install apex using weblogic11g_12c

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How to Install Oracle Apex 4.2.1 using Oracle WebLogic Server 11g /12C

Without WebLogic Server:

Fig: 1 Showing Oracle Apex direct access without any Middle tier Like Oracle WebLogic Server.


With WebLogic Server:

Fig: 2 Showing Oracle Apex access using Middle Tier using Oracle WebLogic Server.

Installation Steps:

1. Oracle Database Server Installation & Configuration

2. Oracle Apex Installation & Configuration

3. Oracle WebLogic Server Installation & configuration

4. Deploying Oracle Apex into Oracle WebLogic Server

Execution of Step: 1 Oracle Database Server Installation & Configuration

If you have already Installed and configured Oracle Database server 11g or prior versions then skip

this installation Step-1. Also keep in mind, you can use Oracle Database Express edition in this

installation process. I have used Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 2 in this Installation

guide.


Step 1-A: Downloading Oracle Database Server 11g Release 2

Go to the site mentioned below and download Oracle Database 11g Release 2:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

Step 1-B: Installing and Configuring Oracle Database 11g Release 2

After downloading Oracle Database 11g R2 (Enterprise or Express edition), Install & configure it. Oracle

Installer GUI window is so user friendly which will guide you through to install the entire process.

Note: you can download and configure Other Prior version of Oracle Database like 10g (Express or

Enterprise edition) that will work for you.

Execution of Step: 2 Oracle Apex Installation & Configuration

If you have already Installed and configured Oracle Apex 4.2.1 or prior any versions like Apex 4.2 or

Apex 4.x.x then skip this installation Step -2

Step 2-A: Downloading & Extracting Oracle Apex from Oracle official site

Go to the site below and download Oracle Apex 4.2.1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/downloads/index.html

After downloading you will get a .zip file as shown below (if you download English only edition):

Here I assume you have downloaded the file in your Computer Drive: D, Rest of the entire installation

process we will consider the directory path Drive D, but you can change your drive here if different.

Now unzip your Apex folder in the Drive D and finally after Unzipped it will look like below:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/downloads/index.html


Step 2-B: Creating a New Tablespace in the Oracle Database Server for Apex Installation

If you already have a Tablespace with minimum size 500MB then you can skip this part. Here keep in

mind we should not use any Oracle Database System used Tablespace like SYSTEM, SYSAUX, TEMP etc.

It is recommended to use user defined Tablespace.

May be I am giving you the sad news; there is no GUI for Oracle Apex Installation. You have to install it in

the Oracle Database Server, and to complete the installation process smoothly we are creating a

separate Tablespace named APEX where Oracle Apex will store all associated files in it.

Open a command prompt window from Windows start menu: (For quick invoking type cmd in the run)

Now type SQLPLUS SYS AS SYSDBA , See Figure - 3

To complete the entire installation process of Apex Installation you have to login to the Database

using User SYS with SYSDBA Privilege

Fig: 3 Command prompt window showing to connect database using SYS user with SYSDBA privilege

After connected with Database you have to execute the blow Tablespace command to create new

Tablespace. Here you might have different data file location. Please check your physical directory.


SQL > CREATE TABLESPACE APEX DATAFILE 'D:\ORAHOME11GR2\oradata\HOMEDBASE\APEX.DBF'

SIZE 500M

EXTENT MANAGEMENT LOCAL

SEGMENT SPACE MANAGEMENT AUTO

/

Note: in the above command of creating Tablespace you can consider any Drive of your computer to

locate the Tablespace data file. Here I have tried to keep the Tablespace in the directory where Oracle

Database has created its own Tablespace. In the above command HOMEDBASE is my oracle Database

SID, D:\OraHOME11GR2 is my Oracle database home directory that I defined during Oracle database

installation.

Step 2-C: Installing Oracle Apex 4.2.1 (you can install Apex 3.x.x or Apex 4.x.x as the same process)

Open your command prompt terminal and go into Directory where you have downloaded and Unzipped

your Oracle Apex Folder:

Type in the command prompt CD D:\apex_4.2.1_en\apex See in Figure - 4

Fig: 4 showing how to change directory in command prompt and connect to the database.

