Very first steps in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure can be managed through the console – the browser based UI. That works great but requires manual steps – no automation – that take …
Tag: provisioning
pgAdmin in Docker: Provisioning connections and passwords
pgAdmin is a popular open source and feature rich administration and development platform for PostgreSQL. When provisioning Postgres database environments using containers, it is not unusual to also provision …
Oracle Cloud Stack – quick provisioning of stack of co-configured PaaS services: one minute for JCS, DBaaS and Storage Cloud
Some of my recent experiences with the Oracle Cloud left me less than wildly enthusiastic. Actions seemed to take long in a non-responsive, non-intuitive UI and I was required …
Reflections after Oracle OpenWorld 2015: IT Operations & Management
This article gives an overview of some of the most eye catching stories from Oracle OpenWorld 2015 around IT Ops and management. It discusses the ‘single pane of glass’ …
OpenWorld 2015: 14 Continuous Delivery / DevOps recommended sessions
October 15, 2015
Announce / Events, Continuous Delivery, Deployment, Provisioning, Technology
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We can assume the upcoming Oracle OpenWorld / JavaOne conference will be packed with Cloud themed sessions. When you’re using IaaS and PaaS the ability to rapidly create environments …
Generate Docker Containerized Run Time and Design Time for Oracle StreamExplorer, Event Processor and JDeveloper using Vagrant, Puppet and VirtualBox
The objective of this article: prepare an environment for experimenting with Oracle StreamExplorer using two Docker containers inside a Linux VM running on my Windows laptop. And with the …
Simple Docker GUI for monitoring and managing containers and images – in combination with Vagrant and VirtualBox
I came across a simple Google Chrome Addon called Simple Docker GUI. It provide a GUI that allows for easy insight in and some management of Docker containers and …
Vagrant and Docker followed by Puppet to provision complex environments
The Docker container build process has some limitations. The Docker file can quickly become unwieldy. Besides, by and large the Docker file has us execution fairly low level instructions …
First steps with provisioning of Docker containers using Vagrant as provider
Note: the next set of (more advanced) steps with Vagrant and Docker are discussed in this article: Vagrant and Docker – Next and Advanced steps with folders, ports, volumes, …
Generation of VM image for Oracle Event Processor and Stream Explorer using Vagrant and Puppet
In this article, I will introduce a set of Vagrant and Puppet configuration files that automate the creation of a Linux Virtual Box VM with Oracle Event Processor and …
Oracle StreamExplorer and Oracle Event Processor – installation instructions to quickly get going
This article discusses the installation of Oracle Event Processor 12c on Linux 64bit and the subsequent installation of Stream Explorer on top of OEP 12c. This article assumes Linux …
Quickly produce a Linux 64 bit Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop environment using Vagrant and Puppet – as starting point for Oracle installations
My objective in this article: create generally reusable Linux 64 bit (Ubuntu 14.0.4 with Desktop) Virtual Box Image – based on Vagrant and Puppet as to stamp out multiple …
Docker – Take Two – Starting From Windows with Linux VM as Docker Host
My first attempt with Docker was from my Windows host machine using boot2docker, as described in this article: https://technology.amis.nl/2015/03/15/my-first-steps-with-docker-starting-from-windows-as-the-host/. Boot2docker is a great tool for being able to work …
My First Steps with Docker – starting from Windows as the Host
After reading quite a bit about Docker – especially the great write up by Mark Nelson (Getting to know Docker – a better way to do virtualization?) I believe …
Quick generation of a VirtualBox VM with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 EE on CentOS 5.6
A short time ago, Oracle released Oracle Database 12c – release 12.1.0.2. With a bunch of goodies that I would like to try out. This release can be downloaded …
Getting my hands on a Virtual Machine with Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 Enterprise Edition – 20-30 minutes from start to finish
NOTE: even though the steps described in this article all work – I am running into a problem with shutting down and starting up the VM again. So at …
Rapid creation of Virtual Machine(s) for SOA Suite 12.1.3 server run time environment – leveraging Vagrant, Puppet and Biemond
In recent previous articles I have discussed the use of Vagrant and Puppet for the automated creation of Virtual Machines, for example with various Oracle software components completely installed …
Fastest way to a Virtual Machine with JDeveloper 12.1.3 and Oracle Database XE 11gR2 – on Ubuntu Linux 64 bit
In a previous article I have explained in quite a bit of detail how to create the Vagrant and Puppet scripts for stamping out a Virtual Box VM with …
Creating automated JDeveloper 12.1.3 & Oracle XE 11gR2 environment provisioning – using Vagrant and Puppet
Standing on the shoulders of many smart and persistent friends, peers and colleagues, I was able to fairly quickly concoct the Vagrant and Puppet configuration that allows automated provisioning …
new Puppet 3 Weblogic provisioning module
November 24, 2013
Architecture, Cloud, Platform Technology, Provisioning, SOA, Virtualization and Oracle VM
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The last few weeks I was busy re-writing pf my puppet WLS module so it fully supports the power of Puppet 3 (thanks for more than 4000 downloads on puppet …
The AMIS Summary of Oracle OpenWorld 2013 is available for download – 60-page white paper
Oracle OpenWorld is a monster event – 10Ks of attendees, thousands of sessions and 100Ks of private conversations that all help convey and define the message about Oracle’s strategy …