Installing Oracle BPM 12c

There has been considerable changes in Oracle SOA/BPM product starting 12c. This post focuses just on the installation of BPM 12c.

Comparing it to its predecessor 11g, BPM 11g required users to install

Oracle DB or Oracle XE
Oracle Weblogic
Oracle SOA/BPM Related tables - RCU
Oracle SOA
Oracle OSB
Oracle JDeveloper.

In short to install BPM, we had to install all of the above components individually. Starting 12c the whole installation step has become very simple. The whole of the above installation can be done with single file download which is like 3.5 gb.

To Install, follow the below instructions

1. Download a copy of BPM 12c from the below location

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/bpm/downloads/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=opn

Note: There is a simple download for SOA 12c which does not include the BPM component. Rest remains the same.

2. Go to the folder location where you downloaded the file and unzip it.

3. Run the below command from the command prompt.
java -jar fmw_12.1.3.0.0_bpm_quickstart.jar

You should extracting jar.... and the installer should open up.

4. Click Next to Continue.

5. Chose the desired location.

6. Pre-req check screen

7. Installation Summary Screen

8. Installation Progress Screen

9. Installation Success Screen.

10. Once the installation is successful, you should see JDeveloper 12c opening up.