Presentation of 2012 why you should move to the Oracle APEX Listener (ORDS) (compared to Apache and EPG).

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Moving to the
APEX Listener
Dimitri Gielis

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About me
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http://dgielis.blogspot.com @dgielis

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Agenda
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What Is This Presentation About
• Answer to two questions:
• Is the APEX Listener a worthy alternative (to EPG/OHS)?
• What advantages does the APEX Listener give me?
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What It’s Not
• A definitive guide of the APEX Listener
• How to install a webserver
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Outline
• APEX Architecture
• The three choices
• APEX Listener Performance
• APEX Listener Features
• APEX Listener 2.0 and the Oracle Cloud
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APEX
Architecture
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Apex Architecture Overview
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Page Processing
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Multi-Tenant Saas
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Apex Architecture Overview
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The three
choices
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1) Oracle Http Server (Ohs)
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Ohs Advantages
• Long history (from 1999/2000)
(shipped with Oracle DB 8.1.7)
• A lot of help available for Apache
• Many modules to extend Apache
• Great configuration options
• Easy debugging (check log files)
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Ohs Installation Consideration
Webserver
Database
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• Same machine
• Less moving parts
• Lower Latency
• Different Machine
• More secure
• Resilience (out of control OHS processes don’t
affect DB machine)
• Easier to scale out (add more webservers)
• Check license (!)

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Ohs Disadvantages
• mod_plsql not longer developed
• mod_plsql disabled or not available
on some environments
• e.g. E-Business Suite R12
• No native GUI
• Configuration through text files
e.g. dads.conf
• Might be extra cost
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Ohs Hints & Tips
• Obfuscate the password in dads.conf
• Make full use of Apache features
• Virtual hosts
• Webserver compression
• Expiry Headers
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2) Embedded Pl/Sql Gateway (Epg)
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Epg Advantages
• Quick and easy setup
• webserver inside the Database
• available in DB 10gR2 and higher
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Epg Disadvantages
• More database hits
• More difficult to debug (through API)
• Less features / things to tweak
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Epg Hints & Tips
• Set SHARED_SERVERS database parameters higher
e.g. 15
• Use of dbms_epg package
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3) Apex Listener (Standalone)
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Apex Listener Advantages
• Oracle actively developing it
• Recommended architecture
• GUI Interface for configuration
• Multiple deployment options
(standalone,WLS, Glassfish, OC4J)
• Improvements over mod_plsql
(32K limit)
• New features in APEX
(only available when APEX Listener is used)
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Apex Listener Advantages
• E-Business Suite only certified
with the APEX Listener
• Integration with Java
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Apex Listener Disadvantages
• Not used that much (yet)
• Only Oracle resources available
(compared to others with Apache)
• Waiting for Oracle for new features
(personally don’t mind)
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3) Apex Listener & Reverse Proxy
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APEX Listener
Performance
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Apex Listener Performance
• Want to compare different webservers
• OHS 11g (port: 7777)
• EPG installed (port: 8888)
• APEX Listener 1.1 on Glassfish (port: 8080)
• APEX Listener 2.0 EA (port: 8081)
• All in same environment (see next slide)
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Apex Listener Performance
• The environment (VM)
• Oracle Linux 2.6.32-100 x86/64
• Oracle Database 11.2.0.2
• APEX 4.1.1
• Sample application: Product Portal
• Authentication set to “No Authentication”
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Apex Listener Performance
• Test scenario
• JMeter as Proxy to record navigation through Sample app
• Configure testplan
• Run the testplan (next slide) for every webserver
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Apex Listener Performance
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Apex Listener Performance Results
• OHS + mod_plsql
• EPG
• APEX Listener 1.1
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Apex Listener Performance Results
• APEX Listener 1.1
• APEX Listener 2.0
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APEX Listener
Features
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Apex Listener 1.1 Features
• No 32K limit
• Native Excel upload
• Integrated security in front of the database
• Caching
• Pre- and Post Processing
• Debugging en Logging features
• RESTfull Webservices (Resource Templates)
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APEX Listener
2.0 & Oracle
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Apex Listener 2.0
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• Complete new configuration screen

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Apex Listener 2.0
• RESTful services are much tighter integrated to
APEX yet still standalone for non-APEX shops
• RESTful OAuth 2.0 integration
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Restful Services In Apex 4.1.1
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Apex Listener 2.0
• Built in virus scanner integration via ICAP
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Apex Listener 2.0
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• Configuration ofVirus scanner

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Apex Listener 2.0
• Multi DB Routing in URLs based on url regex
matching. For example:
• http://mydomain1.myhost.com/ -> goes to DB 1
• http://mydomain1.myhost.com/apex3 -> goes to DB 3
• http://mydomain2.myhost.com/ -> goes to DB 2
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Apex Listener 2.0
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• Multiple environments configuration screen

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Apex Listener 2.0
• FOP 2 PDF integration
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Apex Listener 2.0 & Oracle Cloud
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Summary
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Summary
• APEX Architecture
• The three choices
• Why the APEX Listener (Performance, Features)
• APEX Listener 2.0 and the Oracle Cloud
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