What is the Administrator Username When Installing ORDS (Doc ID 2961425.1)

Last updated on JULY 14, 2023

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Goal

When installing ORDS, you are prompted for the Administrator username. Who is this user?

For example:

java -jar ords.war install advanced

This Oracle REST Data Services instance has not yet been configured.
Please complete the following prompts

Enter the location to store configuration data: /path/to/config

Specify the database connection type to use.
Enter number for [1] Basic [2] TNS [3] Custom URL [1]:
Enter the name of the database server [localhost]:
Enter the database listen port [1521]:
Enter 1 to specify the database service name, or 2 to specify the database SID [1]:
Enter the database service name:orcl
Enter 1 if you want to verify/install Oracle REST Data Services schema or 2 to skip this step [1]:
Enter the database password for ORDS_PUBLIC_USER:
Confirm password:
Requires to login with administrator privileges to verify Oracle REST Data Services schema.

Enter the administrator username:           <-----------   What username to enter here?

Solution

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