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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 →
Portworx 2.13 brings support for Cloud Drives to Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE), Cloud Drives provide the ability to automatically provision storage, this is great news for anyone using Portworx on OKE as it means you no longer need to pre-allocate block storage. I have previously shared how to install Portworx on the Oracle... 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 →
In this blog I and going to show how to connect to a PostgreSQL database created by Portworx Data Services (PDS) deployed on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE). I previously shared How to deploy a PostgreSQL database on the Oracle Cloud using OKE and Portworx Data Services (PDS) so if... Continue Reading →
With the recent growth in popularity of PostgreSQL, you may have noticed that many of the major Cloud vendors have developed and now offer managed PostgreSQL Database-as-Service (DBaaS) solutions, for example: Azure Database for PostgreSQL Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Amazon Aurora Google Cloud SQL PostgreSQL Google AlloyDB for PostgreSQL IBM Cloud Database for PostgreSQL Additional,... 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 →