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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 →
In this short post I will share how to run the latest Oracle Database 23c Free Developer Release with Podman on MacOS. For this post I am using Podman version 4.5.1 running on macOS 13.1, which I installed using brew install podman, brew upgrade podman. We can use podman -v or podman version to check... Continue Reading →
I have previously shared how to install the Oracle ADM Filter Driver (ADMFD) using the CLI and also using the Oracle Installer graphical UI. In the post I will share how to migrate existing Oracle ASM UDEV managed disks to use the newer ASM Filter Driver (ASMFD). To confirm ASM Filter Driver has already been... Continue Reading →
Before you check the date of the post, no it's not 1st April, and yes Oracle has just announced the very exiting news that Oracle Database 23c Free-Developer Release is now available for Developers. Oracle Announcement You can find out more information about Oracle Database 23c Free–Developer Release at https://www.oracle.com/database/free And read the new features and... Continue Reading →
During a recent conversation, I was asked How can I clone my Production Oracle 19c database, and run the database clone in a Docker container ? Great question, I hear you asking. Well, I have been talking about Docker, Kubernetes and Containerisation for many years but when I checked I had no video demonstrating how... 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 →
Background The Oracle Database Operator for Kubernetes (OraOpeator) provides a simple, supported method of provisioning, cloning, and patching Oracle Databases including databases deployed on Kubernetes. I have previously posted a blog on how to use the OraOperator (v0.1.0) to deliver an Oracle database on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)... Continue Reading →
In this blog post I will share how the Oracle UTL_HTTP package can been used to enable full stack automation by calling external application and infrastructure REST APIs from within an Oracle 19c or 21c database. I have previously shared how to perform File System snapshots on a Pure Storage FlashBlade using the UTL_HTTP package, in this... Continue Reading →
In this blog post I will share how the Oracle UTL_HTTP package can been used to enable full stack automation by calling external application and infrastructure REST APIs from within an Oracle 19c or 21c database. For the purpose of this post I will be using an Oracle 21c database and a Pure Storage FlashBlade... Continue Reading →