I have created a helper menu script to extend the delivered psadmin program. The script is called psadmin-plus and I have created a repository for it on psadmin.io’s GitHub account. This was built as a self-study side project while I was on paternity leave this summer. I wanted to learn… Read More »Extending psadmin with psadmin-plus
This week Kyle and Dan discuss the Diagnostic Plugin Framework, sourcing environment variables for PeopleTools, Kyle’s great new psadmin-plus project. Also, we find out who it a c:\temp person and who is a Desktop person. We want to make this podcast part of the community discussion on PeopleSoft administration. If… Read More »#34 – psadmin-plus
In an earlier post, I talked about the site.pp file and how the DPK uses that file to determine what software to install. I covered the roles used by the DPK and in this post we’re going to create a custom role. One of my criticisms of the DPK is… Read More »Custom webApp DPK Role
This week on The PeopleSoft Administrator Podcast, we discuss various ways to manage environment variables and a great package from Chris Malek to use with JSON files. Then we dig into using Puppet with PeopleTools 8.55 and how you can extend the DPK’s with your Puppet modules. We want to… Read More »#33 – Puppet and PeopleTools 8.55
In this post, I introduced the site.pp file and how that relates to the DPK. I used the example of deploying a process scheduler with the DPK by using the bootstrap command psft-dkp-setup -env_type -domain_type prcs. This command will populate the site.pp file with the role ::pt_role::pt_tools_prcs. For the most… Read More »Prevent WebLogic Install with prcs and app-only DPK Deployments
This week Dan gives a recap of the spring Upper Midwest Regional User Group meeting. The talks and roundtable discussions were great and we learned why PS_CUST_APP_HOME is gone in 8.55. Kyle and Dan also discuss IB development and the need for better App Class documentation. We want to make… Read More »#32 – UMRUG 2016 Spring Meeting Recap
If you have customized any settings with the DPK’s, you have encountered the site.pp file. When you run the bootstrap script, there is a question at the end of the process asking you “Do you want to continue the default initialization process?”. If you answer “No”, the bootstrap script instructs… Read More »Explaining the site.pp File
This week on the podcast, we share a new trace analyzer tool, a great tip for managing Oracle Client versions, a fun game to learn VIM, and discovering the Oracle Cloud Migration DPK. Then we go in depth on the new features (and bugs) with Change Assistant 8.55. We want… Read More »#31 – Change Assistant
As a reader of this blog or a listener of the podcast, you know I am a user of both Linux and decoupled homes. Traditionally with a Linux PeopleSoft installation you need to source the delivered psconfig.sh to set your environment variables. When an entire environment was contained under its… Read More »Managing Environment Variables When Using Decoupled Homes