Intro I didn’t know I had that many things to write about refreshable PDB clones, but I do like the techno and how useful it can be to application teams that want to replicate QA environments out of their prod database very quickly. After showcasing how to automate the refresh of a PDB clone using …
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Intro I lately had a silly error while running dbaascli on an ExaCC cluster but the java output was not helpful at all. This is a super short post that shows where to find dbaascli execution logs and also an example of what can break your command execution depending on who runs it. My error …
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Intro In my previous blog post, I showcased how to automate the refresh of a PDB clone using a DBMS scheduler job which gives a better control on the frequency, instead of relying on the minutely refresh. Handy if you don’t like keeping an automatic refresh every X minutes and rather have it run once …
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Intro In part II, and after demonstrating how to use OCI Bastion service using the Console (see part I ) we will cover how to create Bastion Service using automation tools like OCI CLI and terraform as I didn’t want all these approaches to be lumped in one post. Quick table of contents – Create …
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Intro In the cloud, bastion or jump server is the only node exposed to the outside world and acts as a gateway between the private network where your backend resources (application, databases..etc) are hosted and the Internet. A Bastion runs bare minimum applications and is extremely secure. Even if any network can access it, it …
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