What you need for this book

The target product versions used throughout this book are installed on Oracle Enterprise Linux platform and share an Oracle database 10.2.0.2 as the common repository. For the first two sections, Oracle SOA Suite is used as the target. SOA Suite 10.1.3.x is installed in a single node environment on Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.x. The popular SOA Order Booking application is used throughout the book to illustrate various features. Oracle Service Bus 10gR3 installed on WebLogic Server 10gR3 is used as the target for the third section. The Mortgage Broker application is used to illustrate various features.

Enterprise Manager Grid Control 10gR5 or 10.2.0.5 is used in all the exercises. It is installed with a single Oracle Managed Server (OMS) and two agents—one for the SOA Suite and another one for Oracle Service Bus.