Installing Oracle JDeveloper and SOA Suite

In order to develop the examples in this chapter, we need to install IDE and the process server on which the BPEL processes will execute. To develop the BPEL processes, we will use Oracle JDeveloper 12c 12.1.3. To execute the BPEL processes, we will use the runtime environment of the Oracle SOA Suite 12c 12.1.3.

The installation will consist of the following steps:

1. Install the Java Development Kit (JDK) and set the environment
2. Install SOA Suite 12c with JDeveloper
3. Create the default domain

Installing the JDK and setting environment

A prerequisite for installing and running JDeveloper and SOA Suite is the JDK. We will install the latest JDK Version 7. Currently, SOA Suite 12c required Java SE 7 and has not been certified to work with Java SE 8 yet. However, this might change with newer versions.