#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 by Dan Iverson and Kyle Benson.

Show Notes

Dan’s method to apply CPU patches

Custom Fact to trigger Infrastructure-DPK processing

  • /puppet/production/modules/pt_role/lib/facter/cpu.rb

    # Set the env var APPLY_INFRA_CPU=true and run the DPK to apply the Infra-DPK patches
    Facter.add(:apply_infra_cpu) do
      setcode do
        apply_infra_cpu = ENV["APPLY_INFRA_CPU"] || 'false'
      end
    end
    

Bash alias I use to apply CPU patches via Infrastructure-DPK

$ alias applycpu='sudo APPLY_INFRA_CPU=true && puppet apply -e "contain ::pt_profile::pt_tools_deployment" --confdir <dpk_home>/puppet -d'
$ applycpu
 

#142 – PIA Installations


This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses the changes to PIA installations in 8.56 and how to leverage Python and WLST with it. Dan shares how he improved nVision report performance, and the value of starting to automate small tasks.

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