Oracle Client 11g For Mac
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Oracle Instant Client enables development and deployment of applications that connect to Oracle Database, either on-premise or in the Cloud. The Instant Client libraries provide the necessary network connectivity and advanced data features to make full use of Oracle Database. The libraries are used by the Oracle APIs of popular languages and environments including Python, Node.js, Go, PHP and Ruby, as well as providing access for Oracle Call Interface (OCI), Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI), JDBC OCI, ODBC and Pro*C applications. Tools included in Instant Client, such as SQL*Plus, SQL*Loader and Oracle Data Pump, provide quick and convenient data access.
Instant Client RPM packages for Oracle Linux can now be installed from yum.oracle.com for Oracle Linux 8 and Oracle Linux 7. Older releases are available for Oracle Linux 9, Oracle Linux 8, Oracle Linux 7 and Oracle Linux 6.
Whether your applications are in the cloud or on-premise, you can install Instant Client and connect to cloud databases. Follow the normal installation process for your operating system. Some cloud-specific references are shown below.
DigiCert retired the Organizational Unit (OU) field for all public TLS/SSLcertificates to comply with industry standards as of August 2022. This meansthat public TLS/SSL certificates issued by DigiCert will no longer have an OUfield. Refer to MOS note 2911553.1for details.
To avoid disruption to applications connecting to Oracle Autonomous Database onShared Exadata Infrastructure (ADB-S) during the server side certificatechange, you must use hostname based matching of the server certificate.
The following versions of Oracle Instant Client automatically support hostnamebased matching:
Versions: 18.19 (or later), 19.2 (or later), 21 (base release or later), 23.4 (or later)
- Oracle Call Interface (OCI), Oracle C++ Call Interface (OCCI) or ODBCapplications must use one of the above client versions.
- Oracle Database drivers based on Oracle Instant Client or Oracle DatabaseClient (e.g ODPI-C, python-oracledb Thick mode, cx_Oracle, node-oracledb Thick mode,godror, PHP OCI8, PHP PDO_OCI, ruby-oci8, ROracle, and rust-oracle) must usethe driver with a compatible client version from the list above.
ADB-S connection strings contain a hostname "...(HOST=xyz)..." which depends onthe region. For example, in the Chicago region the hostname would be"adb.us-chicago-1.oraclecloud.com". If you have replaced the default hostnamewith an IP address or a custom hostname, then hostname based DN matching willfail. The solution is to add a new entry to your /etc/hosts file using theoriginal ADB-S domain suffix. Your connection string should then use this newname. For example an entry "localtunnel.adb.us-chicago-1.oraclecloud.com"could be created and used.
Can anyone point me to an Oracle document that actually states that production use of the Oracle client is covered by the server license?
All of the documents I've found talk about how database is licensed, but nothing ever actually states that the client software is covered by the server license. I've found lots of posts where people say the client is covered by the server, but no response by a person who works for Oracle.
I have an Oracle database server I need to connect to on production. We need to use orapki to create the Oracle wallet for use with Oracle Data Access Component (ODAC). The DB server admin told me to download the full client from -windows-downloads.html, but the license agreement that shows up when you do the download explicitly states that it may not be used on production.
I asked the server admin to provide the Client software and they stated they can't because their licenses are for their use, but I suspect they didn't actually check what their license covered. I'm hoping if I point to a document that states the client is covered by the database license they will provide the client software since it's their license covering it.
I've attempted to get a response to my licensing issue by contacting Oracle multiple times over the past couple weeks using multiple email addresses and the most I've got out of that is that someone will contact me back, but that hasn't happened yet.
I'd appreciate any help anyone can provide. Of course, if someone knows a better way to get orapki I'd love to know that too. I'm also looking into the openSSL solution, but that's proving harder than getting an answer to the client license question.
IIRC, the install was just pointed to a network share, then a .reg file was generated and rolled out to the clients, so when they opened up an app that needed the client, it pointed to the client on the network drive.
