Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of OracleTestSetup

Timestamp:

Nov 8, 2010, 9:34:59 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Ramiro Morales

Comment:

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OracleTestSetup

@@ -12 +12 @@
   * Providing a step by step setup guide to achieve that.
   * Hopefully collecting information (best practices, tuning tips) to do that
-    as efficiently as possible. chosen is GNU/Debian Linux, things should also work with Ubuntu Linux.
+    as efficiently as possible.
+
+Chosen is GNU/Debian Linux, things should also work with Ubuntu Linux.
 
 The system isn't going to be dedicated exclusively to run Oracle so we will
@@ -58 +60 @@
        $ sudo /etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure
 
-   It will ask you a serie of questions, namely:
+   It will ask you a number of questions, namely:
 
    * A TCP port for the Oracle Database XE graphical user interface (default: 8080)
@@ -69 +71 @@
    it won't be possible to start it manually because that flag is stored
    (among others) in the ``/etc/default/oracle-xe`` configuration file and we
-   would be using the same script as the one excuted when the system boots
+   would be using the same script as the one executed when the system boots
    (``/etc/init.d/oracle-xe``) that always examines these values.
 
@@ -127 +129 @@
    ``sudo service xe start``)
 
-#. Make sure the needed Oracle environment vars are set for the client
-   libraries (Bash shell)::
+#. Make sure the needed Oracle environment vars needed by its client libraries
+   are set (Bash shell)::
 
     $ echo "source /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/bin/oracle_env.sh" >> ~/.bashrc
@@ -137 +139 @@
 
 #. Create an user to be used for running the tests. (e.g. ``djangotest``) -- Go to *Home > Administration > Database Users > CREATE*
-   assing it a password (e.g. ``foo``)
+   assign it a password (e.g. ``foo``)
 
 #. Give the user the needed privileges.
@@ -143 +145 @@
    * Roles: ``CONNECT``, ``RESOURCE`` and ``DBA``
    * *Directly Granted System Privileges*: ``CREATE TABLE``, ``CREATE PROCEDURE``, ``CREATE SEQUENCE`` and ``CREATE TARIGGER``
+
+#. We don't need to install the Oracle client stack because we are going to run the Django tests in the same system.
 
 .. _Oracle installation documentation: http://www.oracle.com/pls/xe102/to_toc?pathname=install.102%2Fb25144%2Ftoc.htm&remark=portal+%28Getting+Started%29
 .. _places: http://blog.schmehl.info/Debian/oracle-xe
 .. _here: http://oss.oracle.com/debian/dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386/
-
-#. We don't need to install the Oracle client stack because we are going to run the Django tests in the same system.
 
 Install cx_Oracle
@@ -209 +211 @@
 
 In my particular case I've implemented this setup by using a KVM virtual machine 
-(host syste, is a workstation running Debian unstable *Sid*). The VM got two CPUs, 1 GiB of RAM
+(host system is a workstation running Debian unstable *Sid*). The VM got two CPUs, 1 GiB of RAM
 and a 30 GiB hard disk. Platform is GNU/Debian Linux 5.0 aka *Lenny* (stable as of Nov 2010)
 because it still is in its support period and as a bonus contains Python 2.4 in pre-packaged
@@ -216 +218 @@
 Things to review:
 
-* How muchdoes  the Oracle installation pollutes the system?. If it result to be confined and easy to undo/cleanup, maybe this setup doesn't need to be done inside a VM.
+* How much does the Oracle installation pollutes the system?. If it result to be confined and easy to undo/cleanup, maybe this setup doesn't need to be done inside a VM.
 * System resource (CPU, RAM usage while running the full test suite). Maybe I can reduce the RAM assigned to the VM to 512 MiB and the virtual CPU count from two to one.