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GoldenGate 26ai out-of-place patching with Python

I already covered out-of-place patching from the web UI, but patching tasks should be automated, and clicking through the same screens for every deployment can get repetitive. Let’s do the exact same out-of-place patch of(…)

GoldenGate 26ai out-of-place patching with the web UI

For some customers, the end of support for GoldenGate 19c in May this year and the migration to Microservices Architecture mean that they have to adapt their patching procedures (if they had any !). Let’s(…)

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(…)

Install and configure OEM plug-in for GoldenGate

If you are licensed for the GoldenGate Management Pack, using the Enterprise Manager plug-in for GoldenGate improves monitoring and management of your deployments. And after migrating to the Microservices Architecture, you should definitely update your plug-in and rediscover all(…)

Increase GoldenGate 26ai log retention

GoldenGate logs are a powerful source of information when debugging or analyzing your deployments. However, some of these logs have a rather low retention period in active deployments. They might then not even be useful for debugging if you(…)

Production-ready GoldenGate REST client in Python

Updated in June 2026, based on the latest version of the client. In this blog, I provide GoldenGate administrators with a fully working, production-ready Python client to efficiently handle GoldenGate REST API calls. From extract creation to user(…)

GoldenGate REST API basics with Python

Oracle GoldenGate REST API has been around for quite some time now, but I’ve yet to see it used in practice at customers. Every time I tried to introduce it, it was some sort of novelty. Mainly because DBAs(…)

GoldenGate 26ai: Installation and new administration features

Earlier this week, Oracle Database 26ai was released, but GoldenGate 26ai is also available now ! New features were added, but before diving into some of these changes in an upcoming blog post, let’s see what changed from a(…)

Planning GoldenGate 23ai migration before support expires

At the moment, three versions of GoldenGate are still under Premier Support, but this will very soon change, with GoldenGate 19c and 21c coming out of Premier Support in April this year ! I give below the official Oracle(…)

Exploring Vector Search in Oracle 23c AI

Exploring Vector Search in Oracle 23c AI(…)