Recent Posts by Mickey Boxell

Oracle Code is a developer-focused, free event in which attendees are encouraged to explore the latest technologies, practices, and development trends. The presenters are technical experts, product developers, industry leaders, and representatives from startups and enterprises with interesting and groundbreaking use cases. The educational experience is interactive and takes place in keynotes, sessions, workshops, demos, and hands-on labs. In April I had the chance to present...

Keynote Earlier this week I had the pleasure of attending DevOpsDays Rockies at the Mile High Station and Iron Works in Denver, Colorado. This was a two day conference focused on the intersection between software development and IT operations. The conference started off on a fun foot when I found myself along with another person stuck on a freeway overpass overlooking the event venue thanks to some poor Google Maps walking directions. As it so happened, the person I was stuck...

This blog was originally published on Medium on March 13, 2019.  Introduction Traditional development workflows are relatively straightforward: Step 1: Write and build code. Step 2: Test and fix code. Step 3: Deploy code. Step 4: Identify issues and iterate. In addition to the steps above, container native applications come with new considerations. After compiling your code, it will have to be built into an image. Rather than deploying to a single virtual machine you have to connect...

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a Data Source for Grafana Oracle Cloud Native Labs is focused on building customer-deployable cloud native and container native solutions to bridge the gap between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and open source communities. This article was originally published at: https://grafana.com/blog/2019/02/25/oracle-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-data-source-for-grafana/ Developers and enterprises are increasingly concerned with vendor lock-in and cloud sprawl....

Kubernetes Command Line Tools Introduction If you are someone who frequently interacts with a Kubernetes cluster, you may find yourself frustrated by the time spent typing out repetitive commands. One way to reduce this frustration is through the use of CLI tools for kubectl, the Kubernetes command line interface. This article will highlight several tools used to simplify usage of kubectl and save you time. shell autocompletion: Autocompletion for Kubectl kubectx & kubens:...

I am new to Kubernetes. I wanted to share some concepts, helpful commands, and gotchas that I have come across during my first few months using the service. If you are also new to Kubernetes, chances are some of these may come in handy for you as well. Since you are reading this article, you probably have some awareness of the open source container management tool, Kubernetes. In a nutshell, Kubernetes simplifies the process of managing containerized workloads and services by...

Overview A rapid pace of product and feature delivery is key to companies remaining competitive in the market. This need has led to a paradigm shift in the software industry: a move from traditional development practices to agile DevOps and the adoption of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). DevOps provides a strong relationship between development and IT operations teams. Continuous Integration encourages development teams to check in code to a...

Summary The cloud native landscape is filled with countless interwoven projects and constantly evolving best practices making it complex to navigate. The Cloud Native Labs team brings experience, informed opinions, and best practices regarding which technologies to use as you begin to explore Kubernetes and Cloud Native development. Last week, the Cloud Native Labs and the Oracle A-Team had the opportunity to run onsite workshops with customers in Denmark and the Czech...

Overview As with any new technology, there is a learning curve when it comes to implementing Kubernetes. Companies adopting the container orchestration tool can be hampered by the increased complexity of deploying Microservice environments. Companies often start by manually deploying their applications through the use of kubectl. In doing so, Kubernetes treats your application as a number of decoupled resources and requires you to individually deploy each component. To...