Automation

Using wallets with dbca in Oracle 19c

One of the features I haven’t seen blogged about is the option to provide SYS and…
Versioning for your local Vagrant boxes: handling updates

In my last post I summarised how to enable versioning for Vagrant box outside Vagrant’s cloud.…
Versioning for your local Vagrant boxes: adding a new box

I have been using Vagrant for quite some time now can’t tell you how much of…
Passing complex data types to Ansible on the command line

Earlier this year I wrote a post about passing JSON files as –extra-vars to ansible-playbook in…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: defining –extra-vars as JSON

While I’m continuing to learn more about Ansible I noticed a nifty little thing I wanted…
Vagrant tips’n’tricks: changing /etc/hosts automatically for Oracle Universal Installer

Oracle Universal Installer, or OUI for short, doesn’t at all like it if the hostname resolves…
Tips’n’tricks: finding the (injected) private key pair used in Vagrant boxes

In an earlier article I described how you could use SSH keys to log into a…
Tips’n’tricks: understanding “too many authentication failures” in SSH

Virtualbox VMs powered by Vagrant require authentication via SSH keys so you don’t have to provide…
Ansible Tips’n’tricks: rebooting Vagrant boxes after a kernel upgrade

Occasionally I have to reboot my Vagrant boxes after kernel updates have been installed as part…
Ansible tips’n’tricks: executing a loop conditionally

When writing playbooks, I occasionally add optional tasks. These tasks are only executed if a corresponding…