection of Oracle os_user
• [ora_opatch] Suppress message when type is not refreshed

4.0.1

• [installem] Add parameter to specify tablespace_location and doc updates
• [ora_opatch] Cleanup files left by older versions of Opatch
• [facts] Cleanup files left by older versions of Opatch
• [docs] Updated supported versions
• [ora_opatch] Add 'OPatchAuto successful' as success string
• [ora_opatch] run as root and fix bug in opatchauto_command
• [installem_agent] Add support for EM 13.3.0.0.0
• [installem] Add support for 13.3
• [ora_install] Fix the opatchauto provider

4.0.0

• [core] Add support for Puppet 6
• [core] Add puppet 6 unit tests
• [ora_opatch] Check for existence of oracle home dir
• [core] Update module summary to include Oracle 18 and Goldengate 12

3.3.0

[goldengate] Add support for 12.3.0

3.2.1

• [opatch] Add support for noocmrf file to auto en opatchauto provider

3.2.0

• [facts] Fix ora_install_homes fact
• [ora_opatch] Add refreshonly parameter to ora_opatch
• [client] Add support for Oracle 18c

3.1.0

• [quality] Fix spec’s for Oracle 18
• [docs] Small changes to the docs for Oracle 18
• [docs] Add Oracle 18c
• [installasm] Add support for Oracle 18c
• [database] Add support for Oracle 18c
• [net] Add support for Oracle 18c
• [installdb] Add support for Oracle 18c
• [database] Add more dbca options for database creation from template
• [docs] Update source docs readability (#54)
• [docs] Add generated docs to the class and defined type header in Puppet strings format
• [autostartdatabase] Use variable for service_name instead of hardcoded value
• [database] Oracle 11g doesn't know the parameter -ignorePrereqs for dbca (#52)

3.0.14

• [functions] Fix error when fact is not present
• [core] Detect faulty oraInventory entry and fail (#51)
• [ora_patches_installed] Added specs
• [oracle_exists] Refactered and added tests and description
• [opatch_version] Fix when no fact is available. Add specs
• [ora_physical_patches] Add unit tests and better description
• [database] Create RAC database from template. Closes #47, closes #46 (#49)
• [core] Move more log statements from info to debug
• [release] Remove Scientific from list of supported OSes
• [spec] Add catalog tests for all supported OS-es
• [specs] Use module from the forge
• [docs] Regenerated documentation with type information and defaults

3.0.13

• [core] Remove all non-UTF characters

3.0.12

• [ora_opatch] Fix usage of standard ocmrf file
• [docs] Add type and defaults

3.0.11

• [db_listener] use Puppet::Util::Execution.execute in stead of backticks (#45)
• [installdb] Oracle 12.1.0.2 doesn't recognise type SE2 but it does SE

3.0.10

• [facts/functions] Use puppet_x functions for ora_install_homes facts and don't exclude agent (#43)
• [core] Use newer version of archive module
• [ora_opatch] Fix passing of standard and absent values for ocmrf_file
• [test] Update tested Puppet versions
• Add module sync (#42)

3.0.9

• [ora_opatch] Set the source_dir to the correct value for a subpatch (#41)
• [installem_agent] Checks the wrong agent home (#40)
• [templates] Fix missing tags in template (#39)

3.0.8

• [develop] Add easy docker environment for development
• [tasks] Add startup and shutdown task
• [db_control] Refacter for usage with tasks
• [release] Fix link to license in readme

3.0.7

• [release] Update the license text

3.0.6

• [core] Add license notice to files
• [README] Updated for publishing on the forge

3.0.5

• Add support for ASM Filter Driver (#38)
• [installasm] Add acceptance test
• [installdb] Add SE2 as options for database_type
• [install_em] Make default value for logoutput 'on_failure'
• [installem_agent] Make default value for logoutput 'on_failure'
• [installasm] Make default value for logoutput 'on_failure'
• [goldengate] Make default value for logoutput 'on_failure'
• [database] Make default value for logoutput 'on_failure'
• [installdb] Make default for logoutput 'on_failure'

3.0.4

• [opatchupgrade] Remove downloaded file (#36)

3.0.3

• [opatchupgrade] Manually remove downloaded file because archive doesn't
• [installs] Set extra variables for temp_dir in install commands

