From fdd76563eb82b952b3758b764caf30e5c31c73b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Kassouf Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 06:40:06 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about the instant client libraries (#3434) * Add a note about the instant client libraries * Update oracle.html.md --- website/source/docs/secrets/databases/oracle.html.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/secrets/databases/oracle.html.md b/website/source/docs/secrets/databases/oracle.html.md index 7a333fcbf..cb6bcc078 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/secrets/databases/oracle.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/secrets/databases/oracle.html.md @@ -14,11 +14,18 @@ The Oracle Database Plugin is an external plugin for the Database backend. This plugin generates database credentials dynamically based on configured roles for the Oracle database. +See the [Database Backend](/docs/secrets/databases/index.html) docs for more +information about setting up the Database Backend. + +## Installation + The Oracle Database Plugin does not live in the core Vault code tree and can be found at its own git repository here: [hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-oracle](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-plugin-database-oracle) -See the [Database Backend](/docs/secrets/databases/index.html) docs for more -information about setting up the Database Backend. +Before running the plugin you will need to have the the Oracle Instant Client +library installed. These can be downloaded from Oracle. The libraries will need to +be placed in the default library search path or somewhere defined in the +`LD_LIBRARY_PATH` environment variable. ## Quick Start