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Why I implemented a Serverless Function in COBOL.

Serverless Functions are usually associated with programming languages like JavaScript, Python, Go or even plain old Java. But sometimes there is this one procedure, this one application that you need to run once or twice a week for recalculating those old contracts that would be a perfect fit for a Read more…

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsNovember 12, 2020 ago
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Automation

Cloud Automation: Autoregistering Virtual Machines with Private DNS Zones in Oracle OCI using Serverless Functions

This post describes how to use cloud events and serverless in Oracle Cloud functions to keeping the records of a private DNS Zone up to date.

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsOctober 4, 2020 ago
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Cloud

Fun with Go Functions: Flexible Oracle Functions Logging to Syslog

Oracle recently added a new logging service to their offering. This logging service supports both custom and service logs. The former is your classic “agent-sends-log-to-logserver” type of log service. The latter will finally give access to logs coming from services such as Load Balancers, API Gateways, Events or Functions. While Read more…

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsSeptember 20, 2020 ago
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Cloud

Keeping Oracle Serverless Functions warm with a poor man’s Cron

Oracle Functions suffer from one of the minor issues of having a container based platform that will spin down the container after some time of running idle. The next time the function is called, the container will be spun up again, taking some seconds time to do so. This is Read more…

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsAugust 6, 2020 ago
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Cloud

Fun with Functions – OCI Serverless Part 2: Go Functions and Events

This is the second part of my series covering aspects of Oracle Functions. To get an understanding of the environment we are working in, i recommend reading part 1 first if you haven’t done so already. In this post i will cover a simple serverless function written in Go that Read more…

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsAugust 3, 2020 ago
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Cloud

Fun with Functions – OCI Serverless Part 1: Environment Setup

I’ve been pretty busy lately, doing certifications for OCI and Azure and having to deal with daily business, so there was no post on this blog for quite some time. As you might have guessed, i had as well spent some time digging into the Oracle serverless offering which is Read more…

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsJuly 27, 2020 ago
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Cloud

Runtime version problems when building fnproject functions? Just roll your own images then.

When playing around with Oracle Functions and fnproject i pretty soon encountered some build problems for my function written in Go. It simply didn’t play well with some newer Go modules i was using. To understand what was happening here, you need to understand how serverless functions in fnproject are Read more…

By Max Jahn, 2 yearsJuly 24, 2020 ago
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