After going into the directory of D:\apex_4.2.1_en\apex from command prompt, you have to connect

to the Database with the user SYS with SYSDBA Privilege as shown in Figure - 4.

D:\apex_4.2.1_en\apex> SQLPLUS SYS AS SYSDBA


So, after completing the above step and connecting with Database you have to execute a script named

apexins.sql which you will find in the D:\apex_4.2.1\apex folder. This apexins.sql is responsible for

installing the apex IDE, It is the main Apex Installation file, and we have to execute in such 2 to 3 more

scripts in the later steps.

Now let us execute the script apexins.sql and start the installation as the below way:

SQL> @apexins APEX APEX TEMP /i/ After typing the above command Press Enter, See in Figure – 5

Fig: 5 showing the final step of starting oracle apex installation.

After executing the above command your Apex IDE installation process will be started and it will take 40

to 50 minutes but it depends on your system’s configuration.

Step 2-D: To Load Apex Images into Oracle Database which is mandatory to run Apex IDE

If you are not connected in the Database using SYS with SYSDBA privilege then please connect to the

database and execute the script apxldimg.sql , Also keep in mind you must have to get into the apex

directory D:\apex_4.2.1_en\apex in the command prompt before connecting to the database and

executing the script as you have done in the prior steps. Otherwise you cannot open the script to

execute


SQL > @apxldimg

You will be asked to enter a value for 1

Just simply type for value 1 D:\apex_4.2.1_en and press enter

After executing the above command a temporary directory will be created that you will see in the

command prompt and all the images will be loaded from the folder D:\apex_4.2.1_en\apex\images to

the Oracle database server, later the directory will be dropped automatically by installer. Remember this

step must be completed successfully otherwise you cannot run the Apex GUI after installation.

This step may take 5 to 10 minutes to complete.

Step 2-E: To reset Apex Admin password

If you are not connected in the Database using SYS with SYSDBA privilege then please connect to the

database and execute the script apxchpwd.sql , Also keep in mind you must have to get into the apex

directory D:\apex_4.2.1_en\apex in the command prompt before connecting to the database and

executing the script as you have done in the prior steps. Otherwise you cannot open the script to

execute

SQL> @apxchpwd.sql

You will be asked to enter admin password,

Type here your admin password that you would like to and

Then you will have option to change the HTTP port, by default it will show 8080, but you can change to

any value. Let us change the port 8080 to 2013 (it is not mandatory to change the port)

Step 2-F: Some post installation Task

If you are not connected again in the database then connect using SYS with SYSDBA privilege and

execute the below command, in this case you need not to go any Directory in the command prompt.

SQL> ALTER USER ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

SQL> ALTER USER XDB ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

SQL> ALTER USER APEX_PUBLIC_USER ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

SQL> ALTER USER FLOWS_FILES ACCOUNT UNLOCK;

SQL> execute dbms_xdb.setListenerLocalAccess(l_access => FALSE);


Step 2- G: Run Oracle Apex

Open a browser window and type the below url to run Oracle Apex IDE :

http://< computer name or IP Address or Localhost> :< port>/apex

So, if your computer name like HomeOffice and port is 2013 then type below:

http://homeoffice:2013/apex

http://homeoffice:8080/apex (if your HTTP port is 8080 and computer name homeoffice)

http://localhost:8080/apex (if you type localhost and the HTTP port is 8080)

http://192.168.1.101:2013/apex (if you type your computer IP and your HTTP port is 2013)

Note: After opening your Oracle Apex login screen, as it is the first time login, please put the below

authentication:

WORKSPACE = Internal

USERNAME = admin

Password = <the password that you had assigned in Step 2-E>

**If you forget password then you can reset password running the script @apxchpwd same as Step 2-E

After successfully login you will be asked to change the password, please put your old password, new

password & Confirm password, Apply changes and return again to Login screen.

