Fully automated Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) deployment with Portworx using Terraform

Introduction I frequently have the need to stand-up Kubernetes lab environments for R&D, learning and to develop blogs and solutions, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) provides a great wizard to enable the rapid deployment of Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) clusters. However, if you find yourself performing the same task often you should consider automating the process,... Continue Reading →

How to deploy an Oracle 19c database on Kubernetes with Portworx storage using Helm

Background Over the last few years I have shared a number of posts showing how we can deliver Oracle databases on Kubernetes using deployments and statefulsets, on-premises and in the Oracle Cloud. I have also recently posted about the use of the new Oracle Database Kubernetes Operator (OraOperator), however another simple method is with Helm.... Continue Reading →

Getting started with the EDB PostgreSQL Database Kubernetes Operator and Portworx Storage Part 2

Background Within my blog series Getting Started with Kubernetes Database Operators I have created a number covering different databases including: Oracle database OperatorMySQL database OperatorYugabyteDB OperatorEDB PostgreSQL Operator In this Part 2, I will take a deeper look at how we can use the EDB Cloud Native PostgreSQL Operator with Portworx Storage. PostgreSQL Cluster Let's... Continue Reading →

Getting started with the EDB PostgreSQL Database Kubernetes Operator and Portworx Storage

Background In my Getting Started with Kubernetes database Operators series I have previously covered the Oracle database Operator, MySQL database Operator and YugabyteDB Operator, now it's time for PostgreSQL. PostgreSQL Database Operators There are a number of PostgreSQL database Kubernetes Operators available including, Crunchy PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, Zlando PostgreSQL Operator, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL on... Continue Reading →

Getting started with the YugabyteDB Kubernetes Operator and Portworx

Background Over the last few years I have seen an increasing interest within the Oracle community with PostgreSQL and more recently with Yugabyte. During a recent User Group conference I took the opportunity to learn a bit more about YugabyteDB by attending an excellent presentation by my good friend Franck Pachot. Using my new found... Continue Reading →

Portworx Enterprise 2.8 installation on Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)

Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) Cluster Let's start by creating an Oracle Kubernetes Engine cluster on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). You can use the OCI Web UI to manually create an OKE Cluster within your OCI Compartment. Or if you prefer you may want to consider using my Terraform automation which is available in GitHub. Before... Continue Reading →

Using the Oracle MySQL Kubernetes database Operator, Portworx and OKE

Today there are a number of different MySQL Kubernetes Operators available for use, many providing similar functionality with varying development effort and support offerings, for example Percona, PressLabs, GrdsCloud, Moco to name a few. In this post I am going to be using the official MySQL Kubernetes Operator developed by the Oracle MySQL team to... Continue Reading →

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