Recent Posts by Sergio Leunissen

This post was updated on 20 March, 2019 to reflect changes in the way yum configuration works.   A few months ago we added dedicated repositories for Node.js to the Oracle Linux yum server. These repos also include an RPM with the Oracle Database driver for Node.js, node-oracledb, so you can connect your Node.js application to the Oracle Database. In this post I describe the steps to install Node.js 10 and node-oracledb Node.js to Oracle Database. If you are in a rush or want...

Introduction One of Oracle’s top 10 predictions for developers in 2019 was that a hybrid model that falls between virtual machines and containers will rise in popularity for deploying applications. Kata Containers are a relatively new technology that combine the speed of development and deployment of (Docker) containers with the isolation of virtual machines. In the Oracle Linux and virtualization team we have been investigating Kata Containers and have recently released...

About OCI Utilities Instances created in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using Oracle-Provided Images based on Oracle Linux include a pre-installed set of utilities that are designed to make it easier to work with Oracle Linux images. This is a quick blog post to demonstrate how the oci-metadata command included in OCI Utilities make quick work of accessing instance metadata. Update - March 4th, 2019: This post was updated to include the --value-only option As of this writing, the...

TL;DR: Oracle Linux yum server changes - Action Required After 18-JAN-2019 Beginning on 18 January 2019: the existing repo files (public-yum-ol7.repo and public-yum-ol6.repo) for yum.oracle.com will no longer be updated, in favor of smaller repo files that are more targeted in scope running a yum update on an Oracle Linux 6 or Oracle Linux 7 system will automatically install .repo files relevant to your system it will be easier to enable specific repositories for Oracle Linux...

Given that we just released Go programming language RPMs on Oracle Linux yum server, I figured it would be a good opportunity to take the goracle driver for a spin on Oracle Linux and connect a Go program to Oracle Database. goracle implements a Go database/sql driver for Oracle Database using ODPI-C (Oracle Database Programming Interface for C) 1. Enable Required Repositories to install Go and Oracle Instant Client First, install the necessary release RPMs to configure Yum...

Introduction In this tutorial I demonstrate how to connect an app written in Python, Node.js or PHP running in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI) to an Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) Database running in Oracle Cloud. To complete these steps, it is assumed you have either a baremetal or VM shape running Oracle Linux with a public IP address in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and that you have access to Autonomous Transaction Processing Database Cloud Service. I used Oracle...

Note: this post was updated on 30 january, 2019 to include simplified installation of Oracle Instant Client via Oracle Linux yum server. cx_Oracle enables access to Oracle Database from Python and conforms with the Python database API specification. The module works with Oracle Database 11g and 12c and both Python 2.x and 3.x. We have just released the first RPM builds of cx_Oracle on the Oracle Linux yum server, including the latest cx_Oracle 7.0.  You can find them in  the Or...

It's a busy week at OpenWorld 2018. So busy, that we didn't get around to mentioning that Oracle Database 18c Express Edition now available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) yum servers! This means it's easy to install this full-features Oracle Database for developers on an OCI compute shape without incurring any extra networking charges. In this blog post I demonstrate how to install, configure and connect to Oracle Database 18c XE OCI. Installing Oracle Database 18c XE on...

Recently, we added Oracle Instant Client RPMs to the yum servers inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Those yum servers are accessible from systems within OCI only. Today, I'm pleased to announce we added Oracle Instant Client RPMs to Oracle Linux yum server. That's right, no more manual steps to accept a license before you can download Oracle Instant Client. Simply run yum install from any Oracle Linux system connected to the Internet. How to access Oracle Instant...