Now put your new password and get into the Oracle Apex home page.

Congratulation!!! You have successfully Installed and opened Oracle Apex



http://localhost:8080/apex

http://192.168.1.101:2013/apex


Execution of Step: 3 Installations and Configuration WebLogic Server 11g 10.3.3

Step 3-A: Downloading Oracle WebLogic 11g 10.3.3.0 from Oracle official site

Download Oracle WebLogic Server 12C or 11g from Oracle official site, see Figure -6 which file you need

to select to download. Remember after downloading please compare the file size with the source file to

be ensured that downloading was successful otherwise you will find an error during installation.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html

Fig: 6 showing the short list of Oracle WebLogic Files with different version and Environment.

In this Installation example we are using Oracle WebLogic 11g 10.3.3.0 version, you can do the same

way for WebLogic 12C

After downloading the above WebLogic server Installation file you will have the .exe File as shown below

Step 3-A: Installing Oracle WebLogic Server 11g 10.3.3.0

Now click the above wls1033_win32.exe file and then the screen shown in Figure – 7 displays.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/weblogic/downloads/wls-main-097127.html


Fig: 7 Showing Oracle Installer starting up after clicking the wls1033_win32.exe icon

And in a few seconds later the Screen shown in Figure – 8 displays

Fig: 8 showing Oracle Installer GUI Welcome window

Now click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 9 displays


Fig: 9 showing window to choose Middleware Home Directory

Type the Middleware Home Directory as shown in Fig: 9, (D:\Oracle\Middleware) here you can change

to different directory.

Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 10 displays

Fig: 10 showing Register and security update – this part we will skip in this stage.


Now uncheck the checkbox that showing in Fig: 10 and keep all the field blank and click Next> button,

you will have a confirmation message simply click yes, Click Next> button the screen shown in Figure –

11 displays.

Fig: 11 Showing Install type

In Fig: 11 Leave the type Typical and Press Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 12 displays.


Fig: 12 Showing Product Installation Directories

In the Figure 12, Leave all the directories default that showing, click Next > button and the screen shown

in Figure – 13 displays

Fig: 13 showing shortcut location

In Figure – 13 Leave “All Users” Start menu Folder, click Next> button and the screen shown in

Figure -14 displays.


Fig: 14 Showing Installation summary

In Figure – 14 Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 15 displays.

Fig: 15 Installation Process in progress

In Figure - 15 you will see the final installation process going on wait here until the process is completed

100%. After completing Installation in Figure – 15 the screen shown in Fig-16 displays.


Fig: 16 Installation complete confirmation window

In Figure - 17 check the checkbox of Run Quickstart, click Done button and the screen shown in Figure-

17 displays.

Fig: 17 cleaning up splash screen showing.

After a few seconds later the screen shown in Figure – 18 automatically displays.

Fig: 18 Showing Quick Start window


In Figure – 18 click Getting Started with WebLogic Server 10.3.3B, the screen shown in Figure – 19

displays.

Fig: 19 Showing Configuration Wizard starting

In the Figure – 19 after initializing configuration wizard the screen shown in Figure – 20 displays

automatically.

Fig: 20 Showing Welcome screen of Configuration wizard


In the Figure – 30 leave the Create a new WebLogic domain, click Next> button and the screen shown in

Figure – 21 displays.

Fig: 21 Showing List of Domain Source

In the Figure- 21 leave the “Generate a domain configured automatically to ….” Option and check all

the check boxes that shown, Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 22 displays.


Fig: 22 Specifying Domain Name and Location

In the Figure – 22 leave the Domain Name and Location that showing default, Click Next> button and the

screen shown in Figure – 23 displays


Fig: 23 showing Administrator User name and password

In the Figure – 23 Leave the Name weblogic and put your desired Password and confirm password, click

Next> button and the screen shown in Figure- 24 displays.


Fig: 24 Showing Configure Server start mode and JDK

In the Figure – 24 Leave the Available JDKs option and click to highlight the 2nd Sun SDK.. under

available JDKs option shown in the Figure, now click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure- 25

displays.


