Ron Ekins' – Oracle Technology, DevOps and Kubernetes Blog
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In this short post I will share how to run the latest Oracle AI Database 26ai (23.26.0.3.0) ARM container image on a MacBook with Podman. In this Blog post I will walkthrough the following steps: Configure Podman Download the Oracle AI Database 26ai Free image Create Podman data volume Create Podman secret Start Oracle AI... Continue Reading →
Background Ansible AWX provides an open-source, web-based user interface, REST API, and task engine built on top of Ansible. It is one of the upstream projects for Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. I have been using Ansible AWX for many years, I actually have an 8 year-old video showcasing how Ansible AWX can be used to run... Continue Reading →
Background I have written many blog posts detailing how to run containerised Oracle database workloads using Docker, Podman and Kubernetes on a Mac. But we now have another new exciting, simpler and potentially faster option. At WWDC 2025, Apple announced its containerisation framework platform. Apple’s Containerisation framework runs each Linux container inside its own lightweight virtual machine... Continue Reading →
Introduction I recently had the pleasure of delivering a presentation at Kscope25 by ODTUG in Dallas, demonstrating an Oracle Database 23ai running on Kubernetes using Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) all driven from my MacBook. After my session I was asked 'Is it was possible to run Oracle Database 23ai on Kubernetes on a... Continue Reading →
In this short post I will share how to run the latest Oracle 23ai (23.7.0.25.01) ARM container image on a MacBook with Podman. In this Blog post I will walkthrough the following steps: Configure Podman Download the Oracle Database 23ai Free image Create Podman data volume Create Podman secret Start Oracle 23ai database using Podman. Check Oracle... Continue Reading →
I have previously shared how to run the Oracle Database 23c Free database on an X86 Mac using PodMan, you can find that blog post here. But what about Oracle 23ai and the newer M1/M2/M3 ARM based Apple silicon Macs I hear you ask, so here you go. Preparation Start by installing the Homebrew package... Continue Reading →
I have previously shared how to run the Oracle Database 23c FREE database on an X86 Mac using PodMan, you can find that blog post here. But what about the newer M1/M2 Macs I here you ask ? Well, I have just got myself and new 2023 MacBook Pro with the Apple M2 Pro ARM... Continue Reading →
In this blog series I set out to share how to deploy the Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) Cluster with Portworx storage. In Part 1 of this series I shared how to create an OKE Kubernetes Cluster. In part 2 I shared how to install and configure Portworx... Continue Reading →
In this Blog Series I am going to share how to deploy the Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release on an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) Cluster with Portworx storage. In Part 1 of this blog series I shared how to create an OKE Kubernetes Cluster. In this Part 2... Continue Reading →
In this 3 part blog series I am going to share how to get started with Oracle Database 23c Free Developer release on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) using Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) and the Portworx Essentials forever free edition. In Part 1 will cover the creation of the OKE Cluster, Part 2... Continue Reading →