Oracle cloud database 12.2 - View backup information
To List the available backups by using bkup_apiAs root user:bkup_api command$ /var/opt/oracle/bkup_api/bkup_api bkup_status-OR- List the available backups by using bkup_api$...
View ArticleOracle Cloud 12c - How to manually backup the database using bkp_api
How to manually backup the database using bkp_apias root :Run /var/opt/oracle/bkup_api/bkup_api bkup_startorTo create a long-term backup, enter the following bkup_api command:...
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Oracle Cloud 12c database - Recover the database from the cloud backup using...
In my previous post I showed you how to backup the Oracle cloud database using bkp_api and console.Post related to...
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Oracle database cloud 12c - Precheck failed for patch [26609783-EE]. Error...
When trying to apply a patch via dbaas tools/console you may get the below error:Precheck failed for patch [26609783-EE]. Error [please upgrade to recommended dbaastools version Fix:-Upgrade the dbaas...
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VCN Local Peering in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure...
I have written a white paper on how to setup and configure VCN Local Peering in OCI and below are the topics that are covered as part of this white paper...Part-1: Configure instances to access...
View ArticleOracle Backup Cloud Assistant bkup_api - API::ERROR KBHS-00715: HTTP error...
When trying to take Oracle Database Cloud Backup using Cloud Backup AssistantI got the below errors.Error:-> API::ERROR KBHS-00715 HTTP CONNECTION ERROR -> API::ERROR -Detail -> API::ERROR...
View ArticleCreate new service in Oracle Cloud DBCS system
shaikprod@shaikprod ~/.ssh$ ssh opc@129.213.136.114The authenticity of host '129.213.136.114 (129.213.136.114)' can't be establishe d.RSA key fingerprint is...
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AWS Auto Stop Start EC2 Instances
In the below post we will create a simple Lambda function to Auto STOP/START EC2 instances.Step-1Before we create a lambda function we need to have a role that has access to our EC2 instances.Go ahead...
View ArticleAWS Deploy custom monitors
So how do you deploy custom monitors in AWS and push them to CloudWatch:By default CloudWatch monitors the below four metrics and if you want to monitor beyond these four metrics then you have to...
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ssh: connect to host XX.XX.XX.XX port 22: Connection refused while connecting...
Issue:While connecting from Windows - 10 to Guest OS - Oracle Linux -7.1 on Oracle Virtual Box - 5.2, you may get the below error.ssh: connect to host XX.XX.XX.XX port 22: Connection...
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AWS Create Images from EBS Snapshots
You can take block volume snapshots for various reasons like for backup/restore, create golden images, create a custom image which will serve for future auto scaling launch templates and may be for...
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AWS Take block volume snapshots at regular intervals
Now using Data Lifecycle manager you can take block volume snapshots at regular intervals without the need of custom scripts and lambda functions.Under block volumes -> Life Cycle Manager -->...
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Azure move pagefile and change drive letter for D drive
In Azure on windows VMs, D:\ drive is reserved for pagefile and any data you store on this drive will be deleted. But there are few apps or you have jobs on your on-prem that have been hard coded to...
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How to update ssh key on a cloud VM
It happens that someone created a VM with a key and either that person isn't there anymore or forgot to share the key with others or somehow lost the key altogether. Whatever the case might be in the...
View ArticleInstall Azure cli
How to install azure cli on Ubuntu:I am using wsl (Windows Subsystem for Linux) i.e I have a working Ubuntu v20 on my windows desktop & laptop and can you use my windows machine as a regular linux...
View ArticleHow to Install terraform on Ubuntu:
How to install terraform on Ubuntu:samshaik@shaikprod:~$ sudo apt-get install terraform[sudo] password for samshaik:Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information......
View ArticleHow to create cloud infrastructure using terraform scripts.
Here is the sample code to create few resource groups/Network and storage in the cloud.Here is my main.tf file which will call variables file to lookup the variables that I have defined.# Provider...
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How to export VM Image in Azure
How to export VM Image in AzureCreate the snapshot using the below JSON template, if you already have a snapshot then you can skip this step.{ "id":...
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How to import a resource in terraform if not is not being managed already
If a cloud resource is not being managed by your terraform scripts then in the below post I will show you how you can make terraform mange it.I have a resource already created by ARM templates but now...
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‘D:\home\site\wwwroot\host.json’ is denied.
Function App will not start or deployment will thrown an error as below:'D:\home\site\wwwroot\host.json' is denied.If you receive a System.UnauthorizedAccessException with a message Access to the path...
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Cloud Security Lifecycle
By integrating these six components into their security practices, organizations can establish a robust and holistic Azure Cloud Security Lifecycle. This approach helps safeguard cloud assets, respond...
View ArticleGet Ports in use on windows
To get a list of bound ports in use, try this PowerShell command line:Get-NetTCPConnection -State Bound | ForEach-Object {$p =(Get-Process -Id $_.OwningProcess);New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property...
View Articlesetup your local k8 environment with kubectl auto completion
# set alias and make permanentecho 'alias k=kubectl'>> ~/.bashrc # add bash completion for kubectl apt update && apt install -y bash-completion echo 'source <(kubectl completion...
View ArticleKubernetes create a Static Pod:
Kubernetes create a Static Pod:cat my-static-pod.yamlapiVersion: v1kind: Podmetadata: creationTimestamp: null labels: run: static-busybox name: static-busyboxspec: containers: - command: -...
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Use ingress to route web traffic to your Pods via services
Basics:The Purpose of a Service in Kubernetes and How It Differs from IngressIn Kubernetes, a Service is used as an abstraction layer (load balancer) that has a set of pods in the backend and provides...
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