3.0.2

• [database] Fix 12.2 database creation from template

3.0.1

• [oracle_exists] Fix error when fact is undefined
• [client] Don't create a listener
• [ora_patches_installed] Fix name of log source
• [manifests] Make sure archive always extracts zipfiles and use temp_dir
• [facts] Get version of GoldenGate

3.0.0

• migrated all puppet code and facts and functions to Puppet 4/5 only

2.1.12

• [database] Fix usage of sanitized init params

2.1.11

• [installasm] Split storage_option validation per version and puppet doesn't allow empty before

2.1.10

• [opatchupgrade] Fix emocmrsp creation
• [autostartdatabase] Add option to put database under OHAS control in stead of init script
• [installasm] Split 11 from other versions for filenames
• [installasm] Fix issue with older puppet versions(<4.0.0)
• [installasm] Fix error in spec
• [installasm] Support for Oracle ASM 12.2

2.1.9

• [installem_agent] Add mandatory parameters to response file

2.1.8

• [database] Add support for Oracle 12.2
• [installdb] export logoutput from exec's and set default to on_fallure
• [net] Add support for 12.2
• [installdb] Add support for Oracle 12.2

2.1.7

• [ora_install] Add AGENT_BASE_DIR to template em_agent_pull.properties.erb
• [ora_install] Prevent error at first puppet run
• [autostartdatabase] Add support for multiple databases
• [installasm] Add parameter bash_profile
• [database] Add support for template_type

2.1.6

• [goldengate] Add new version to docs
• [db_control] Fix require paths for base class
• [ora_opatch] Add support for puppet generate types

2.1.5

• [core] Update meta information
• [installem_agent] Add support for EM agent version 13+. Closes #7
• [goldengate] Make it pre puppet 4 compatible

2.1.4

• [goldengate] Add support for version 12.2.1

2.1.3

• [core] Source .bashrc in .bash_profile. Closes #6
• [core] Use newer verion of easy_type

2.1.2

• [net] Add tmp_dir parameter and logoutput parameter
• [ora_opatch] Add support for http urls, zips and tars
• [ora_opatch] Fix logic for determining oracle and grid user
• [ora_installed_patches] Improved on the mechanism to find grid and oracle owner
• [opatchupgrade] Fix syntax issue for older puppet versions
• [opatchupgrade] Add support for OPatch 12.2.0.1.5 and 11.2.0.3.14
• [ora_opatch] Add support for OPatch 12.2.0.1.5 and 11.2.0.3.14
• [fuctions] Fix function for Puppet4 compatibility
• [installasm] Fixes syntax error in template. Closes #5
• [ora_opatch] Change mode of the provider code

2.1.1

• [ora_opatch] Added support for puppet:/// syntac for source
• [installem] Add tmp parameter
• [installdb] Add tmp parameter
• [installasm] Add tmp parameter
• [goldengate] Add tmp parameter
• [client] Add tmp parameter
• [core] Use settings from puppet-lint 2
• [core] Lock used gems
• [core] Add geppetto project file

2.1.0

• [ora_opatch] Fix multiple activation of opatch
• [opatchupgrade] Change default mount dir to new value
• [installasm] Add extra template
• [instalasm] Fix old module name
• [documentation] Included full list of site docs
• [database] Fix quoting of sample_schema property
• [ora_opatch] Fix default directory problem on Solaris
• [ora_opatch] Add comment read only property
• [ora_opatch] Fixed directory management of sources
• [ora_opatch] Autodetect os_user and notify when puppet version to old

2.0.5

• [db_control] Fix restart from database when db is down.
• [facts] ora_installed_patches now recognises ASM
• [ora_opatch] When opatch is not installed`, let the fact report an empty set of patches
• [db_control] Fix to adhere to refreshonly

2.0.4

• Puppet 4 compatible for db_listener
• Added function to translate ora_opatch resource list to list of physical patches

2.0.3

• Puppet 4 compatible
• added type ora_opatch and facts and functions to manage patches

2.0.2

• Renamed to enterprisemodules/ora_install

2.0.1

• bash_profile option for database clients
• rcu 11g fix
• 12.1.0.2 oracle client template
• db_listener type refreshonly fix

2.0.0

• All parameters of classes or defines are now in snake case and not in camel case

1.0.35

• Add support for Grid 12.1.0.2 (installasm)
• Fix unsetted vars in dbora template
• Added ability to put listener entries in tnsnames.ora

