Installing jDeveloper in Oracle Public Cloud

Pre-requisites

1. JDeveloper downloaded to you local machine.
2. Valid subscription in Oracle Public Cloud - Java Cloud Service

Brief Steps

Provision DBCS Instance
Provsion JCS Instance
Copy JDeveloper from your local machine to remote machine
Configure XWindows
Start VNCServer
Create SSH Tunnel
Unzip zip file from #3.
VNC into your public machine.
Run JDeveloper.

Details Steps

3. Copy the file you downloaded to the public IP. You can use PSCP.exe to copy Jdeveloper. Before copying make sure you create a separate folder into which you will be copying JDeveloper file.
For quick syntax on how to use PSCP, follow the link.

4. Configure XWindows

To Configure XWindows, you need to first putty into your public IP. On Terminal execute the below commands.

Edit sshd_config & change value of X11Forwarding Property

sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Change the value of X11Forwarding to yes

Restart sshd

sudo /etc/init.d/sshd restart

Run the below command to prevent vnc displaying lock screen

gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/gnome-scrensaver/lock_enabled false

Start VNC Server

vncserver :1 -depth 16 -alwaysshared -geometry 1200x750 -s off

Confirm VNC Server is running

vncserver -list

Check if OPC user has access to $TMP. If no execute the below command. VNC tries to write to $TMP folder. If no access then you will get an error when trying to accessing the server using VNC Client. If the access is successful, you will be able to CD in $TMP as opc user.