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I have previously shared how to run the Oracle Database 23c FREE database on an X86 Mac using PodMan, you can find that blog post here. But what about the newer M1/M2 Macs I here you ask ? Well, I have just got myself and new 2023 MacBook Pro with the Apple M2 Pro ARM... 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 →
Background In my post Automated Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) build with Terraform I shared how we can use Terraform to automate the creation of an Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) cluster on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). An alternative, and increasingly popular approach is Rancher, Rancher provides both a Command Line Interface (CLI) and Web... Continue Reading →
Backgroud If you are a frequent visitor to my Blog site you may have already read one of the many Oracle on Docker / Kubernetes posts which I have written over the last few years. I have posts showing how you can deploy different versions of the Oracle database on Docker and Kubernetes clusters, with... Continue Reading →
In this Blog I can going to show how you can run an Oracle 19c Database on a Kubernetes cluster using a Network File System (NFS) server for Persistent Storage. In this example I will be using the Pure Storage Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver Pure Service Orchestrator (PSO) to present a persistent storage to... Continue Reading →
In this Blog I am going to show how we can use the Oracle provided Docker build scripts, and Oracle database zip files to create database image files for use with Kubernetes. Please note all the Oracle Docker database build scripts (except Oracle Express Edition) require you to manually download the database zip files from... Continue Reading →
I have recently created a number of blogs posts on running containerised Oracle databases on Kubernetes using the Oracle provided Docker build scripts and the Pure Storage Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver Pure Service Orchestrator (PSO) to provide persistent storage to my Oracle database containers. In this Blog I am going to show how easy... Continue Reading →
Background If you follow my Blog or read my last post on delivering Oracle 18c Express Edition Database (XE) in Kubernetes you may already have Oracle 18XE database up and running on Kubernetes cluster using persistent storage. If not, you may want to read this. In this Blog I am going to show how we... Continue Reading →
In this Blog I am going to show how the Oracle provided Docker build scripts, and the free to use Oracle 18 XE (Express Edition) database can be used to deliver DBA's, developers, data scientists their own database on Kubernetes. The Oracle 18xe Docker build scripts now automatically 'pulls' the database RPM from OTN for... Continue Reading →
You may have read one of my previous posts Oracle 12c on Docker where I described how you can get hold of official Oracle images from the Docker Store. In this post I will share how you can now use the Oracle Container Registry to obtain Docker images for all licensable Oracle products. To access the Oracle... Continue Reading →