1.0.34

• autostart fix so it also works for Oracle Linux 5
• rcu prefix compare check fix ( Uppercase )
• RCU fixes for OIM or OAM 11.1.1.2.3
• installem em_upload_port parameter type fix

1.0.33

• Small Suse fix for the autostart service
• new installdb attribute cleanup_installfile
• option to provide the sys username for RCU

1.0.32

• be able to provide a listener name for starting the oracle listener ( manifest and custom type)

1.0.31

• installasm, stand alone parameter in combination with $grid_type == 'CRS_SWONLY' used as standalone or in RAC
• installasm, .profile fix for ORACLE_SID in case grid_type = HA_CONFIG -> +ASM or in grid_type = CRS_CONFIG -> +ASM1

1.0.30

• Removed Oracle Home under base check for ASM installations, in CRS_CONFIG or CRS_SWONLY this is not right

1.0.29

• Custom type for oracle db/asm/client/em directory structure instead of using dirtree and some oradb manifests

1.0.28

• fixed database install rsp 12.1.0.2
• db_listener custom puppet type/provider, listener.pp calls this type

1.0.27

• solaris fix for database.pp and opatch auto
• puppet_download_mnt_point parameter for database.pp which can be used for own db template

1.0.26

• Removed create_user functionality in installdb & client, Puppet should do it instead of oradb module
• Support for 12.1 pluggable database
• init_params of database.pp now also support a hash besides a comma separated string
• Refactored dbstructure so it works with multiple oracle homes
• Goldengate 12.1.2 now uses dbstructure

1.0.25

• added extra parameter validation to installdb, installasm and installem_agent
• opatch fix for opatch bundle zip files which has subfolders in the zip
• owner of the grid home or oracle home folder fix
• renamed clusterware parameter of the opatch type to opatch_auto
• storage_type parameter is now also used in the dbca command when using a database template
• Added ASM 11.2 Database template

1.0.24

• Enterprise Manager agent install with AgentPull & AgentDeploy
• Cleanup install zip files and extracted installation folder in installdb, installasm, installem and client

1.0.23

• Enterprise Manager 12.1.0.4 server installation support
• Support for Solaris 11.2
• autostart service for Solaris

1.0.22

• db_control puppet resource type, start or stop an instance or subscribe to changes like init_param
• Tnsnames change so it supports a TNS balanced configuration
• changed oraInst.loc permissions to 0755

1.0.21

• fix for windows/unix linefeed when oradb is used in combination with vagrant on a windows host
• opatch check bug when run it twice
• Add a tnsnames entry support

1.0.20

• Create a Database instance based on a template
• Be able to change the default listener port 1521 in net.pp & database.pp
• Opatch fix to apply same the patch twice on different oracle homes

1.0.19

• OPatch support for clusterware (GRID)
• Opatchupgrade now works for grid & database on the same node

1.0.18

• Puppet Lint fixes
• Rubocop fixes
• 12.1 Template fix for Oracle RAC

1.0.17

• Fix for puppet 3.7 and more strict parsing
• OPatch also checks for OPatch succeeded
• RAC installation parameters for database, installasm, installdb

1.0.16

• cleanup readme
• asm/grid for 12.1.0.1 & installasm fix for Oracle Restart fix, 11.2.0.1 rsp template fix

1.0.15

• RCU fix for multiple FMW Repositories, installasm fix with zip_extract = false

1.0.14

• Rename some internal manifest to avoid a conflict with orawls

1.0.13

• Oracle Database & Client 12.1.0.2 Support

1.0.11

• database client fix with remote file, set db_snmp_password on a database

1.0.10

• oraInst.loc bug fix, option to skip installdb bash profile

1.0.9

• 11.2 EE install options

1.0.8

• RCU & Opatch fixes in combination with ruby 1.9.3

1.0.7

• Added unit tests and OPatch upgrade support without OCM registration

1.0.6

• Grid install and ASM support

1.0.5

• refactored installdb and support for oinstall groups

1.0.4

• db_rcu native type used in rcu.pp

1.0.2

• db_opatch native type used in opatch.pp

1.0.1

• autostart multiple databases, small fixes

1.0.0

• oracle module add##on for user,role and tablespace creation

0.9.9

• em_configuration parameter for Database creation

0.9.7

• Oracle database 11.2.0.1, 12.1.0.1 client support, refactored installdb,net,goldengate