Create the Oracle database for Movable Type before you begin the installation. Follow instructions provided by Oracle and any standards set by your organization. Movable Type will initialize the database and create the necessary tables and indices.

Before you install Movable Type, collect the following information about the database:

• Name
• User name
• Password
• Server name or IP address (if not localhost)
• Port number (if not the default: 1521)

Configuring UNIX/Linux for Oracle Database

On UNIX/Linux Web servers, you must set environment variables for Oracle in your Apache configuration file (either server-wide or for a particular virtual host). If mod_setenv is active, add these lines to the configuration file:

SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /path/to/oracle
PassEnv ORACLE_HOME
SetEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /path/to/oracle/lib
PassEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Where /path/to/oracle is the path to the directory where the Oracle database is installed on your server and /path/to/oracle/lib is the directory where Oracle database libraries are installed.