Hi
We are using Ansible for this purpose and also moving more and more towards
full infrastructure as code management in our Oracle environment.
And we have published parts of our solution also:
Building RAC clusters/single instances etc:
https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle
Ansible modules controlling various parts of Oracle database and GI:
https://github.com/oravirt/ansible-oracle-modules
Full Oracle home management as code:
https://ilmarkerm.eu/blog/2018/05/oracle-home-management-using-ansible/
There is quite a lot of buzz going on in Oracle conferences right now
related to Ansible, but I haven't heard anyone in the recent years talk
about puppet :) At least here in Europe.
Ilmar
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 1:36 PM tefetufe . <coskan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sorry if I’m hijacking the real question but while we are on the subject I
wanted to ask if you are using puppet for central management of lifecycles
of databases
What we want is (for both oracle and mssql estate)
1- manage databases centrally using puppet and push changes using puppet.
No local changes will be allowed in this model. Everything will be done
puppet and we want to use puppet to report differences between the
environments so we can capture behaviour differences caused by changes
earlier than prod cycle.
2- being able to auto provision application tailored databases using
puppet. Meaning; If somebody wants another db or new dv for their app we
want to deploy all changes to that app using puppet (assuming all tailoring
- parameters users storage- already exist) We already have vmware as our
private cloud. We want to extent the provisioning capacity from base db to
ready to use db. All they need to do is give me an X db rather than give me
a db when they provision.
3- mass patching using puppet
I need to understand if our plans are doable with puppet or not.
Appreciate if anybody uses puppet for this purpose.
I asked the question for puppet but i’m open suggestions for other tools
as well
Thans
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 11:59 Matthew Parker <dimensional.dba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The base code is about deployment and config, but as you expand what you--
put under automation, it is about general operations to.
The real part of automation and deployment is about repeatable task
implementation and being able to perform against the whole fleet even at
the same time.
With puppet modules I have developed a standard RU/RUR from deployment of
code to server to patch apply completion is 12 minutes. Now imagine
patching your whole fleet in the same 12 minutes.
Automation is about being a force multiplier for you and insurance of
fleet consistency.
For full operational automation you have to start thinking in terms of
SOPs. If you can write down the steps that need to be performed, you can
automate the process.
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*From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On
Behalf Of *Ethan Post
*Sent:* Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:24 PM
*To:* cstephens16@xxxxxxxxx; 'Matthew Parker' <
dimensional.dba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx;
Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* RE: Configuration management / Puppet for Oracle DBA'ing
I took a quick look at the github repo, it looked like a lot of
code/config. My question is will it still work in a year or two? If not are
you ready to fix the supporting code in the repo?
I have never worked in an environment where provisioning was a big issue
and certainly not the bulk of workload. I feel like many of us are adopting
a provisioning mindset because the folks designing tools like puppet, chef
and ansible are heavy users of provisioning and higher ups are pushing
“automation”. If provisioning was an issue I would probably just build out
an image which can quickly be replicated or find some other solution which
off the top of my head I can think of a few.
Just my 2 cents. Been here for many years but like a bunch of you just
lurk these days. No better list in the world IMHO.
Thanks!
Ethan
*From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On
Behalf Of *Chris Stephens
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2018 2:38 PM
*To:* Matthew Parker <dimensional.dba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* Jay.Miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sethmiller.sm@xxxxxxxxx;
Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* Re: Configuration management / Puppet for Oracle DBA'ing
as appealing as ansible sounds (at least to investigate), i think i'll
run with puppet for now since I'm new here and it's what everyone uses.
thanks for all the input!
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