In this post I will share how to use the Portworx Container Storage Interface (CSI) with the Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, more commonly known as Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) to Create, Snapshot, Clone, Resize, Restore and Delete Kubernetes Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs) Create a StorageClass (SC) Let's start by creating a new Portworx Storage... Continue Reading →
Backup PDS managed Kubernetes database to OCI S3 Object Storage
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 →
Fully automated Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) deployment with Portworx using Terraform
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 →
Getting started with the YugabyteDB Kubernetes Operator and Portworx
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 →
Using the Oracle MySQL Kubernetes database Operator, Portworx and OKE
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 →
Provisioning an Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE) cluster with Rancher
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 →
Automated Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) build with Terraform
Background In my last post I shared how to deploy Portworx by Pure Storage on the Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) within the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). In this post I will share how we can automate the build of an OKE cluster using Terraform. Terraform for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) If you want... Continue Reading →
How to use Portworx with the Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) In this blog I will show how we can use Portworx with the Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) service within the Oracle Cloud. For this post I created a 5 node OKE cluster and 5 Block devices which I attached to each compute instance using iSCSI. OCI Compute Instances OCI... Continue Reading →