Present day, company I am doing some work for is still using an Oracle 10 client for a legacy app using Oracle 10 database, which is going away in a few months. In the meantime, they need to test an app that needs an 11 or later client, and are also rolling out Windows 10 before the end of the year and want to include a newer Oracle client as part of the roll out.
I'd like to look at having the client on a network share, initially so this new app can be tested with a newer client, and if there are no show stopping issues with this use the network install approach instead of installing it on client workstations.
My configuration works fine on the old version of SQL developer, but in the new version I receive an error when testing the oracle client. My client type is set to Instant Client. See attached. I tried both the old and new instant client as well. Again, the new instant client works fine with the old version of SQL developer, but I get the same error with the new SQL developer and new instant client. Need some help. I am a little stuck right now.
When I try to connect to Oracle, I experience this error message. Currently I have both of 32 bits and 64 bits OCI installed. How do I make sure Alteryx picks up 64 bits instead of 32 bits? Any settings from Alteryx?
Currently if I use 32 bits OCI, it works.
I just wanted to respond to this post just to put closure to it, even Henriette had helped you resolve the issue. Generally speaking, the issue appears to have stemmed from moving the location of the installation of the Oracle instant client. Alteryx did not know where to find it after that point. Pointing Alteryx to the new location, along with a few other troubleshooting steps, resolved your issue.
Thank you for your post. As this will likely require a closer look at your computer and configurations, please submit a support request to sup...@alteryx.com. A Customer Support Engineer will be more than happy to assist you.
You can also have both versions of the driver running if needed for backwards compatibility. You just need to have you SQL_PATH with both locations separated by a semi-colon. Keep in mind that Alteryx will only read the variables when it opens, so you will need to close designer and re-open to make Alteryx aware of the new location.
For our Oracle connections I use the instant client. This unzips to a directory of your choosing. I then add a reference to that directory in the PATH system environment variable. You will probably have to reboot for the path variable to be added. (or add it manually...)
I just want to have GIS Server connections work in ArcGIS Pro regardless of what project I'm in... I'd really prefer for things to just work without having to customize the app / add add-ins but alas that's apparently not a thing
The link that you have provided, is for Oracle Instant Client....which doesn't have any standard setup.exe. As Tom mentioned, its a zip file which can be extracted to any location of your choosing and the path added to "Environment Variable" for using it.
Asrujit, I downloaded the Instant Client Basic V 12.1.0.2.0. Would this be the correct client? I just read in the ArcGIS Pro help that you can download the Oracle Instant Client from My Esri but I was unable to find it on an Esri site so defaulted to the Oracle site. Thank you for your help.
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We have had a vulnerability assessment done and found that we are prone to man in the middle attacks as we were not using SSL/TLS. As part of mitigating this risk, I found Oracle does allow for encryption/Integrity checks with authentication using SSL/TLS two way authentication. We will most likely take the self-signed route as the environment is a LAN with no access to external networks.
My question is with regards to the version of TLS available for authentication between clients and servers. Under Net Manager, i found both 12C and 19C only support SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0 which are both prone to man-in-the-middle attacks due to known vulnerabilities. I believe the industry standard at this point in time is TLS 1.3? How can we work around this or do we simply accept this as a risk? Any thoughts on how experts on this forum have tackled this issue would be appreciated.
The issue we would like to steer away from is fixing the risk and having the pen testers come back to break into the system posing as a valid terminal to the server to hack it. This of course will be the case with SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0?
and Chris said...Where are you reading this?
19c SQLNET.ORA parameters docs say:
Usage Notes
Clients and database servers must use a compatible version. This parameter should only be used when absolutely necessary for backward compatibility. The current default uses TLS version 1.2 which is the version required for multiple security compliance requirements.
If you set SSL_VERSION to undetermined, then by default it uses 3.0.
Default
1.2
-database/19/netrf/parameters-for-the-sqlnet.ora.html#GUID-A2A81CEE-162D-4602-8315-990C8CC9E9E2
So while TLS 1.3 appears unsupported, you can certainly use TLS 1.2
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Is this answer out of date? If it is, please let us know via a Comment Comments Comment Thanks for your answer ChrisA reader, December 10, 2021 - 9:33 pm UTC