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Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (5) – The Compute service

We’re now coming closer to the final setup of the OpenStack test environment. Again, looking at the minimum services we need, there are only three of them left: Keystone: Identity service (done)(…)

PostgreSQL 18: Add OLD/NEW support to RETURNING in DML queries

While doing some research on OpenStack (see here for the introduction post), I thought blogging about a new feature for the next version of PostgreSQL might free my head a bit from(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (4) – The Image and Placement services

By the end of the last post we finally got the first OpenStack service up and running: Keystone, the Identity Service. Going back to the list of services we need at a(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (3) – Keystone, the Identity Service

By the end of the last post, we finished with preparing the controller and compute node for being ready to deploy the first OpenStack service: Keystone, the Identity Service. Before we dive into the details lets(…)

dbo vs. db_owner in SQL Server – What are the differences between them?

During the last years working with customers and teaching them in security topics, I realised that a lot of DBAs are not familiar with or aware of the differences between the two “owner” existing in SQL Server. That’s why I(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (2) – Preparing the nodes

In the introduction post we’ve briefly looked at some options you have available when you want to build your own private cloud. In this post we’re going to start our journey into OpenStack by preparing the(…)

Automate your Deployments in Azure with Terraform!

Terraform is a strong open-source declarative and platform agnostic infrastructure as code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp. It facilitates the deployment and whole management of infrastructure. In this hands on blog I will show you how you can use Terraform(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (1) – Introduction

While public clouds are a trend since several years now, some companies are also looking into self hosted solutions to build a private cloud. Some do this because of costs, others do this because they don’t want to be dependent(…)

Introducing YaK 2.0: The future of effortless PaaS deployments across Clouds and On-Premises

Hello, dear tech enthusiasts and cloud aficionados! We’ve got some news that’s about to make your life —or your deployments, at least— a whole lot easier. Meet YaK 2.0, the latest game-changer in the world of automated multi-cloud PaaS deployment.

New Oracle Database Appliance X11 series for 2025

Introduction Oracle Database Appliance X10 is not so old, but X11 is already out, available to order. Let’s find out what’s new for this 2025 series. What is an Oracle Database Appliance? ODA, or Oracle Database Appliance, is an engineered(…)