Getting Started with Oracle Data Mining on the Cloud

A step-by-step graphical guide to launching and connecting to the Oracle Data Mining

Amazon Machine Image (AMI)version 0.86

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How to use this guide…

• This guide is intended to be more pictorial than textual.

• Screen captures of the various tool interfaces you need to use have been annotated with numbered steps , highlighted areas , and occasional guiding text.

• For textual descriptions, see the ODM on the Cloud Detail webpage.

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Before you start…

• Download and install

– PuTTYgen and PuTTYDownload All

– Oracle Data Miner Classic GUI for 11gDownloadInstallation Instructions

• Connecting to the cloud

– Connecting the first time requires some setup

– Connecting subsequently is very easy (see slides 33 and 34)

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Create an AWS Accounthttp://aws.amazon.com/ec2

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Sign in to the AWS Management Console

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Create and Download a Key Pair

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1-save use in PuTTYgen(see default download folder)

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3-select the key pair .pem file created from AWS

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Open PuTTYgen

2-select All Files

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5-exit

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Restrict Access to Your Instance

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Create a Security Group

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1-populate fields with SSH, TCP, 22, 22, your IP or group

2-click save

Note: your host IP address can be

found via http://whatismyip.com/

Minimally, specify <IP address>/0

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1-create a second row, populating fields with SSH, TCP, 1521, 1521, your IP or group

2-click save

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Launch the ODM AMI Instance

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Look up the ODM AMI named “ami-117b9778”

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Note: It may take up to 30 seconds or more

for the search to complete.

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1-select your key pair

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1-select your security group

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Note: It will take several minutes

for the AMI instance to be

in the running state.

1-click to refresh

2-click to show details

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1-copy this hostname for PuTTY

Copy the Instance Public DNS

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1-paste Public DNS from AWS

2-provide a name 3

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6-select .ppk file created from PuTTYgen

Open PuTTY

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Note: The following

steps are required

whether you are

inside or outside

a firewall.

This step is needed only if inside a firewall

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3-specify your proxy server

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5-login as root

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If you are inside a firewall…

• You may require tunneling to allow Oracle Data Miner to connect to the database instance

• The following steps enable tunneling

• IMPORTANT: If you are outside a firewall, you do not need to keep the PuTTY window open to access your AMI instance using Oracle Data Miner. If you are inside a firewall, you must keep the PuTTY window open to access your AMI instance using Oracle Data Miner.

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1-type ifconfig2-copy inet address for PuTTY tunnels specification

8-specify an open port

9-paste inet addrand add “:1521”

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4-Open PuTTY

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3-exit

75-select name of saved session

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in 8 above for connecting to Oracle Data Miner

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4-login as root

Note: When within a firewall, you must keep this PuTTY

window open for the duration of your connection

to the AMI instance.

Open Oracle Data Miner ClassicWindows: <odminer folder>/bin/odminerw.exeMacOS: cd <odminer folder>/bin (from terminal window)

chmod +x odminer./odminer &

1-choose a previously created connection, or click New…

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1-assign a connection name

2-specify user dmuser and password dmuser

3-if inside a firewall specify host as localhost with port, e.g., 6000, otherwise, specify host as the Public DNS with port 1521

4-specify SID as ‘odmdb’

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Note: On Mac OS, to be able to cut and paste content, e.g., Public DNS in host field,

select menu ToolsPreferences. Click tab Environment and

set Look and Feel to OS Default. Restart Oracle Data Miner.

You’ve arrived. Start mining…

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Connecting the second time…outside the firewall

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1-choose previously created connection

Open Oracle Data Miner Classic

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…that’s it!

Connecting the second time…inside the firewall

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1-Open PuTTY

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2-select name of saved session

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5-login as root

Note: When within a firewall, you must keep this PuTTY

window open for the duration of your connection

to the AMI instance.

6-Open Oracle Data Mineras before

To Shutdown Your AMI Instance

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1-right click the instance row

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Note: When you terminate an instance, all user

work is wiped out. Starting a new AMI instance

provides a clean environment.

Notes

In Oracle Data Miner,this error message may mean tunnelingis either not configured or configured incorrectly

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To access the database via SQLPLUS

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1-login as root

2- login as “oracle” using su - oracle

3-login to the dmuser schemasqlplus dmuser/dmuser

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