Oracle Net8 Configuration and Troubleshooting

Appendix C. The listener.ora File

The listener.ora file contains parameters that define your Net8 listeners and control how they work. This appendix lists the possible settings that you can put in that file. The material is divided into three sections:

• Listener addresses

• Static services

• Control parameters

The listener address and static services sections of the listener.ora file are, in fact, very long entries consisting of a number of nested parameters. For convenience, and to enhance the clarity of this reference, the parameters for these sections are listed in the order in which you will typically encounter them. Control parameters, on the other hand, are listed in strict alphabetical order.

Listener Addresses

The addresses that a listener monitors are specified in listener.ora in a long entry that is typically referred to as the listener address section. You will have one listener address section for each listener that you define. The listener name is used to tag the section, and underneath the name will fall one or more nested parameters.