Oracle download using wget.sh

Last week I've stumbled over an unforeseen issue while trying to download a patch via MyOracleSupport(MOS) provided (dynamicscaling to be complete but that's another story)

As I tend to use autoupgrade to download and install patches etc I did not often make use of the wget.sh script provided by MOS or edelivery.

Nevertheless last I had to and while running

wget.sh

my download immediately failed with

INFO: Output dir not specified, defaulting to current directory.
ERROR: Missing token. Provide -t <token> OR -T <token_file>.

Obviously the script expects something I was not aware of : An Oracle Support download token. And the download page itself does not provide an option to create one there.

get a token

To get a token, just open https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/GenToken/get_token in a browser (probably you're still logged in to MOS ;-))

Press the generate token button

and you will get a new token which can be downloaded or copied.

I tend to copy the token and create a file on the host I want to start the download from, though in the end it's up to you :-)

create a file mos_token.txtcontaining the token info.

run the wget.sh

./wget.sh -T mos_token.txt

if you desire passing the token directly you could do this with

./wget.sh -t '<token>'

As said I would recommend using the file option as there is no token available in the bash history or so.

remove the token file after download

rm mos_token.txt

That's it :-) Not that complicated but something you need to be aware of.

Further reading

Token gen URL

• https://updates.oracle.com/Orion/GenToken/get_token