Kickstart is used to configure the OS of the VM such as disk partitioning scheme, root password and initial packages. I decided to start from scratch and first create a base Vagrant box using Packer which uses Kickstart. This indicates it is easy to get started. It might seem a lot but this blog contains the knowledge of two days work. This blog is a start provisioning an OS and installing the XE database on it. Finally my irritation has passed the threshold that I needed to automate it! I wanted to easily recreate a clean environment with a new version of specific software. For SOA Suite, the process of installing the OS, installing the database, installing WebLogic Server, installing SOA Suite itself can be quite time consuming and boring if you have already done it so many times. Over the years I have created a lot (probably 100+) of virtual machines manually. ![]() You can also download ready made Virtualbox images from Oracle here and specifically for SOA Suite here. Several years ago Edwin Biemond and Lucas Jellema have written several blogs about this and have given presentations about the topics at various conferences. The topic of quickly creating an Oracle development VM is not new.
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