Oracle Database 23c is currently only available on OCI Base Database Service, but that doesn’t mean you need to wait to run in locally!
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Create a Fast-Start Failover Observer Service on Linux
Learn how to use native Linux services to manage Observers in Data Guard Fast-Start Failover configurations, and build more durable, reliable, and simple solutions than scripting alone!
Generate Random Passwords for Automated Oracle Installs
Oracle enforces complexity rules for passwords when creating databases. How do you generate random passwords while guaranteeing the rules are met, particularly when automating database creation?
Oracle 19c rpm Install on OCI Free Compute Instance
Installing Oracle 18c/19c on the OCI free tier using a compute instance? Want to install a sample database using the automatic configuration tool? It will produce a DBT-11205 warning for an undersized shared pool. How do you get around it?
Connect to Oracle Cloud with SSH and VNC
If you’ve new to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, one of the first tasks is to connect to the hosts you’ve created in OCI. In this post I’ll cover two methods for connecting via SSH, and how to create a VNC connection.