Oracle APEX 26.1 Installation
Installing a modern Oracle application stack has become significantly more interesting with the introduction of the new Oracle Database AI Database 26ai release and the latest generation of Oracle development tools. Combining Oracle APEX 26.1, ORDS 26.1, GraalVM 21, GraalJS and Apache Tomcat 9 on Oracle Linux 9.7 provides a powerful and flexible platform for building modern low-code and data-driven web applications.
In this blog post, we will walk through the complete installation and configuration process of:
- Oracle APEX 26.1
- Oracle REST Data Services (ORDS) 26.1
- GraalVM 21 and GraalJS
- Apache Tomcat 9
The goal is to create a clean and production-ready APEX environment that leverages the latest Oracle technologies while remaining easy to manage and maintain.With Oracle increasingly integrating AI capabilities directly into the database platform, Oracle AI Database 26ai also opens interesting possibilities for future APEX applications involving vector search, AI-assisted workflows and modern data services.
This guide is intended for Oracle DBAs, developers and infrastructure engineers who want to deploy a modern Oracle APEX stack on Linux using current Oracle-supported components and best practices.