1. User’s Guide
  2. Analyzing the Cluster Configuration
  3. Analyzing Risks and Complying with Best Practices
  4. Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12 Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

Oracle ORAchk and Oracle EXAchk include full REST support allowing invocation and query over HTTPS.

  • Enabling REST
    To facilitate REST support, Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) is included within the install.
  • start_client
    Use GET requests to run a normal health check run.
  • start_client
    Use POST requests to run a normal health check run using specific arguments.
  • profile
    Use GET requests to run a health check run for the specified profiles.
  • check
    Use GET requests to run a health check run for the specified check IDs.
  • status
    Use GET requests to report the status on the specified job ID.
  • download
    Use GET requests to download the collection result for the specified job ID.
  • checktfaupload
    Use GET requests to report if a connection can be made to upload to Oracle Trace File Analyzer service.
  • checktfafaileduploads
    Use GET requests to report if any Oracle Trace File Analyzer service uploads failed.
  • gettfaupload
    Use GET requests to report the Oracle Trace File Analyzer service upload settings.
  • unsettfaupload
    Use GET requests to unset all of the Oracle Trace File Analyzer service upload settings, or a particular setting.
  • uploadtfafailed
    Use GET requests to reattempt to upload all previously failed uploads to Oracle Trace File Analyzer service.
  • showrepair
    Use GET requests to report the repair command for the specified check.
  • getinfo
    Use GET requests to report the status of the specified job ID.
  • start_client
    Use POST requests to run a diff of the specified collection results.
  • Removing ORDS Setup

Parent topic: Analyzing Risks and Complying with Best Practices

2.12.1 Enabling REST

To facilitate REST support, Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) is included within the install.

  1. To enable REST, setup ORDS and then provide a user password when prompted.
    ./orachk -ordssetup
./exachk -ordssetup
  2. Start the daemon using the -ords option:
    ./orachk -d start -ords 
./exachk -d start -ords

    Note:

    Only the root user can start the daemon with ORDS support.

    As ORDS support requires the daemon, ORDS is available only on platform (Linux) with daemon support.

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.2 start_client

Use GET requests to run a normal health check run.

Syntax

/start_client

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{
"ID":"UCTW5MLN7O1V1HPG8U",
"Status":"SUBMITTED"
}]

Usage Notes

You need not provide input to use this API.

Example 2-2 start_client

-bash-4.2$ curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/start_client

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:53:14 GMT Content-Type: text/html X-Frame-Options: 
SAMEORIGIN Transfer-Encoding: chunked Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT) 
[{"ID":"UCTW5MLN7O1V1HPG8U","Status":"SUBMITTED"}]

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2.12.3 start_client

Use POST requests to run a normal health check run using specific arguments.

Syntax

/start_client

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "ID":"UCTW5MLN7O1V1HPG8U", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

Specify any Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk arguments and their corresponding values.

Example 2-3 JSON input

[{
"-clusternodes":"busm1c1,busm1c2",
"-ibswitches":"busm1sw-ibs0,busm1sw-iba0,busm1sw-ibb0"
}]

Example 2-4 start_client

-bash-4.2$ curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://host:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/start_client -d '[{"-clusternodes":"busm1c1,busm1c2","-ibswitches":"busm1sw-ibs0,busm1sw-iba0,busm1sw-ibb0"}]

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.4 profile

Use GET requests to run a health check run for the specified profiles.

Syntax

/profile/{profile1}/{profile2}

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "ID":"DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

Specify a profile, or a list of profiles delimited by forward slash (/).

Example 2-5 profile

-bash-4.2$ curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/profile/asm

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:50:00 GMT Content-Type: text/html X-Frame-Options: 
SAMEORIGIN Transfer-Encoding: chunked Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT) 
[{"ID":"DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS","Status":"SUBMITTED"}]

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2.12.5 check

Use GET requests to run a health check run for the specified check IDs.

Syntax

/check/{check_id1,check_id2}

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "ID":"B2PKK9RR9M7MYJPRN8", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

Specify a profile, or a comma-delimited list of check IDs.

Example 2-6 check

-bash-4.2$ curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/check/E94589BC1AC24CFBE04312C0E50A3849

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:53:48 GMT Content-Type: text/html X-Frame-Options: 
SAMEORIGIN Transfer-Encoding: chunked Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT) 
[{"ID":"B2PKK9RR9M7MYJPRN8","Status":"SUBMITTED"}]

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.6 status

Use GET requests to report the status on the specified job ID.

Syntax

/status/{job_id}

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "Status of DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS is SUBMITTED" }]

The status moves from SUBMITTED to RUNNING to COMPLETED.

Usage Notes

Specify the job ID for which you want to find the status.

Example 2-7 status

-bash-4.2$ curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/status/DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:51:16 GMT Content-Type: text/html X-Frame-Options: 
SAMEORIGIN Transfer-Encoding: chunked Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT) 
[{"Status of DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS is SUBMITTED"}]

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.7 download

Use GET requests to download the collection result for the specified job ID.

Syntax

/download/{job_id}

Returns

Returns the zip binary for the collection result.

Usage Notes

Specify the job ID for which you want to download the collection result.

If you specify a purged ID or an invalid ID, then the error message will be in the downloaded file.

Example 2-8 download

-bash-4.2$ curl -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/download/DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS -J -O

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 1385k 0 1385k 0 0 901k 
0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 901k curl: Saved to filename 'exachk_busm01client01_PDB1_040518_035118_DMBLMBTB2M2H1QCQIS.zip'

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.8 checktfaupload

Use GET requests to report if a connection can be made to upload to Oracle Trace File Analyzer service.

