Is Oracle support contract needed to have Apex
Alex Zhang, June 06, 2020 - 10:06 am UTC
You mentioned:
APEX is a no-cost feature of the Oracle Database, similar to PL/SQL. Your Oracle Database support contract also covers Oracle APEX
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Question is, is oracle support contract required to have Apex. If we have Oracle DB license, but no Oracle support contract, can we install Apex new version ? Can we upgrade the Apex to latest version?
June 08, 2020 - 10:32 am UTC
APEX is included in your database licensing cost.
Speak with your account manager to ensure you're correctly licensed for Oracle Database. If you are, you can use APEX.
Jaydip, June 09, 2021 - 6:03 am UTC
Hello Team,
We have similar situation as described in previous comment but we would like to be 100% sure before we take the decision.
The situation is,
1. Company licensed Oracle 11.x.x. Database with Oracle Support.
2. Company used Oracle APEX and built Applications in APEX version 4.2
3. Company has decided to end Oracle Support couple of years back
4. Company wants to Upgrade Oracle APEX 4.2 to 20.2
Technically, Oracle APEX 20.2 supports Oracle DB 11.x.x.
We would like to know
1. if company can upgrade/use Oracle APEX 20.2 in production and not breaching any licensing term?
2. Is there any such limitation that says "Company can only download/use Oracle APEX versions until company has active Oracle Support" ?
Thanks in advance
June 10, 2021 - 10:59 am UTC
I assumed based on 3 that you have some alternative arrangement for usage of the Oracle software. More details here
https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/057419.pdf because I'm not a license expert.
But that aside, APEX is free to use and you can use any APEX version on any version/edition of the database that they list in the installation manual.
A reader, June 15, 2021 - 3:38 am UTC
Thank you for the answer.
As we are also not sure about licensing impact and we did not get 100% sure answer of using upgraded APEX version without Active Oracle Support - we have taken a decision to step back (unfortunately).
It is also very sad when you heard "One should not download and use in production anything from Oracle website when you do not have Active Oracle Support". Is this a sad reality ?
June 16, 2021 - 6:39 am UTC
There is a difference between licensed to use Oracle and licensed to get support.
If you are licensed to use Oracle, you can use *any* version of APEX against that licensed version,
Jaydip Bosamiya, July 07, 2021 - 4:25 am UTC
Thank you for further clarification.
Confusion is when you go to download apex and ords, it asks you to check the licensing and term.
While, there is something new
https://blogs.oracle.com/database/post/apex-ords-futc where you don't need to tick the licensing term.
Is there any difference between these two ?
Jaydip Bosamiya, July 07, 2021 - 4:53 am UTC
July 08, 2021 - 3:47 am UTC
I will confirm, but I suspect you might need to use the latest. Will post here again with more details
APEX licensing in OCI OMCS
Brian Boyd, April 26, 2022 - 4:00 am UTC
Hi. here is my scenario.
Customer has EE DB licensed and support
Customer has EBS hosted on OMCS OCI subscription
Customer wants to build custom application in APEX and integrate with Data from EBS (Free with Oracle DB EE).
I believe APEX would need to be deployed on Application Server as ORDS then
In this scenario, can you confirm that APEX does not need to be licensed? if then how?
Thank you in advance.
April 27, 2022 - 2:33 am UTC
My understanding is APEX and ORDS are free....always. As long as the database you run it on is licensed, then you're good.
Is Weblogic included with APEX?
Arun Gupta, August 08, 2022 - 3:01 pm UTC
We have Oracle EE licensed. We use APEX for some smaller applications. APEX is deployed on Windows servers It seems that Weblogic required to run APEX needs license. Is that correct? Weblogic licensing is expensive.
Thanks,
Arun
August 08, 2022 - 4:41 pm UTC
Is Weblogic included with APEX?
Arun Gupta, August 08, 2022 - 5:53 pm UTC
This was said in a meeting that reason to move away from APEX was because it needs Weblogic licensing. I was kind of taken aback by that statement because my understanding was that Weblogic is not mandatory. But, I am not that familiar with APEX architecture as it has evolved considerably over the years. This is why I asked the experts here. I will surely let the people in-charge know about Apache Tomcat. Thank you for clarifying this...!!
August 09, 2022 - 3:02 am UTC
On our autonomous databases, which serve thousands of customers, we use the ORDS standalone listener for APEX. So you don't need anything more than that.
Patching APEX without support contract.
Tony, March 29, 2023 - 5:11 am UTC
I've been able to download the latest APEX software without any licensing prompts, but found we still need to login and accept the licensing agreement to access the latest patches for APEX.
As we no longer have a support agreement, but still have licenses to run Oracle DB 19c, will we be in breach if we download the APEX patchset?
April 04, 2023 - 5:34 am UTC
As we no longer have a support agreement, but still have licenses to run Oracle DB 19c
Not sure I follow. If you have database licenses, you are paying for (database) support no?
Patching APEX without support contract.
Tony, April 05, 2023 - 10:58 pm UTC
Correct. We do have licenses but no longer pay for support so we are unable to download patches or upgrade past the version we had when we got off Oracle support.
April 11, 2023 - 4:38 am UTC
I'm no license expert, but my understanding is - If you don't have support, you cannot download patches.
The Support reference doc is:
https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/057419.pdf which seems to be (no pun intended) support this.
Please reach out to a local Account Rep for an official statement.
Patching APEX without support contract.
Tony, April 07, 2023 - 9:38 pm UTC
So, is it permissible to download and use patches for APEX when we own licenses but no longer have a support contract?
Apex 23.1 exigence avec serveur 2019
A reader, June 21, 2023 - 6:45 pm UTC
Bonjour ,
vous avez un lien ou information à partager à propos des exigences de la version apex 23.1 avec windows server 2019?
Merci
What about licensing for APEX if data is made available to public internet users
Fernando Luna, July 13, 2024 - 12:02 am UTC
I'm largely ignorant of licensing considerations, except that APEX and ORDS are free as long as the database is properly licensed.
What about in the case of, say, an e-commerce application written with APEX that gives access to public users on the Internet? Is there any change to the licensing in that specific instance?
I was led to believe by a vendor that there can be significant licensing burdens once Oracle learns public internet users are somehow interacting with the database. Is this true?
July 29, 2024 - 6:42 am UTC
(Caveat: Chris and I are techies not license experts).
We don't care what you do with the data when it comes to licensing. If you have an Oracle database for your e-commerce app, then you have to license it.
Licensing then typically falls into whether you license based on the machine spec or the number of users who will be using it. If its machine spec, then it doesn't matter who accesses it and where they are. If you license based on named users, then the arbitrary nature of people coming in from the internet introduces its own rules (but that's not an APEX/ORDS thing, its just a "hey, we're letting people in from the internet" issue)
Some excellent examples here
https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/corporate/oracle-software-licensing-basics.pdf