Oracle Cloud – Bruno REIS' BLOG

From Stockholm Marathon to Multi-cloud (OCI, AWS, Azure, GCP) Strategy

June 13, 2023June 14, 2023 brunors

Running a marathon is a monumental undertaking. Even though I had been preparing for 1.8 years, it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I truly grasped the significance of this feat. The turning point came when I made the decision to run for a charity organization in Brazil, specifically Casa da Crianca Paralítica de Campinas (https://www.ccp.org.br/web/). This organization provides vital medical, dental, and pedagogical support to children with physical and mental disabilities in Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Moreover, during my preparations, I delved into the origin of the…

Installing Oracle Database on macOS using Oracle Docker Images

May 20, 2023May 20, 2023 brunors

Technology is constantly evolving, and with it, the methods of installation have changed. For DBAs who once relied on CDs or diskettes to install Oracle databases, the ability to quickly and easily create and deploy a database using Docker images provided by Oracle is truly impressive. In this post, I will cover the deployment of Oracle database 18.4 using the free and simplified edition, Oracle Express, on MacOS Monterrey 12.6.5. To begin, I would like to share the necessary tools that one must download in order to achieve this goal.…

Oracle Cloud: Sign up failed “Error processing transaction”

January 5, 2021January 7, 2021 brunors

I have already configured many accounts to use Oracle Cloud. Especially, since December 2020 I started to face some problems on the step where you must provide a credit card to simulate a payment but in fact, it works like a personal identification. So I have used the same card that I used previously in some setups, two other new cards and even asked some friends in different countries using their own cards and some of them have experienced the same erros while others could create their account successfully. Follow…

Example of how to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Gen 2 with Terraform – Macbook Pro OS – part 2

November 12, 2020November 19, 2020 brunors

This is the second article of these series where I will be covering the use of Terraform with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure from scratch. If you haven’t seen the first article I do recommend you check it out here https://www.techdatabasket.com/2020/10/21/example-of-how-to-use-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-oci-gen-2-with-terraform-macbook-pro-os-part-1/ , before you proceed with the following steps here. On the first article, how to create your account at Oracle Cloud was shown and a glimpse on Terraform. Now we are going through some examples that show what Terraform can really do while using it with OCI. So, let’s try to build an…

Example of how to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Gen 2 with Terraform – MacBook Pro OS – part 1

October 21, 2020November 12, 2020 brunors

Terraform is becoming more and more relevant in DBA’s activities. Therefore, I decided to start a series of articles where I will be covering the use of Terraform with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure from the scratch. It is important to mention that both Oracle Infrastructure and Terraform has been evolving daily and modifications on the steps can arise after a while. The steps here are from October 2020 and may be accurate for the next nearest months. Before we start let’s learn new concepts. What is Terraform? To answer this question…

Comparing files to be used by an Oracle External tables using Python3

June 12, 2020June 15, 2020 brunors

Since I started to work using Python to automate some tasks on my Since I started working with Python to automate some tasks in my environment. I also started to think about what I can get from it. Python is powerful and there are a lot to be explorered from it and I am a DBA person and I am slowly getting to know this programming language. I started to create some scripts for fun and that is the topic of this post . Remember that on this blog you…

Taking an Oracle exam in unusual times – Nothing like a day (or months) like the other – Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Specialist 1Z0- 931

May 7, 2020May 8, 2020 brunors

My interest in the Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 certification started in September 2019 when I took this exam while attending the OOW19 (Oracle Open World 2019) at San Francisco, California, USA. Back then I failed the exam for many reasons, lack of studying (what matters a lot), pressure and so on but I am not here to make excuses because it would not change the results. So since then, I was involved in more projects where I could not only work with Oracle but also with Amazon Cloud and…

Oracle Modern Cloud Day Stockholm | 5 December 2019

December 3, 2019December 4, 2019 brunors

Oracle Corporation has prepared a full day to talk about Cloud and AI.To attend this event you have to register yourself at the following link : https://eventreg.oracle.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x7465538abcd&source=:ow:evp:cpo::RC_EMMK190614P00010:OER10081496 Here you can check the full Agenda and also register for some speeches that will happen before the Oracle Cloud Day : https://www.oracle.com/se/a/evt/docs/se-mcd-agenda.pdf?source=:ow:evp:cpo::RC_EMMK190614P00010:OER100814969 brunorsHi! I am Bruno, a Brazilian born and bred, and I am also a naturalized Swedish citizen. I am a former Oracle ACE and, to keep up with academic research, I am a Computer Scientist with an MSc in Data…

Oracle Autonomous Database and DevOps: A Simple Approach to Utilization – Part 5

August 27, 2019August 27, 2019 brunors

This article is the fifth and final part of the Oracle Autonomous Database and DevOps article series. For a better understanding, I recommend you read the articles “Oracle Autonomous Database and DevOps: A Simple Approach to Use – Part 1”, “Part 2”, “Part 3” and “Part 4” before proceeding with the steps in this article. As the previous article dealt with the creation of the Linux application server within Oracle Cloud, in this article we will proceed with the creation of microservices using Docker and connecting a JAVA application to…