Syntax

/checktfaupload

Returns

Returns JSON similar to:

[{ "ID":"ZFZLH06WOLE3L92PQI", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

Use the status API to query the status of the submitted job.

Use the getinfo API to view the Oracle Trace File Analyzer upload status once the status of submitted API is COMPLETED.

Example 2-9 getinfo

With getinfo, returns: 

[{"Msg":"Environment is not set for uploading results to TFA."}]

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.9 checktfafaileduploads

Use GET requests to report if any Oracle Trace File Analyzer service uploads failed.

Syntax

/checktfafaileduploads

Returns

If no collection failed to upload, then returns:

[{ "Msg":"There are no Failed collections under ORDS directory." }]

Or, prints the list of collections that failed to upload.

Usage Notes

You need not provide input to use this API.

Example 2-10 checktfafaileduploads

bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/checktfafaileduploads
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:04:58 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

[{"Msg":"There are no Failed collections under ORDS directory."}]

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2.12.10 gettfaupload

Use GET requests to report the Oracle Trace File Analyzer service upload settings.

Syntax

/gettfaupload

Returns

Lists the values of three environment variables: RAT_TFA_URL, RAT_TFA_USER, and RAT_TFA_PASSWORD.

Usage Notes

You need not provide input to use this API.

Example 2-11 gettfaupload

bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/gettfaupload
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:07:24 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

RAT_TFA_URL =  https://tfa.us.oracle.com/tfa/ws/orachk/
RAT_TFA_USER =  orachkadmin
RAT_TFA_PASSWORD = ********

After unsettfaupload API, use the gettfaupload API to recheck the values: 

-bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/gettfaupload
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:10:10 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

RAT_TFA_URL is not set in the wallet 
RAT_TFA_USER is not set in the wallet 
RAT_TFA_PASSWORD is not set in the wallet

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.11 unsettfaupload

Use GET requests to unset all of the Oracle Trace File Analyzer service upload settings, or a particular setting.

Syntax

/unsettfaupload/all
/unsettfaupload/RAT_TFA_USER

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "ID":"ZFZLH06WOLE3L92PQI", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

Specify all to unset all of the three environment variables, RAT_TFA_URL, RAT_TFA_USER, and RAT_TFA_PASSWORD or, just specify an environment variable to unset it.

Example 2-12 unsettfaupload

-bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/unsettfaupload/all
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:08:30 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

[{"ID":"Z8P9DHA8VV3PUOVQTV","Status":"SUBMITTED"}]

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2.12.12 uploadtfafailed

Use GET requests to reattempt to upload all previously failed uploads to Oracle Trace File Analyzer service.

Syntax

/uploadtfafailed/all

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "ID":"ZFZLH06WOLE3L92PQI", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

You need not provide input to use this API.

Example 2-13 uploadtfafailed

-bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/uploadtfafailed/all
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:09:18 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

[{"ID":"0B9O04CKSYZNUZCYZD","Status":"SUBMITTED"}]

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.13 showrepair

Use GET requests to report the repair command for the specified check.

Syntax

/showrepair/{check_id}

Returns

Returns JSON showing the job ID similar to:

[{ "ID":"ZFZLH06WOLE3L92PQI", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

Usage Notes

Specify the check ID for which you want to report the repair command.

Example 2-14 showrepair

-bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/showrepair/9ECBA2152E92F6B1E040E50A1EC00DFB
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:13:54 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

[{"ID":"FJELUT7XYM3AKOE1R4","Status":"SUBMITTED"}]
-bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/status/FJELUT7XYM3AKOE1R4
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:15:00 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

[{"Msg":"Status of FJELUT7XYM3AKOE1R4 is  COMPLETED"}]

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.14 getinfo

Use GET requests to report the status of the specified job ID.

Syntax

/getinfo/{job_id}

Returns

Returns JSON similar to if the ID does not exist:

[{ "Status":"Either the ID entered is invalid or the wallet has been purged." }]

Or, returns the repair command if the ID exists.

Usage Notes

Specify the job ID for which you want to check the status.

Example 2-15 getinfo

-bash-4.1# curl -i -X GET -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://node1.example.com:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/getinfo/FJELUT7XYM3AKOE1R4 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:15:34 GMT 
Content-Type: text/html X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN Transfer-Encoding: chunked

Repair Command:

alter database datafile '+DATAC1/RAC12C/DATAFILE/sysaux.314.936528199' autoextend on maxsize unlimited;

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.15 start_client

Use POST requests to run a diff of the specified collection results.

Syntax

/start_client

Returns

Returns JSON similar to:

[{ "ID":"ZFZLH06WOLE3L92PQI", "Status":"SUBMITTED" }]

The status API can be used to query the status of the submitted job ID. Then you can use the download API to download diff report using the same job ID.

Usage Notes

JSON input:

[{ "-diff":"collection_zip_1 collection_zip_2" }]

Example 2-16 start_client

-bash-4.2$ curl -i -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -k -u ordsadmin:adminpass 
https://host:7080/ords/tfaml/orachk/start_client -d '[{"-diff":"orachk_myhost69_apxcmupg_062118_025029_N1O498NX877LYO5FE3.zip 
orachk_myhost69_apxcmupg_062118_030527_ICMOWECU1UKF0R0VTO.zip"}]'

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST

2.12.16 Removing ORDS Setup

  1. To completely remove ORDS setup:
    ./orachk -ordsrmsetup ./exachk -ordsrmsetup

    The command option -ordsrmsetup stops the daemon if it is running and then stops the ORDS service.

Parent topic: Using Oracle ORAchk or Oracle EXAchk over REST