APEX & ORDS for DBAs and System Admins

Presented by: Rich Soule, Talan

“Hey, can you set up APEX for me? It’s easy, all you do is install APEX and ORDS and then it’s ready to go.”
says the developer to the DBA or system admins."

Unfortunately, all too often, the answer is not “Sure!” but instead, “But what about security?” followed by
“What about this, or that, or this other thing?”

If you are a developer who wants to be able to answer the “What about?” or understand how APEX and
ORDS (Oracle REST Data Services) work at a technical level, or a DBA/system admin who has never
implemented APEX & ORDS, or an experienced DBA/system admin who would like to learn to implement
APEX & ORDS in a more supportable and maintainable way, this is the session for you.

You’ll leave with clear step-by-step instructions for:
* Providing database developers with the functionality of the APEX packages and APIs without exposing
your database to browsers.
* The correct way to allow database developers to reach out of the database to web-based resources.
* Finally, how to install and configure ORDS middleware (especially since the changes in ORDS
implementation architecture) so that APEX applications and REST services can be served from your
database.

This is a 2025 update of Kscope23’s Oracle APEX Top Speaker award-winning session with the latest
versions of Oracle Database, Oracle APEX and ORDS.