Fig: 25 Showing Optional Configuration

In the Figure – 25 check all the Check boxes, Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure- 26

displays.


Fig: 26 Showing Configure the Administration Server

In the Figure – 26 Leave the Name AdminServer, Enable SSL by clicking the checkbox and Leave all the

Listen port default that shown in the Figure, Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 27

displays.


Fig: 27 Showing JMS Distributed Destination Type

In the Figure – 27 Leave all the default value that shown, Click Next> button and the screen shown in



Fig: 28 Override Warning which is ignorable by clicking Ok button

In Figure- 28 you have a chance displaying an Overriding Warning message, simply click OK button and

the screen shown in Figure – 29 displays.


Fig: 29 Showing Configured Managed Server

In the Figure – 29 click the Add link button that you will find at the left top, now fill up the name

weblogic_2, Enables SSL by checking the checkbox and leave all the default port that shown in the

Figure. Now click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 30 displays.


Fig: 30 Showing Configure Clusters

In the Figure – 30, Leave this page undone as shown in the Figure, Click Next> button and the screen

shown in Figure – 31 displays.


Fig: 31 Showing Configure Machines

In the Figure – 31 click Add button that you will find at the top left of the window, for Name put your

computer name, My Machine where I have installed WebLogic Server name is Homeserver, please put

your computer name where the WebLogic server installed. In the Node Manager Listen Address put the

IP address of your computer. To verify the IP address open a command prompt window and Ping the IP

address

Ping 192.168.1.101 –t

Leave the Node manager Listen port default that shown in the Figure.

Now Click Next> button and the screen shown in the Figure – 32 displays.


Fig: 32 Showing Assign Servers to Machines

In the Figure – 33 select the entire Server from Left vertical Pane and Click right Arrow to move to the

Machine vertical Pane. Make sure to move the entire server to the right as shown in the Figure.

Now Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 33 displays.


Fig: 33 Showing Target Services to Clusters or Servers

In the Figure – 33, Check all the check boxes that shown in the Figure. Now click Next> button and the

screen shown in the Figure – 34 displays.


Fig: 34 showing configure JMS File Stores

In the Figure – 34 leave the entire name and directory default that shown in the Figure, click Next>

button and the screen shown in the Figure – 35 displays.


Fig: 35 Showing Configure RDBMS Security store Database

In the Figure – 35 Leave Default that shown in the Figure, Click Next> button and the screen that shown

in Figure – 36 displays.


Fig: 36 Showing Configuration Summary

In the Figure – 36 , it is just the summary information of the entire installation and configuration process

that we have made so far, nothing to do here, just click Create button and the screen that shown in



Fig : 37 Showing Progress of Creating Domain

In this stage you have to wait until the progress is 100% as shown in the Figure - 38


Fig: 38 Showing 100% progress of Creating Domain

In the Figure – 38, after the progress of 100% at the bottom of the window check the Start Admin

Server checkbox, click Done button, the screen shown in the Figure – 39 displays.


Fig: 39 Showing startWebLogic.cmd window that opening WebLogic Server

In the Figure – 40 the WebLogic server is starting up executing the startWebLogic.cmd command file.

Fig: 40 showing QUCK START and command prompt both.


In the Figure – 40 you can close the back end window Quick start because it not use any more, but keep

the command prompt that has started the service of WebLogic Sever, if you close this command prompt

window then you will not get the WebLogic Server access. Better you minimize it instead of closing. If

you close this command prompt window mistakenly then you can open and restart server, I will show it

in the next step how to do that.

Step 3-B: Open the WebLogic Server

Open a new browser window and type the url below to open WebLogic Server Console:

http://<computer name or IP address> : <port> / console

If your computer name homeserver or IP address is 192.168.1.101 and Port 7001 then url will be as

http://homeserver:7001/console

Or

http://192.168.1.101:7001/console

Fig: 41 Showing Initiating of WebLogic server home page.

