Apex has become a household name in the Oracle community. As a fellow DBA or Developer, you have encountered Apex in your workplace. As of Oracle Database 18c, Oracle’s no longer upgrades the Apex schema as part of the database upgrade. Don’t get caught without knowledge and skillset to maintain Apex. In this session, learn how to install, upgrade and patch Apex. We will share our experiences of maintaining Apex for the enterprise environment. In this session, you will: • Learn how to install and upgrade/patch Oracle Rest Data Services (ORDS) • Learn how to install and upgrade/patch Tomcat • Learn about the minimum Apex schema versions relative to the database versions • Learn how to create and deploy applications in Apex • Learn how to enable tracing with Apex • Learn how to monitor Apex applications • Learn how to setup the Apache listener and Reverse Proxy for external access • Learn how to configure Apex • Learn how to secure Apex • Learn how to setup / configure Apex in with the Cloud vendors o Oracle Apex Service o Infrastructure-As-A-Service