Linux

Shell limits, Oracle Single Instance, and systemd in Oracle Linux 8.4

The more blog posts I write the harder it becomes to come up with a good…
Automating Vagrant Box versioning

The longer I work in IT the more I dislike repetitive processes. For example, when updating…
SQLcl autotrace is way more than “just” (SQL*Plus) autotrace

As part of the research I did for the 2nd edition of our Exadata book I…
Device name persistence in the cloud: OCI + Terraform

This is a really short post (by my standards at least) demonstrating how I ensure device…
Installing Ansible on Oracle Linux 8 for test and development use

I have previously written about installing Ansible on Oracle Linux 7 for non-production use. A similar…
Terraform tips’n’tricks: debugging data sources and testing interpolations

I have previously blogged about the use of Terraform data sources to fetch information concerning Oracle…
Terraform tips’n’tricks: getting the latest Oracle Linux 8 image OCID programatically

This post is a direct follow up to the previous one where I shared how I…
Terraform tips’n’tricks: getting the latest Oracle Linux 7 image OCID programatically

As with all cloud providers you need to specify an operating system image when creating virtual…
Device name persistence in the cloud: OCI

Device name persistence is an important concept for everyone deploying the Oracle database. In this little…
Handling kernel upgrades with Ansible prior to an Oracle installation

As part of the process of setting up VMs in the cloud for use with the…