For the first time access after restarting or Installation of WebLogic Server you will have the screen

shown in the Figure – 41, after initiating the WebLogic Server the screen shown in the Figure – 42

displays.

Fig: 42 showing Login screen of WebLogic Server

In the Figure – 42, this is the Login screen, Put your username: weblogic and password: the password

that you assigned during configuration, just recall your mind in the steps shown in the Figure – 23

http://homeserver:7001/console

http://192.168.1.101:7001/console


After entering username and password click login, the screen shown in the Figure – 43 displays

Fig: 43 showing Home screen of WebLogic Server domain

Congratulation!!! You have successfully Installed and configured Oracle

WebLogic Server 11g 10.3.3.0 version

Following same way you can installation Oracle WebLogic Server 12C


Execution of Step: 4 Deploying Oracle Apex into Oracle WebLogic Server

Step 4-A: creating APEXProxy Folder in the Computer

Go to your computer Drive in which machine you have installed WebLogic Server:

Go to Drive C and create a Folder named APEXProxy that shown in the Fig: 44

Note: here I consider Drive C; you can change your desired drive (D, E, F...) here

Fig: 44 showing APEXProxy Folder have been created in the drive C

In the Figure – 44 we have created a folder APEXProxy in the C drive, now go inside the Folder

C:\APEXProxy and create a subfolder named apexproxy.war inside it. You will find the final look shown

in the Figure - 45


Fig: 45 Showing Sub apexproxy.war insdie the APEXProxy folder.

In the Figure – 45 go inside the apexproxy.war folder and create an index.html page as shown in the

Figure – 46, to create an index.html page you can use notepad++ editor or simply windows notepad.

Fig: 46 showing index.html page final destination

Fig: 47 showing how to create an index.html and save it to the apexproxy.rar folder


In the Figure – 47, Open a notepad window and copy the source code of html page that you will find

below and paste directly in the notepad and select save as type = All files and type the file name

index.html and you must save it to the folder C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar

Index.html page source code:

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=apex">

</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Fig: 48 showing creating new folder WEB-INF inside the folder C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar

Now as shown in Figure – 48 create a new Folder named WEB-INF in the Directory

C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar

Fig: 49 showing web.xml file inside the directory C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar\WEB-INF

In the Figure -49 showing to create a new file named web.xml in the directory

C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar\WEB-INF, To do that simply take another new notepad window and copy

the source code of web.xml from below and paste directly in the notepad and save as type = All files and

give the file name = web.xml and save it to the directory of C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar\WEB-INF


Web.xml file Source code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<web-app>

<display-name>APEX Proxy</display-name>

<servlet>

<servlet-name>ProxyServlet</servlet-name>

<servlet-class>

weblogic.servlet.proxy.HttpProxyServlet

</servlet-class>

<init-param>

<param-name>redirectURL</param-name>

<param-value>http://localhost:2013</param-value>

</init-param>

</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>


<url-pattern>/apex/*</url-pattern>

</servlet-mapping>

<servlet-mapping>


<url-pattern>/i/*</url-pattern>

</servlet-mapping>

<welcome-file-list>

<welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>

</welcome-file-list>

</web-app>

Note: please be noted in the above source code of web.xml you will find a line of param value shown as

<param-value>http://localhost:2013</param-value>

This is very important parameter that holds the machine name and oracle apex port. During installation

of Apex you have done this steps default port or had reset the port to new port. If you don’t know what

is the port in your Oracle using now. Then login to the database using SYS with SYSDBA privilege and

type the below command:

SQL> select dbms_xdb. gethttpport from dual;

GETHTTPPORT

-----------

2013


Now if you use the same machine where Apex and WebLogic server both installed then type localhost

otherwise you have to type the computer name or IP address.

