ORDS service script 22.x does not pick the correct Java (Doc ID 2890261.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 17, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

There is already a FMW 12.2.1.4 installation on the server, with default JDK8 in /usr/bin/java
Since ORDS 22.2 requires JDK11, this has been installed in a custom directory

export JAVA_HOME=/refresh/home/etc/jdk-11.0.15
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

ORDS installed with rpm:
sudo rpm -i ords-22.2.0-6.el7.noarch.rpm
ords --config /etc/ords/config install
sudo systemctl enable ords

ORDS starts with manual command:
nohup /usr/local/bin/ords serve &

Trying to start ORDS with systemctl :
sudo systemctl start ords

fails with :

Error: ORDS requires Java 11 and above to run.
Found Java version 8.
Please set JAVA_HOME to appropriate version and update PATH if necessary.

Cause

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