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The question for most new Oracle users is what’s Apex? They have a different question When they discover how to connect to the Oracle Database 11g XE default instance with this URL:

http://localhost:8080/apex

You’ll see the following web site, and wonder what do I enter for the Workspace, the Username, and the Password values?

The answers are:

• Default Workspace: INTERNAL
• Default User: ADMIN
• Default Password: SYS or SYSTEM Password from Install

Enter those values within the initial password time interval and you’ll arrive at the next screen where you can manage the Oracle Database 11g XE instance. If you wait too long, you’ll be redirected to enter the original SYS or SYSTEM password from install and a new password twice. The rules for a new password are:

• Password must contain at least 6 characters.
• New password must differ from old password by at least 2 characters.
• Password must contain at least one numeric character (0123456789).
• Password must contain at least one punctuation character (!”#$%&()“*+,-/:;<=>?_).
• Password must contain at least one upper-case alphabetic character.
• Password must not contain username.

Whether you go directly to the next screen or have to enter your a new password, you should see the following screen:

You can find the default configuration for the installation with the following anonymous PL/SQL block:

DECLARE
  /* Declare variables. */
  lv_endpoint    NUMBER := 1;
  lv_host        VARCHAR2(80);
  lv_port        NUMBER;
  lv_protocol    NUMBER;
BEGIN
  /* Check for current XDB settings. */
  dbms_xdb.getlistenerendpoint( lv_endpoint
                              , lv_host
                              , lv_port
                              , lv_protocol );
 
  /* Print the values. */
  dbms_output.put_line('Endpoint: ['||lv_endpoint||']'||CHR(10)||
                       'Host:     ['||lv_host||']'||CHR(10)||
                       'Port:     ['||lv_port||']'||CHR(10)||
                       'Protocol: ['||lv_protocol||']');
END;
/

It should print the following:

Endpoint: [1]
Host:	  [localhost]
Port:	  [8080]
Protocol: [1]

This is a standalone configuration and you can’t connect to the XDB server from another machine. You can only connect from the local machine.

I hope this helps those trying to use the default Apex 4 installation provided as part of the Oracle Database 11g XE instance. You can read an older post of mine that shows you how to set up a basic Workspace, but after reflection I’ll write more about creating and managing workspaces.