Fig: 50 showing creating weblogic.xml file in the directory C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar\WEB-INF

For the same process open a new notepad window and copy the source code of weblogic.xml from

below and paste directly in notepad and save it the as the prior steps in the directory of

C:\APEXProxy\apexproxy.rar\WEB-INF

Source code of weblogic.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<weblogic-web-app

xmlns="http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/weblogic-web-app"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/weblogic-web-app

http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/weblogic-web-app/1.0/weblogic-web-

app.xsd">

<session-descriptor></session-descriptor>

<jsp-descriptor></jsp-descriptor>

<container-descriptor></container-descriptor>

<context-root>/</context-root>

<servlet-descriptor>


</servlet-descriptor>

</weblogic-web-app>


Step: 4-B Deploying Oracle Apex to WebLogic Sever

Log in to your WebLogic Server

http://192.168.1.101:7001/console (here your computer name or IP may be other than shown here)

Fig: 51 Showing WebLogic Server Home screen where you will find deployment link button

In the Figure – 51 you will find a link button named “deployment” In the Left vertical action pane that

shown in the figure, click deployment button and the screen shown in the Figure – 52 displays.

Fig: 52 Showing Deployment option

http://192.168.1.101:7001/console


In the Figure – 52 you will find a button “Install”, click Install button and the screen shown in Figure – 53

displays.

Fig: 53 showing the list of path directory and we have to select our configuration script.

In the Figure – 53 Type C:\ in the path field and press enter because you recall your mind we created a

Script APEXProxy in the drive C

Now you will see the folder in the Drive C and click the Folder APEXProxy as you see in the Figure – 53.

After clicking the folder APEXProxy you will see the Fig: 54


Fig: 54 showing Final Path Location and full Path name

In the Figure -54 you must click the radio button that shown and indicated in the Figure. Then you will

get the exact path and location same as shown in the Figure.

Now Click Next> button and the screen shown in Figure – 55 displays.

Fig: 55 Showing Targeting Style option


In the Figure – 55 Leave the Default selection as shown in the Figure and Click Next> button, the screen

shown in the Figure – 56 displays.

Fig: 56 showing deployment Target List

In Figure 56 check the check box of AdminServer and click Next> button, screen shown in the Figure – 57

displays.


Fig: 57 Showing Optional Setting

In the Figure-57 leave the default setting that showing in the Figure. And click Next> button, the screen

shown in the Figure – 58 displays.


Fig: 58 showing reviewing option

In the Figure – 58 leave the default setting that shown in the figure and click Finish button, the screen

shown in the Figure – 59 displays

Fig: 59 showing configuration of Web Application


In the Figure – 59 Leave the setting that shown in the Figure, now click Save button and you will the

confirmation of saving that displays in the Figure - 60

Fig : 60 showing confirmation of saving the entire setting of Apex deployment

Now click the deployment link button from left vertical action pane and you will get the below list of

deployment summery and the status in the Figure – 61:

Fig: 61 showing the list of Application deployment


Step 4-C : Running Oracle Apex through the WebLogic Sever

Open a browser window and type the below url :

http://192.168.1.101:7001/apex or http://homeserver:7001/apex

Note: here considered your WebLogic server installed machine name is homeserver

and IP: 192.168.1.101, for your case it might be different

After executing the url you will find the Apex Login page is showing, that means you have configured

correctly Apex deployment under WebLogic server

Fig: 62 showing Oracle Apex running under WebLogic Server

Note: if it is the first time Apex login screen then follow Step 2-G for Workspace, username and

password.

Congratulation!!! You have successfully Installed and configured Oracle Apex

deployment under WebLogic Server

http://192.168.1.101:7001/apex

http://homeserver:7001/apex


Step: 4-D How to stop and start WebLogic Server

Go to the directory shown below:

D:\Oracle\Middleware\user_projects\domains\base_domain\bin

Under this directory you will find startWebLogic.cmd and stopWebLogic.cmd Command files, clicking

these command file you can start and stop WebLogic server.

Fig: 63 showing WebLogic server running state

Thank you for your patience up to this level, you have

successfully completed all the steps.

In my next Article I am going to show you the installation of

Running Oracle Apex under WebLoic server 12C fusion

middleware

install apex using weblogic11g_12c

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