In the previous blog post PCA X9-2 – Console Connection – How To – martinberger.com, I wrote how to connect to PCA running virtual machine by VNC viewer. If you have no VNC viewer available, the virtual machine is Linux based and only network connection to the management node is available, here is another way go get a console connection . In this case, no active Console Connection is required. Information Gathering Virtual Machine From the virtual machine you want…
Read MorePCA X9-2 – Which Storage Type do you own?
Available Storage Types For the PCA X9-2, you can order two different storage types. High Capacity or High Performance. They are different in size and speed as described in this table. High Capacity – DE3-24C High Performance – DE3-24P – 20x 18 TB, SAS-3, 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM HDDs– 2x read SSD accelerator– 2x write SSD accelerator – 20x 7.68TB SAS-3 2.5-inch SSDs– 2x write SSD accelerator The question this week was, which type do we use in our PCA X9-2…
Read MorePCA X9-2 – Console Connection – How To
In a customer project, we have two Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X9-2 up and running. The management of a PCA X9-2 is almost like in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Even when the style of the user interface is not so cool. This week after a change on a virtual machine, the machine was not able to boot again. As in OCI, then Console Connection is the best way to troubleshoot the situation and gather more information. In this blog post I…
Read MoreHardening Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Part 2: Remediation
In the first blog part, I wrote that’s not so easy to identify risk in your Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account. CIS – Center of Internet Security – has a free benchmark which supports you in hardening your account. And with Palo Alto Prisma or OCI Cloud Guard, there are two tools which provide information too. But I want to have an easier way to identify and remediate dangers. select * from cloud; Steampipe.io provides a powerful CLI tool, where you…
Read MoreHardening Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Part 1: Identification
Cloud Security When you search with the term “Cloud Breaches 2022” in one of the search engines, there is a almost endless list of breaches. In this 2-part blog post I show you an easy way, to level up your security in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. For example listed on https://www.immuniweb.com/blog/top-10-cloud-security-incidents-in-2022.html: As you can see here, these are all issues related to security settings done by the owner of the accounts. No special hacking methods, no social engineering. Just wrong settings.…
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