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The following sections describe how to replace the default H2 database with Oracle:

Setting up the database and users

Follow the steps below to set up a Oracle database.

  1. Create a new database by using the Oracle database configuration assistant (dbca) or manually.



    $ sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe restart

    $ ./$<ORACLE_HOME>/config/scripts/sqlplus.sh sysadm/password as SYSDBA


    $ connect

    Create user <USER_NAME> identified by password account unlock;
    grant connect to <USER_NAME>;

Setting up the JDBC driver

Note that for Oracle 11g it is recommended to use the ojdbc6.jar file with API Manager 2.0.0.
  1. Copy the Oracle JDBC libraries (for example, <ORACLE_HOME/jdbc/lib/ojdbc14.jar) to the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/components/lib/ directory.
  2. Remove the old database driver from the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/components/dropins/ directory.


The value of this property should be the GMT difference of the country. If it is necessary to set this property permanently, define it inside the wso2server.sh as a new JAVA_OPT property.

Setting up datasource configurations

A datasource is used to establish the connection to a database. By default, WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource is used to connect to the default  H2 database, which stores registry and user management data. After setting up the Oracle database to replace the default H2 database, either change the default configurations of the WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource, or configure a new datasource to point it to the new database as explained below.

Changing the default WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource

Follow the steps below to change the type of the default WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource.

  1. Edit the default datasource configuration in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/m aster-datasources.xml file as shown below.

         <definition type="RDBMS">
                   <validationQuery>SELECT 1 FROM DUAL</validationQuery>

    The elements in the above configuration are described below:

    urlThe URL of the database. The default port for a DB2 instance is 50000.
    username and passwordThe name and password of the database user
    driverClassNameThe class name of the database driver
    maxActiveThe maximum number of active connections that can be allocated  at the same time from this pool. Enter any negative value to denote an unlimited number of active connections.
    maxWaitThe maximum number of milliseconds that the pool will wait (when there are no available connections) for a connection to be returned before throwing an exception. You can enter zero or a negative value to wait indefinitely.
    minIdleThe minimum number of active connections that can remain idle in the pool without extra ones being created, or enter zero to create none.


    The indication of whether objects will be validated before being borrowed from the pool. If the object fails to validate, it will be dropped from the pool, and another attempt will be made to borrow another.
    validationIntervalThe indication to avoid excess validation, and only run validation at the most, at this frequency (time in milliseconds). If a connection is due for validation, but has been validated previously within this interval, it will not be validated again.

    The default port for Oracle is 1521.

    For more information on other parameters that can be defined in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/ master-datasources.xml file, see Tomcat JDBC Connection Pool.

Configuring new  datasources to manage registry or user management data

Follow the steps below to configure new datasources to point to the new  databases you create to manage registry and/or user management data separately. 

  1. Add a new datasource with similar configurations as the WSO2_CARBON_DB datasource above to the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/ master-datasources.xml file. Change its elements with your custom values. For instructions, see Setting up datasource configurations.
  2. If you are setting up a separate database to store registry-related data, update the following configurations in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/ registry.xml file.

    <dbConfig name="wso2registry">
  3. If you are setting up a separate database to store user management data, update the following configurations in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/ user-mgt.xml file.

    	<Property name="dataSource">jdbc/MY_DATASOURCE_NAME</Property>

Creating the database tables

To create the database tables, connect to the database that you created earlier and run the following scripts in SQL*Plus:

  1. To create tables in the registry and user manager database (WSO2CARBON_DB), use the below script:

    SQL> @$<PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/oracle.sql
  2. Restart the server.

    You can create database tables automatically when starting the product for the first time by using the -Dsetup parameter as follows:

    • For Windows: <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/wso2server.bat -Dsetup

    • For Linux: <PRODUCT_HOME>/bin/wso2server.sh -Dsetup 

Changing the product-specific/identity databases

The topics above show how to change the WSO2_CARBON_DB, which is used to store registry and user manager information. If you changed the product-specific database (WSO2AM_DB) that comes by default or set up a separate database for identity related data, the instructions are the same. In summary:

  1. Add the datasource to the master-datasources.xml file. The datasource for the product-specific database is already there in the file by the name WSO2AM_DB. Change its elements with your custom values.

  2. Create the database tables using the following scripts:   

    For the product-specific database

    Use the scripts in <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/apimgt folder

    For the identity database

    Use the scripts in <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/identity folder

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