Introduction If you have been following my blog for a few years you may have already read some of my blogs on Ansible, or used seen some demos or even pulled some Ansible code from my GitHub repo I was recently asked How can I learn more about Ansible, and the how can I start... Continue Reading →
Getting started with the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance Simulator on VirtualBox
Background In this post I am going to walkthrough how you can get, and install the Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance simulator on VirtualBox. I will then share how we can create an NFS filesystem and configure SNMP to support HCC (Hybrid Columnar Compression). Download OVA Start by downloading the 3.4GB Oracle Storage Appliance Simulator software... Continue Reading →
Getting started with Kubernetes and Oracle 18c Express Edition (XE)
In this Blog I am going to show how we can quickly get an Oracle 18c Express Edition (XE) database up and running on Kubernetes for testing purposes on a laptop. This blog post covers: Configuring Minikube for KubernetesBuilding the Oracle 18c XE Docker imageRunning Oracle 18x XE in KubernetesThe Kubernetes DashboardConnecting from a laptopKubernetes... Continue Reading →
Fully automated Oracle 18XE build with Ansible
Overview In this Blog I am going to provide a walthrough of my fully automated Oracle 18 Express Edition (XE) build on a Vagrant managed Oracle Linux VirtualBox virtual machine using Ansible and the Pure Storage FlashArray Ansible collection. I use vagrant up to start my Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine with the latest Oracle Linux... Continue Reading →