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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 →
I have previous shared how we can access Avro file with Oracle BigData types from our on-premises Oracle database using either a NFS or local filesystem. I have also blogged on how to configure and access Object Storage from your on-premises Oracle 19c database using DBMS_CLOUD to query Avro, ORC, Parquet and other data files... Continue Reading →
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 →
The Kubernetes Dashboard is not deployed in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) by default but can easily be enabled by following the steps below. Check Environment For this post I am using Kubernetes version 1.20.8 with Oracle Linux 7.8 nodes, you can confirm the version of your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure... Continue Reading →