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listener.ora and tnsnames.ora location in oracle 12c database

in this blog we will see the listener.ora and tnsnames.ora location. listener.ora is the server side file and tnsnames.ora is client side.

oracle configurationintermediate
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Overview

In our previous blog We have seen about the error message related to the address of tnsnames.ora file. In this blog we will see the location of listener.ora and tnsnames.ora file . listener.ora is the database server level file and tnsnames.ora is the client side file. oracle listener service should be up and running to get the new connection to oracle database. In this blog, I will show you how to check the location of listener.ora and tnsnames.ora file in database server. if your listener is up and running then you can get the both file path from there. - Check the listener status.
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Section 2

[oracle@oracle ~]$ lsnrctl status LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 – Production on 19-JUN-2019 10:17:56 Copyright (c) 1991, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=localhost)(PORT=1521))) STATUS of the LISTENER Alias LISTENER Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 12.1.0.2.0 – Production Start Date 19-JUN-2019 10:00:30 Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 17 min. 28 sec Trace Level off Security ON: Local OS Authentication SNMP OFF Listener Parameter File /data/oracle/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/db_1/network/admin/listener.ora Listener Log File /data/oracle/app/oracle/diag/tnslsnr/oracle/listener/alert/log.xml Listening Endpoints Summary… (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=oracle.oracle.com)(PORT=1521))) (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=ipc)(KEY=EXTPROC1521))) Services Summary… Service “cdb1” has 1 instance(s). Instance “cdb1”, status READY, has 1 handler(s) for this service… The command completed successfully if you observe the above listener status , there you will find the location of listener.ora file and in the same location you can see the tnsnames.ora file. I have listed down the files available in that location. [oracle@oracle ~]$ ls -lrt /data/oracle/app/oracle/product/12.1.0.2/db_1/network/admin/ total 40 -rw-r–r– 1 oracle oinstall 373 Oct 31 2013 shrept.lst drwxr-xr-x 2 oracle oinstall 4096 Jun 2 11:38 samples -rw-r–r– 1 oracle oinstall 201 Jun 2 17:33 sqlnet.ora -rw-r–r– 1 oracle oinstall 343 Jun 2 17:33 listener.ora -rw-r—– 1 oracle oinstall 511 Jun 5 10:13 tnsnames.ora - 2. Generic path for listener.ora and tnsnames.ora file Both the files located under below path $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin
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Section 3

if you want to know about the listener.ora and tnsnames.ora file then you can read from oracle official site.

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