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Monitoring PeopleSoft Uptime with Heartbeat
Heartbeat is a lightweight utility from Elasticsearch that can help you monitor the status and uptime of different applications. In our case, we can use Heartbeat to tell us if a PeopleSoft environment is available or not. Using HTTP monitors, Heartbeat can request a specific URL and evaluate the response. While other utilities can do... Continue reading→
Rootless Podman on Oracle Linux
This is one of those blog posts I write for myself because I want it to show up when I Google this the next time. When playing around with new containers there are lots of options, but at work I have access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and it’s so easy to spin up a new... Continue reading→
OCI – 03 – Build a VCN
If you want to catch up on the project, you can get the last posts’ code here: https://github.com/ocadmin-io/oci.minecraft/tree/02-terraform Virtual Cloud Networks The first resource we will build for our Minecraft project is a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN). A VCN is a software-based network we create in our tenancy. You can create multiple VCN’s in your tenancy... Continue reading→
OCI – 02a – Bash Prompt
After creating a Git repository to track our first Terraform project, I updated my bash prompt to show me the git branch. This information is only shown when we are in Git repository and makes is easy to see which branch your working on. This change is a bigger than just updating the PS1 variable,... Continue reading→
OCI – 02 – Connecting Terraform
In our fresh tenancy, the first thing we’ll do is connect Terraform. We will use Terraform to build resources as a first option, and a CLI as the second option. This will help enforce an Infrastructure-as-Code deployment. Before we write any code we need to create a Git repository to track our code. There will... Continue reading→
OCI – 01 – Setting Up a New Tenancy
Recently, I created a new Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environment and decided to document the steps I went through to go from a brand-new tenancy to a functioning PeopleSoft environment. These blog posts can service as a guide for administrators who are new to OCI, or for experienced administrators who want to look at a different... Continue reading→
Build a PeopleSoft Image – On Your Laptop with Vagabond
You can run PeopleSoft Images on your laptop using three tools that work seamlessly together: VirtualBox, Vagrant, and Vagabond. VirtualBox is virtualization software to run a VM on your laptop (any Intel-based laptop, not Apple Silicon-based Macs) Vagrant is a tool to interact with VirtualBox that can automate VM builds Vagabond is an open source... Continue reading→
Themes for PeopleTools 8.60
We have released new branding themes for PeopleTools 8.60! The new themes use colors that better match the new Redwood UI color palette, and the underlying stylesheets use the new CSS variables in 8.60. There are 10 colors to choose from in this release. But, it’s also very easy to change the colors, or even... Continue reading→
psadmin.conf 2023 Registration is Open!
You can now register for psadmin.conf 2023! Click here to see more information and register. psadmin.conf is a conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators. The conference features talks from expert admins on a variety of topics, as well as hands-on training from Oracle ACEs. The goal of the conference is to expand your knowledge of PeopleSoft... Continue reading→
Building a PeopleSoft Image – OCI Marketplace
In this video we will build a new PeopleSoft Image to check out some of the newer features. We will use OCI to host our image because the PeopleSoft team provides us with images that are ready to build. We just need to provide some passwords and away we go. OCI Marketplace Images The OCI... Continue reading→
Podcast
#335 – io_homes DPK Module
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan talk about the changes to the 8.60 database upgrade and the new PPTLS860 project. Dan also shares some updates to the IO_STYLE_859 project and discusses his new io_homes DPK module. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson. Show Notes psadmin.conf 2023 – May... Continue reading→
#334 – byop – Bring Your Own Patches – an Infra-DPK Builder
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses a new tool he built to simplify CPU patches by using the same tools as the Infrastructure DPK. byop, or Build Your Own Patches, will take a list of patches to download and store them in a format that matches the Infrastructure DPK. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted... Continue reading→
#333 – Opensearch and PeopleTools 8.60 w/ Sasank Vemana
This week on the podcast, PeopleTools Strategy Director Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the upcoming switch to Opensearch, Configurable Search, Redwood UI, and some of his favorite features in PeopleTools 8.60. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson Show Notes Redwood UX for PeopleSoft @ 3:15 Redwood UI Introduction... Continue reading→
#332 – PeopleTools 8.60
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss PeopleTools 8.60 and the great features that were released. Dan also shares his thoughts on using Cloud Manager to upgrade environments to 8.60. The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson. Show Notes PeopleTools 8.60 is out @ 2:15 Video Feature Overview... Continue reading→
#331 – psst
Dan and Kyle are back and this week they discuss SSH tips, playing Minecraft, and Kyle’s new PeopleSoft Secrets Tool (psst). The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is hosted by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson. Show Notes Minecraft, scp, and spaces @ 2:30 SSH Tips @ 8:00 psst – PeopleSoft Secrets Tool @ 12:45 psvault Python Click Continue reading→