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Windows Virtual Machine Images for Free!

Even though Linux and macOS are popular, in the Oracle Applications world, you will end up with a requirement to have a Windows desktop. Most Oracle Applications users use Windows..

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Terraform for Dummies Part 6: Deploy Oracle DB System 21c Using Terraform

Introduction What’s the point of moving a database to the Cloud if we can’t automatically deploy it? After blogging about web compute provisioning on AWS (Amazon Web Services),..

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How to remote Clone a PDB from a READ ONLY Refreshable PDB (Tips & Tricks)

Introduction I didn’t know I had that many things to write about refreshable PDB (Pluggable Database) clones, but I do like the techno and how useful it can be to application..

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Re-Configuring Apex after host and DB SID change

There are certain instances when you will have to make changes to your Oracle APEX server due to organizational requirements or other factors.

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OCI Bastion Service Part I: How to Use it to Connect to Your Private Subnet (Console)

Introduction 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..

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The Impact of Optimization in a Cloud Architecture

In recent years, few aspects of modern life have enterprises and techies drooling more than the cloud. The amount of cloud data centers dominated by tech giants, Amazon,..

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Terraform in OCI: The Infamous Error 404 – NotAuthorizedOrNotFound

Introduction Terraform uses API (Application Programming Interface) to interact with your Cloud Provider’s platform. Hence many error messages thrown by your Terraform deployment..

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How to list all your resources in OCI via OCI CLI

This will be a small post and is mostly for me to remember how to do it. The other day I was asked to provide all of the resources that we had in OCI (Oracle Cloud..

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OCI Bastion Service Part II: Create Bastion Service Using OCI CLI and Terraform

Introduction 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..

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Script your RMAN Backups using Oracle External Password Store with the SYSBACKUP Privilege

As you may already know, scripting your RMAN (Oracle Recovery Manager) backups and storing your connectivity credentials in the actual scripts is not a good security practice...

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