Access APEX Service

Access APEX Service components from the OCI Console UI, or by directly signing in. You may also expose apps on a custom domain name by placing an OCI Load Balancer in front of APEX Service.

Parent topic: Access Oracle APEX

Navigate to the APEX Instances Page

Navigate to the APEX Instances page to view details about and access APEX Service components.

Tip:

Before you can access an APEX Service, you must create an APEX Service instance and then create a workspace and workspace administrator account. See Create an APEX Service Instance for more information.

To navigate to the APEX Instances page:

  1. Navigate to the OCI Console Sign-In Page and sign in as described in Access Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  2. Next to the Oracle Cloud logo, click the Navigation menu (Navigation menu) and select Developer Services and then APEX Instances.

    Tip:

    You can narrow the display using the Search and Filter field. For example, if a filter already exists, select it, make a new selection, and click Apply Filter.

    The APEX Instances page appears.

  3. Narrow the display by entering search terms in the Search and Filter field and pressing Search (or Enter).
  4. Find your APEX Service instance. Click the three dots Actions menu (or Actions menu) and select one of the following:
    • View details - Displays the APEX Instance Details page.
    • Launch APEX - Displays the Oracle APEX Sign In page. Enter your workspace administrator credentials and click Sign In.

      Note:

      If you have not yet created a workspace, the Administration Services Sign In page appears. Follow the instructions in Set Up a New APEX Service.
    • Launch Database Actions - Access Oracle Database Actions (formerly Oracle SQL Developer Web). Oracle Database Actions provides development, data studio, administration and monitoring features for Oracle Autonomous Database. See About Database Actions in Using Oracle Database Actions.
    • Stop or Start - The option that displays depends upon the current state of the APEX Service instance. See Stop APEX Service and Start APEX Service.
    • Restart - Restart APEX Service by restarting the underlying Autonomous Database instance. See Restart APEX Service.
    • Move resource - See Move Resource to a Different Compartment.
    • Copy OCID - Copy the Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID). Most Oracle Cloud Infrastructure resources have an Oracle-assigned unique ID called an Oracle Cloud Identifier (OCID). It's included as part of the resource's information in both the Console and API. See Oracle Cloud IDs (OCIDs).
    • Manage tags - Displays the Manage Tags page. Tagging is a metadata system that allows you to organize and track resources within your tenancy. Tags are composed of keys and values that can be attached to resources.
    • Terminate - Terminate APEX Service by terminating the underlying Autonomous Database instance. See Terminate APEX Service.
  5. To access the APEX Instance Details page, do one of the following:
    • From the Row menu, click View Details.
    • Click the APEX Service Name.
    The APEX Instance Details page appears.

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Parent topic: Access APEX Service

About the APEX Instance Details Page

Use the APEX Instance Details page to view details about your service, sign in to your APEX Service instance, access Database Actions, or stop or restart APEX Service.

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Controls on the top of the APEX Instance Details page include:

  • Actions menu:
    • Launch Database Actions - Oracle Database Actions provides development, data studio, administration and monitoring features for Oracle Autonomous Database. See About Database Actions in Using Oracle Database Actions.
    • Stop or Start - The option that displays depends upon the current state of the APEX Service instance. See Stop APEX Service and Start APEX Service.
    • Restart - Restart APEX Service by restarting the underlying Autonomous Database instance. See Restart APEX Service.
    • Scale - See About Auto Scaling.
    • Move Resource - See Move Resource to a Different Compartment.
    • Add Tags - Displays the Add Tags page. Tagging is a metadata system that allows you to organize and track resources within your tenancy. Tags are composed of keys and values that can be attached to resources.
    • Terminate - Terminate APEX Service by terminating the underlying Autonomous Database instance. See Terminate APEX Service.

  • Launch APEX - Displays the Oracle APEX Sign In page. On the Sign In page, enter your workspace administrator credentials and click Sign In.

APEX instance information

The APEX instance information tab displays two regions:

  • General information:
    • OCID
    • Compartment
    • Created
    • APEX Version
    • ORDS Version

  • Instance Details:

    • Database NAME (link to Autonomous Database details page)
    • Database type: APEX
    • Database name
    • Instance type (Free or Paid)
    • ECPU count (or OCPU if your service uses OCPUs)
    • Storage
    • Storage auto scaling

Tip:

To learn more, see Access APEX Components and Manage Oracle APEX

Monitoring

Click the Monitoring tab display the following metrics: APEX page events, Active APEX applications, and APEX page load time.

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Control the display by clicking the following Applied filters: Interval and Statistic. Click the Actions menu to display the following controls:

  • View query in metrics explorer
  • Copy chart URL
  • Copy query (MQL)
  • Create an alarm on this query
  • Table view

Parent topic: Access APEX Service