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- Enable Tuxedo Domain Features
- Advanced WebLogic Configuration
- Building a PIA Domain
- Linux DPK: Dealing with Missing OS Packages
- Custom webApp DPK Role
- Using Puppet Environments with the DPK
- Convert the DPK to use Hiera Hash Merging
- Using Automated Configuration Management with the DPK
- Using the DPK Redeploy Option for CPU Patching
- Improving Windows Services from the DPK
- Improve the Management of DPK Archives
- #313 – ACM Execution
- #336 – 8.60 Themes and How we use the DPK
- #83 – DPK: What We’d Do Different Next Time
- #92 – Advanced Puppet with the DPK
- #333 – Opensearch and PeopleTools 8.60 w/ Sasank Vemana
- #318 – Open Source w/ Tim Slater
- #304 – Don’t Forget About SYSAUDIT
- #261 – Improving with Marginal Gains
- #21 – Temp Tables w/ David Kurtz
- #62 – PeopleTools Patch Testing
- #81 – Database Statistics w/ David Kurtz
- #38 – Automation and more w/ Nate Werner
Blog
Cloud Manager Configuration
Notes If you haven’t installed Cloud Manager yet, watch this video first to learn how to install Cloud Manager. Install Chocolatey [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1')) Install Firefox choco install firefox -y
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→
Podcast
#4 – Demo’s, PUM and PI
In episode 4, Dan and Kyle talk about Demo environments and why the traditional need for Demo’s may change, the PeopleSoft Update Manager, and how to manager PeopleSoft Images. We also discuss the recent WebLogic vulnerability, and ask for input on our upcoming Tools and Documentation podcast. We want to make this podcast part of... Continue reading→
#3 – HTTPS and WebLogic
In episode 3 of The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about HTTPS. We discuss what HTTPS is and how to implement HTTPS with WebLogic. Dan shares how to mitigate against the newer SSL attacks, and tips and tricks to help manage certificates and simplify configuring HTTPS. We also review some of our PeopleTools... Continue reading→
#2 – PeopleTools 8.55
A special Tuesday release! Episode 2 of the PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast is all about PeopleTools 8.55. Dan and Kyle discuss the announcements at OpenWorld and the Planned Features document about PeopleTools 8.55, and make some guesses about some new features. We want to make this podcast part of the community discussion on PeopleSoft administration. If... Continue reading→
#1 – Decoupled Homes
I’m really happy to announce a new project we are launching today: The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast Kyle Benson and I sit down and talk about all things PeopleSoft Admin. Kyle and I would meet for lunch every few weeks to talk about our latest issues at work and the latest features in PeopleTools. After a... Continue reading→