MySQL has long been the number two database in the world! Initially MySQL started as one of the first open source databases that the world used as an alternative to Oracle and Microsoft’s SQL Server, so much so that sometime in 2009 Oracle purchased the
About every two to three years, Oracle releases an innovation release of the Oracle Database. The innovation release are geared to give customers new features and enhancements that will be introduced into the next long term release. At the same time, these releases allow Oracle
What is a Bastion? There a three primary definition for the word Bastion. They are: A projecting part of a fortification A fortified area or position A place of security or survival In all three of these definitions, a bastion is a secure place. Within cloud
After a two year hiatus, Oracle is coming back to the conference scene with Oracle Cloud World (OCW). This year the conference will be hosted in Las Vegas, NV from Oct 17-20, 2022 and will cover a lot of topics for Oracle
Every now and then comes the need to update your SSH keys on a server in the cloud. Wither you are doing an general update or changing out your laptop, ssh keys need to be updated. In my case, I was changing laptops from
With every new service on any cloud platform, the need to make connections is essential .This is the case with Oracle’s new MySQL Database Service (MDS). The MySQL Database Service (MDS) is the gateway to implementing MySQL Heatwave. Understanding how to connect from on-premises to
With the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) MySQL Database Services, in order to connect you have to access MySQL through a compute node. This means you will have to create a compute node within OCI. You can do this quickly with Terraform (here). Once you have
With Oracle’s recent release of MySQL Heatwave, I’ve been looking more into MySQL. I’ve actually looked at it a few times over the years, but the addition of Heatwave and how it allows MySQL to be used as an analytical platform. This post is not
Back in 2017 when Oracle GoldenGate 12c (Microservices) was released it came with a new command line tool called AdminClient. Over the course of time, I’ve written about how to use AdminClient but never covered a simple fact of how do you get access to
With any type of replication configuration or replication tool, primary purpose is to move the data as transactions are committed between databases. Any of the tools on the market are great for replicating data, but where replication starts to become interesting is when the metadata