Deployment

GoldenGate NGINX reverse proxy behavior changes

I recently wrote about NGINX reverse proxy reconfiguration after creating or deleting a deployment in GoldenGate. It reminded me that there is an overlooked aspect of the reverse proxy configuration, which is important when trying(…)

GoldenGate: Regenerate NGINX reverse proxy after deployment changes

Configuring an NGINX reverse proxy for GoldenGate is well documented by Oracle, but what is not is the implication of adding or removing deployments. In fact, when modifying your GoldenGate deployments, you will have to(…)

Deployment removal failed in GoldenGate Configuration Assistant (INS-85038)

Recently, I wrote about deleting a GoldenGate deployment with the REST API, and when investigating this issue, I remembered a limitation of the configuration assistant, which I wanted to talk about. For more information about(…)

Delete a GoldenGate deployment when the password is lost

Recently, I was asked how to recreate a GoldenGate deployment if the password for the Security user (the first user created with the deployment) was lost. This is an interesting question that I figured was worth writing about.

Deployment creation INS-85037 error with GoldenGate 26ai for DB2 z/OS

Among all the automation I was doing around a GoldenGate installation for DB2, I recently ended up with an INS-85037 error when running the configuration assistant oggca.sh. And because this error is quite common and has many different possible(…)

Create a new GoldenGate deployment with the REST API

Is it possible to create a new GoldenGate deployment with the REST API ? This is the question I will try to answer in this blog, based on my experience with the REST API. I will dive in what(…)

Securing an Existing Unsecure GoldenGate Installation

You might have an existing unsecure GoldenGate installation that you would like to secure, whether it’s for security reasons or because you would like to dissociate the installation and its securing process. After searching everywhere in the Oracle documentation(…)

GoldenGate 26ai Installation: Graphic and Silent Mode Comparison for Automation

26ai update: This article was originally written for 23ai. But not much changes when setting up GoldenGate 26ai. Just adapt the responseFileVersion when doing the silent installation, and that’s it ! As instructed in this(…)

AWS EC2 instance deployment with Terraform

When it comes to quickly provision a server in the Cloud, using an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool is a solution to consider. There are many IaC products available and among them, Terraform seems to be the most popular.

Deploying a MariaDB 10.4 Galera cluster with Clustercontrol

What is ClusterControl ? Since years, I’m using and installing by customers a management and automation software called “ClusterControl” from Severalnines (www.severalnines.com). With it, you can easily deploy, manage, monitor and scale your open source database servers or clusters(…)