Chapter 21. The APEX Runtime Environment

When setting up a technical infrastructure to run our production applications, it is important to have an environment that is both secure and locked down. This is even more important when our applications can be accessed from the Internet, as this can expose our applications to many more security threats. In this chapter, we will see how the APEX Runtime Environment is one method we can use to help provide a more secure environment to run our applications. Specifically, we will be looking at:

• What the APEX Runtime Environment is

• Setting up an APEX Runtime Environment

• Managing the APEX Runtime Environment

What is the APEX Runtime Environment?

So far in this book, we have seen the APEX Full Development Environment. This environment provides web-based screens to build, manage, and deploy our applications. This provides features such as the Application Builder, SQL Workshop, Utilities, and Administration. In a production environment this exposes a number of...