In a previous blog post I wrote about monitoring Oracle Cloud Infrastructure components by Grafana. In the meantime, we got the Oracle Cloud Free Tier. Here is an updated version. This blog post shows you how to install and configure the Grafana plugin based on the Oracle blog entry https://blogs.oracle.com/cloudnative/data-source-grafana on an Oracle Enterprise Linux 8 server. Steps to monitor the Oracle Cloud Free Tier by the OCI Grafana Plugin Install and configure the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure CLI – by download…
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OCI Compute Instances – Stop SSH Brute Force Attacks with fail2ban & UseDNS
Every day and night, the SSH login by key into my public accessible Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Linux Compute Instance was permitted for hours. And sometimes, when I had luck, it worked. For me it was not clear when it works and when not. But something has blocked me. The password authentification in the OCI Linux instance is basically disabled, the key is the only way to log in. After some investigation on the OCI instance, I found a huge amount of…
Read MoreOracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance – Installation and Configuration
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Storage Software Appliance – also known as Oracle Storage Cloud Software Appliance OSCSA – acts as a gateway between classic storage and the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Service. The appliance can be installed on an on-premises Linux system or in an Oracle Compute Cloud machine and runs in a Docker container. It offers a local cache where clients can place their files before the OSCSA moves them into the Storage Service. The communication between a client with a…
Read MoreOPatch 13.9 in EM13c – Say Goodbye to Unzip, Copy & Paste
Yesterday I wanted to apply a brand new patch to customer’s Enterprise Manager 13cR2 OMS running on Linux. First I updated the OMSPatcher as described here: How to upgrade the 13.1 Cloud Control OMSPatcher to latest version of OMSPatcher (Doc ID 2135028.1). This update was easy. Download, transfer, unzip and copy the OMSPatcher files to the Enterprise Manager ORACLE_HOME directory. Then the patch apply results in an error. OMSPatcher is based on OPatch, he needs an update too. We need…
Read MoreEnterprise Manager 13cR2 – How to apply Patch 23094292: WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.3.0.160719
My fresh EM13cR2 installation showed me that there is a patch for the Weblogic environment available. This patch was released in July 2016: Patch Patch 23094292: WLS PATCH SET UPDATE 12.1.3.0.160719. This patchset has included 157 fixes and is a generic one. The patch is marked in My Oracle Support as recommended. OPatch has no to be updated. This patch is not an online patch, you have to shut down your running EM13cR2 server. This blog post describes the apply…
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