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Introduction In this blog post I will introduce Portworx Data Services (PDS) and demonstrate how it an be used to also deliver PostgreSQL databases. I have previously shared how we can use the EDB Kubernetes Database Operator to deliver a PostgreSQL database, and also the YugabyteDB Kubernetes Database Operator to deliver a PostgreSQL compatible Yugabyte... Continue Reading →
Background In Getting started with Oracle 21c, Oracle database Kubernetes operator (OraOperator), OCI and Portworx storage I shared details of my Terraform script which I use to build OKE clusters with Portworx storage. I detailed how to install the Oracle Database Kubernetes Operator and how to configure it for a single instance database running on Oracle... Continue Reading →
Background In Getting started with the Oracle Database Kuberenetes Operator (OraOperator) I introduced the Oracle Database Kubernetes Operator and provided details on how to install and configure it for a single instance database running on Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) service within Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). In the post I share how I use... 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 →
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 →
On the 27th of January Portworx 2.9.1 was released, bringing with it a number of new features, improvements and fixes which are detailed in the release notes. To take advantage of all the changes within my lab, let's see how to upgrade to it. Identify Cluster Name Start by identifying the Portworx cluster name, namespace... Continue Reading →
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 →
In this post I will show how we can perform an on-line, manual Portworx storage pool expansion. In my lab I have a 7 node Kubernetes cluster, with 7 storage nodes, for the purposes of this blog post I will resize storage node node-1-4 from 64GB to 250GB. First, let's have a look at the... Continue Reading →
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 →
Over the last few years I have created a number of posts on deploying Oracle on Kubernetes including: Oracle 12c on a Kubernetes ClusterOracle 12c on MinikubeOracle 18xe on a Kubernetes ClusterOracle 19c on a Kubernetes Cluster Oracle 21c with the Oracle Kubernetes Operatorand also how to install Portworx. In this post I will share... Continue Reading →