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psadmin.conf: Elasticsearch Clusters on Kubernetes
In this session from psadmin.conf 2018, JR Bing gives an introduction to Kubernetes and then dives into why he is using it to run an Elasticsearch cluster. The session includes a great demo as well showing how PeopleSoft interacts with the Kubernetes cluster. He finishes the session with some ideas on how containers Kubernetes could... Continue reading→
Signing nVision Macros
Signing nVision Macros If you have to support nVision reports, you’ve probably had to deal with getting nVision configured on developer workstations. To develop nVision reports, you need to run Excel macros inside Excel. But, many organizations are concerned about allowing users to run any macro. Macros are often an attack vector for hackers, so... Continue reading→
Cloud Manager Installation
Sign up for an Oracle Cloud Trial Account Oracle Cloud Trial Sasank Vemana – PeopleSoft on the Cloud Create SSH key ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/cmtrial cat ~/.ssh/cmtrial.pub Create OCI API Key openssl genrsa -out ~/.oci/cmtrial.pem -aes128 2048 openssl rsa -pubout -in ~/.oci/cmtrial.pem -out ~/.oci/cmtrial.pub openssl rsa -pubout -outform DER -in ~/.oci/cmtrial.pem | openssl md5 -c cat... Continue reading→
psadmin.conf: Process Monitor 2.0
In this session from psadmin.conf 2018, David Vandiver demonstrates his Process Monitor 2.0 bolt-on. David redesigned the Process Monitor from scratch and added many improvements. His bolt-on is free too! You can download it at peoplesofttricks.com. We released the videos as a free course so you can find the videos in one place. Head over... Continue reading→
Speed up PeopleSoft Images
One complaint I have about using PeopleSoft Images is that logging in and opening pages is very slow. Behind the scenes, the application server is caching objects as you request them. The initial cache load can take time and that leads to very slow page loads. To eliminate the cache loading and slow performance, we... Continue reading→
Process Scheduler and Powershell
Process Scheduler and Powershell Scripts The PeopleSoft Process Scheduler supports many different types of tools to run, but one thing it lacks is support to run shell scripts. Thankfully, David Kurtz offered a solution for that a while back, and revisted the solution recently. While making the process scheduler run shell scripts or Powershell scripts... Continue reading→
Introduction to Deployment Packages Talk
A few weeks ago we presented an “Introduction to Deployment Packages” session to a user group. We re-recorded the session so you can view it too! If you are new to Deployment Packages, want to know what they are, and what problems they can solve, this talk will answer those questions. Enjoy! Continue reading→
psadmin.conf: Terraforming PeopleSoft
The next video from psadmin.conf 2018 is available! Kyle Benson and Dan Iverson look at Terraform, a cloud provisioning tool, and show how psadmin.io uses Terraform to build training environments. Terraform works with Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Public Cloud, and many more cloud providers. Terraform can deploy a single server, or... Continue reading→
psadmin.conf: Automation Challenges for Administrators
The next video from psadmin.conf 2018 is available! Nate Werner focuses on sing change management (Git/GitHub) for your collection of admin and monitoring scripts and setting up GitHub branches for non-prod, production, with a change approval process and team code review. Nate also shares solutions for managing passwords with scripts, how to abstract them and... Continue reading→
Advanced PeopleSoft Administration – OpenWorld 2018
This week Kyle and I presented at OpenWorld 2018. Our session talked about how to take advantage of Deployment Packages, using ACM to simplify database refreshes, using psadmin-plus, and leveraging the new headless features of Change Assistant. You can view the slides here if you want to check out the presentation. [wonderplugin_pdf src=”https://psadmin.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Advanced-PeopleSoft-Administration-OOW18-optimized.pdf” width=”100%” height=”600px”... Continue reading→
Podcast
psadmin.conf 2024 – May 20-22, 2024!
psadmin.conf 2024 will be held May 20-22, in Minneapolis MN. Registration for the conference will open on December 1st and will be limited to 50 attendees. Register early to ensure your spot! psadmin.conf is a conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators. The conference features talks from expert admins on a variety of topics, as well as... Continue reading→
#339 – Uptime Monitoring
This week on the podcast, Dan shares how he uses Heartbeat to track uptime in PeopleSoft and Kyle discusses the new Password Management features in Cloud Manager 16. Show Notes
#338 – 8.61 Planned Features
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss the PeopleTools 8.61 Planned Features and share what they are excited about in the new release. Dan also shared some updates to the patchBot project and how to use it.
#337 – ACM and Load Balancers
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss securing your public user and leaking information, how to speed up change assistant upgrade projects, and new ACM plugins to work with Load Balanced gateways. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson. Show Notes psadmin.conf @ 1:00 Public Web Profile and Security... Continue reading→
#336 – 8.60 Themes and How we use the DPK
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the new psadmin.io Themes for 8.60, and then they discuss how they are currently using the DPK to build new environments and what has changed in the DPK since it was released. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson. Show Notes... Continue reading→