17 Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes

Deployment Phases

The following describes the different phases involved in this Deployment Procedure:

Table 17-2 Deployment Phases Involved in Provisioning Oracle BPEL Processes

Phase	Description
	Source Selection Allows you to select the BPEL Process suitcase files that you want to deploy and a deployment plan that can be associated with a BPEL process suitcase file.
	Target Selection Allows you to select the BPEL Process Managers on which you want to deploy the BPEL processes.
	Credentials Allows you to specify application server credentials and BPEL administrator credentials.
	Schedule Allows you to schedule the Deployment Procedure to run immediately or later.
	Review Allows you to review the details you have provided for provisioning Oracle BPEL processes.

Prerequisites

Before running the Deployment Procedure, meet the following prerequisites:

Prerequisites for Designers

• Ensure that you meet the prerequisites described in the following sections:

  • Mandatory Infrastructure Requirements for Provisioning and Patching

  • Optional Infrastructure Requirements

• Ensure that BPEL Process Manager on which the process suitcase files have to be deployed is already discovered and monitored in Enterprise Manager Grid Control.

• Store the BPEL process suitcase files as generic components in the Software Library. For instructions to create generic components, see Setting Up Oracle Software Library.

  Note:

  While adding a generic component for BPEL processes, on the Create Component: Describe page of the Software Library Wizard, select Generic Component from the Type list, provide a name for the parent folder, and navigate to the Upload File page to upload the files. You DO NOT have to provide details for Customize and Set Directives page.

• If you want to use a deployment plan that can be associated with a BPEL process suitcase file (JAR file), then store this deployment file as a generic component in the Software Library. For instructions to create generic components, see Setting Up Oracle Software Library.

Prerequisites for Operators

• If you have PAM/LDAP enabled in your environment, then ensure that the target agents are configured with PAM/LDAP. For more information, see My Oracle Support note 422073.1.

• Ensure that you use an operating system user that has the privileges to run the Deployment Procedure, and that can switch to root user and run all commands on the target hosts. For example, commands such as mkdir, ls, and so on.

  If you do not have the privileges to do so, that is, if you are using a locked account, then request your administrator (a designer) to either customize the Deployment Procedure to run it as another user or ignore the steps that require special privileges.

  For example, user account A might have the root privileges, but you might use user account B to run the Deployment Procedure. In this case, you can switch from user account B to A by customizing the Deployment Procedure.

  For information about customization, see Chapter 30, "Customizing Steps to Run as Another User".

Provisioning Procedure

To provision BPEL processes to a target BPEL Process Manager, follow these steps:

1. In Grid Control, click the Deployments tab.

2. On the Deployments page, in the Deployment Procedure Manager section, click Deployment Procedures.

3. On the Deployment Procedure Manager page, in the Procedures subtab, from the table, select BPEL Process Provisioning. Then click Schedule Deployment.

4. On the Source Selection page, do the following:

   1. In the Source section, click Add and select the BPEL Process suitcase files that you want to deploy to a target BPEL Process Manager. The table is populated based on the selection made.

      
      

      If you have selected multiple suitcase files, then from the table, select the BPEL process suitcase file and use Move Up and Move Down to order the components the way they should be deployed by the Deployment Procedure.

   2. In the Select Deployment Plan, select a deployment plan that can be associated with a BPEL process suitcase file (JAR file).

      
      

      The deployment plan helps you modify the configuration details and partner link binding properties, which have been set for a particular environment, at run time. You can also use it to search and replace strings and URLs that have been set for a particular environment. This way, you can deploy the same BPEL processes on BPEL Process Managers that are in development, test, and production environments; without having to reconfigure your settings across these environments.

   3. Click Next.

5. On the Target Selection page, in the Target section, click Add and select the BPEL Process Managers on which you want to deploy the BPEL processes. If there are multiple domains available for a BPEL target, then you can select an appropriate domain from the BPEL Domain list, on which the suitcase files can be deployed. Click Next.

   
   

   Note:

   When you click Next, Enterprise Manager Grid Control internally checks to see if the Context Provider URL is captured. If this URL is not captured, then you may see some errors. To resolve this issue, set the URL in the Monitoring Configuration page of the BPEL target.

6. On the Credentials page, specify the following:

   1. Credentials of application server instances on which the selected BPEL Process Managers are running.

      
      

   2. BPEL administrator credentials (and RMI credentials for 10.1.2 BPEL targets) for the selected Oracle BPEL Process Managers.

      
      

      The credentials required for BPEL Process Managers vary according to the supported BPEL Process Manager version. For BPEL 10.1.3 targets, you need to provide only one set of credentials that will be used for accessing the BPEL Process Manager. However, for BPEL 10.1.2 targets, you need to provide the BPEL administrator password and another set of OC4J RMI Access credentials for remote access.

      If the preferred credentials are already set and stored in the Management Repository, then by default, they are prefilled on this page. You can choose to either use these prefilled preferred credentials or edit them to use the changed credentials. If the preferred credentials are not stored, then the fields are blank. In this case, you have to specify the credentials. The credentials specified here apply only to the current deployment procedure session and do not get stored in the Management Repository for future use.

      Note that if you change the credentials, the change applies only to the current deployment procedure session and does not override the preferred credentials stored in the Management Repository.

   3. Click Next.

7. On the Schedule page, schedule the deployment procedure to run immediately or later, and specify a unique name for the deployment procedure so that it can be tracked. Click Next.

8. On the Review page, review the details you have provided for provisioning BPEL processes, and click Submit.