Analysis Do constrained vCPU Virtual Machines really solve your Oracle DB licensing troubles in the cloud? Max Jahn, November 24, 2024November 24, 2024 Oracle licensing outside of OCI presents significant challenges, including confusing vCPU licensing, potential discrepancies in cloud provider agreements, and the undeniable need for clearer communication from Oracle, AWS and Microsoft. Continue Reading
Guides & Tutorials Understanding networking options for OCI cloud database for Azure Max Jahn, October 16, 2022November 13, 2024 Oracle’s new ODSA offering brings new options for organizations focusing on Azure as the primary cloud provider but who are still relying on Oracle databases. In this post, I look at common networking scenarios in OCI and Azure for running databases in OCI. Continue Reading
Analysis A brief look at Oracle Database Service for Azure (ODSA) Max Jahn, September 20, 2022November 13, 2024 In the past, I have written several posts about the interconnect between Oracle Cloud (OCI) and Microsoft Azure. Usually, this interconnect is used to host databases in OCI. However, Azure is used to run applications and other components. While it could be a good solution for some businesses, it had several drawbacks for companies who wanted to run Oracle databases in the cloud without having to manage multi-cloud environments. In a new PaaS-style approach to running databases in OCI and hiding much of the interconnect complexity from Azure users, Oracle has released Oracle Database Service for Azure (ODSA). In my post, I will take a brief look at this solution. Continue Reading
Cloud Patching Compute Instance Fleets with Oracle Cloud (OCI) OS Management Max Jahn, December 7, 2020July 18, 2024 An annoying thing when you cannot have immutable infrastructure is that you need to patch and update your compute instances from time to time. In the worst case this needs to be done manually, a painful and error-prone process. Of course there are tools to do that in a more sensible way, one of them being the OS Management tooling that is available for free in Oracle Cloud. This post shows how to do so using OCI CLI. Continue Reading
Cloud Cloud Automation: Autoregistering Virtual Machines with Private DNS Zones in Oracle OCI using Serverless Functions Max Jahn, October 4, 2020March 29, 2023 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. Continue Reading
Cloud A Terraform Module for Setup of OCI-Azure Interconnect Max Jahn, August 30, 2020March 29, 2023 Just this week I published a Terraform module for setting up an OCI-Azure interconnect. This basically is the code I already provided earlier and described in a few of my older posts. What you will get The module will create a few resources on Azure and OCI to set up… Continue Reading
Cloud Running Unikernels on Oracle OCI Max Jahn, March 27, 2020November 12, 2023 Unikernels have been discussed for some time as alternatives to full blown virtual machines or containers in cloud environments. In this post i will take a look at running a simple microservice on a unikernel in Oracle OCI. Continue Reading
Cloud Using Azure AD for Authentication for Oracle APEX Applications Max Jahn, March 9, 2020March 30, 2023 Wouldn’t it be nice to have some low-code app built with APEX that integrates nicely with your Azure AD for authentication? Actually it is pretty easy to do so, i will show you the simple steps to get it done. Continue Reading
Cloud Accessing Oracle Autonomous Database on OCI from Microsoft Azure using Transit Routing Max Jahn, March 4, 2020November 12, 2023 I will show how to establish routing that will let a client on Azure access an Autonomous Database (or in fact any other OCI Service) without leaving the Azure and OCI networks. This will increase performance, security and reliability of this connection. Continue Reading
Analysis Azure – Oracle Cloud (OCI) Interconnect Network Latency Shootout Max Jahn, February 9, 2020July 26, 2024 The interconnect between Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud seems to be a hot topic lately. I often hear of the scenario to run an Oracle database on OCI and some applications on Azure, which is interesting to companies moving to the cloud. But one of the major concerns always seem… Continue Reading