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In this short blog post I am going to share how to upload a large file to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage using the AWS CLI to perform a concurrent multipart upload. For this post I will use a large 4GB file to demonstrate an upload. Let's start by creating a file called bigfile... 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 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 →
In this blog post I am going to share how to install and configure Portworx PX-Backup to perform a backup of an application using the Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) managed Kubernetes service running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Kubernetes Cluster For this post I have built a 3 node Kubernetes v1.25.4 cluster in... Continue Reading →
Kubernetes labels provide an important role in the management of large complex Kubernetes clusters. Kubernetes implements labels as key value pairs which are attached to objects, such as nodes and pods to store identifying and meaningful attributes, which can then be used to manage the running Kubernetes platform. For the purpose of the post I... Continue Reading →
In this post I will share how we can use Portworx CloudSnap to backup a Kubernetes Portworx volume to an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage S3 Bucket. OCI Object Storage Let's start by logging into an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) account, and from the Dashboard selecting Object Storage or via the hamburger menu navigate to Storage -> Object Storage -> Buckets.... Continue Reading →
In this post I am going to share how to backup Portworx Data Services (PDS) managed Kubernetes databases to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) S3 Object Storage buckets. OCI Object Storage Create OCI Bucket Logon to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and from the Dashboard select Object Storage or via the hamburger menu navigate to Storage -> Object Storage -> Buckets. Select your required Compartment,... Continue Reading →
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 →
Introduction The popularity and adoption of Object Storage continues to grow, with more and more applications and databases using or having an option to utilise Object Storage. I have previously shared a number of posts discussing S3 including: Performing Oracle RMAN backups to S3 to Amazon S3 Object StoragePerforming Oracle RMAN backups to SS to on-premises... Continue Reading →
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 →