This section provides information about the environment variables that can be used when creating Oracle RAC on Containers.
| Environment Variable | Mandatory/Optional | Usage | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNS_SERVERS | Mandatory | All | Specify the comma-separated list of DNS server IP addresses where both Oracle RAC nodes are resolved. |
| OP_TYPE | Mandatory | All | Specify the operation type. It can accept setuprac/setupgrid/addgridnode/racaddnode/setupracstandby. |
| CRS_NODES | Mandatory | All | Specify the CRS nodes in the format pubhost:pubhost1,viphost:viphost1;pubhost:pubhost2,viphost:viphost2. You can add as many hosts separated by semicolon. publhost and viphost are separated by comma. |
| SCAN_NAME | Mandatory | All | Specify the SCAN name. |
| CRS_ASM_DEVICE_LIST | Mandatory | All | Specify the ASM disk lists. |
| PUBLIC_HOSTS_DOMAIN | Optional | All | Specify public domain where RAC Containers are resolving to. |
| CRS_ASM_DISCOVERY_STRING | Optional | All | Specify the discovery string for ASM. |
| ORACLE_SID | Optional | All | Default value set to ORCLCDB. |
| ORACLE_PDB | Optional | All | Default value set to ORCLPDB. |
| ORACLE_CHARACTERSET | Optional | All | Default value set to AL32UTF8. |
| PWD_KEY | Mandatory | All | Pass the podman secret name for the key used while generating podman secrets. Default set to keysecret. |
| DB_PWD_FILE | Mandatory | All | Pass the podman secret name for the Oracle RAC Database to be used while generating podman secrets. Default set to pwdsecret. |
| INIT_SGA_SIZE | Optional | All | Set this environment variable when you want to set the size of SGA for RAC containers. |
| INIT_PGA_SIZE | Optional | All | Set this environment variable when you want to set the size of PGA for RAC containers. |
| CRS_PRIVATE_IP1 | Mandatory | All | Set this environment variable when you want to set the private IP for the first private network for RAC container. |
| CRS_PRIVATE_IP2 | Mandatory | All | Set this environment variable when you want to set the private IP for the second private network for RAC container. |
| INSTALL_NODE | Mandatory | All | Set this environment variable to the new Oracle node where the actual RAC cluster installation will happen. e.g., racnodep1/racnodep3 etc. |
| EXISTING_CLS_NODE | Mandatory | Mandatory only during Node Addition to existing RAC Cluster | This is set during addition of node to Existing RAC Cluster. Set this environment variable to existing Oracle RAC node e.g., racnodep1, racnodep2. |
| DB_ASM_DEVICE_LIST | Optional | All | Comma-separated list of ASM disk names with their full paths. |
| RECO_ASM_DEVICE_LIST | Optional | All | Comma-separated list of ASM disk names with their full paths. |
| DB_DATA_FILE_DEST | Optional | All | Name of the diskgroup where database data files will be stored. |
| DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST | Optional | All | Name of the diskgroup where database recovery files (archivelogs) will be stored. |
| CMAN_HOST | Optional | All | Specify the host for Oracle Connection Manager (CMAN). Default value is set to racnodepc1-cman. |
| CMAN_PORT | Optional | All | Specify the port for Oracle Connection Manager (CMAN). Default port is set to 1521. |
| DB_UNIQUE_NAME | Mandatory | Standby (DG Setup) | Specify the unique name for the standby database. |
| PRIMARY_DB_SCAN_NAME | Mandatory | Standby (DG Setup) | Specify the SCAN name of the primary database. |
| CRS_ASM_DISKGROUP | Mandatory | Standby (DG Setup) | Specify the ASM diskgroup for the standby database. |
| PRIMARY_DB_UNIQUE_NAME | Mandatory | Standby (DG Setup) | Specify the unique name of the primary database. |
| PRIMARY_DB_NAME | Mandatory | Standby (DG Setup) | Specify the name of the primary database. |
| DB_BLOCK_CHECKSUM | Mandatory | Primary and Standby (DG Setup) | Specify the type of DB block checksum to use. |
| DB_SERVICE | Optional | All | Specify the database service. Format: service:soepdb. |
| GRID_HOME | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Path to Oracle Grid Infrastructure home directory. Default value is /u01/app/21c/grid. |
| GRID_BASE | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Path to the base directory of Oracle Grid Infrastructure. Default value is /u01/app/grid. |
| DB_HOME | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Path to Oracle Database home directory. Default value is /u01/app/oracle/product/21c/dbhome_1. |
| DB_BASE | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Path to the base directory of Oracle Database. Default value is /u01/app/oracle. |
| INVENTORY | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Path to the Oracle Inventory directory. Default value is /u01/app/oraInventory. |
| STAGING_SOFTWARE_LOC | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Location where the Oracle software zip files are staged. Default value is /scratch/software/21c/goldimages/. |
| GRID_SW_ZIP_FILE | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Name of the Oracle Grid Infrastructure software zip file. Default value is LINUX.X64_213000_grid_home.zip. |
| DB_SW_ZIP_FILE | Mandatory | Setup using Slim Image | Name of the Oracle Database software zip file. Default value is LINUX.X64_213000_db_home.zip. |
| GRID_RESPONSE_FILE | Mandatory | Setup using User Defined Response Files | Path to the Oracle Grid Infrastructure response file. Default value is /tmp/grid_21c.rsp. |
| DBCA_RESPONSE_FILE | Mandatory | Setup using User Defined Response Files | Path to the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) response file. Default value is /tmp/dbca_21c.rsp. |
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