This week on the podcast we celebrate 1 year of podcasting with JR Bing. JR talked with us about his Vagabond project for managing PeopleSoft Images, how he uses RunDeck to simplify daily administration tasks, being a Mac user and using GitHub to manage projects and code. We want to… Read More »#52 – Vagabond and Rundeck w/ JR Bing
In the psft_customizations.yaml file we store configuration information for a server, including passwords. There is a project, hiera-eyaml, that supports encrypting and decrypting sensitive data in Hiera YAML files. Out of the box, the Windows-based DPK doesn’t work with hiera-eyaml. For Linux DPK, check out 2188771.1 – there is better… Read More »Encrypt psft_customizations.yaml Passwords
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan record from the Elastic{on} Conference in Chicago. We attended the conference to learn more about Elasticsearch and the Elastic platform. The tl;dr, we are excited about the future of the Elasticsearch and the Elastic ecosystem. We also talk about purging log files,… Read More »#51 – Elastic{on}
This week on the podcast, Kyle gives a great overview Enterprise Manager and how he is using it for database refreshes and more. Dan and Kyle also discuss PeopleCode formatting, how they manage the xdo.cfg file and fixing CORS issues in PeopleTools 8.55. We want to make this podcast part… Read More »#50 – Oracle Enterprise Manager
Since the DPK was released, there has a been a bug (for Windows) that is quite annoying. In the psft_customizations.yaml file, the feature_settings: section is supposed to turn Tuxedo domain features on or off. feature_settings: PUBSUB: “Yes” QUICKSRV: “No” QUERYSRV: “Yes” JOLT: “Yes” On Windows, these settings were ignored and… Read More »Enable Tuxedo Domain Features with the DPK
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discover why their app server generates unnecessary .tracesql files. Dan talks about the Chocolatey package manager for Windows and the SES Namespace feature, and Kyle has an update on platform changes with PeopleTools. We want to make this podcast part of the… Read More »#49 – Chocolatey
As an admin, creating and testing new software with virtual machines has made our jobs easier. Using VirtualBox and your computer, we can set up a VM and test anything. With the PeopleSoft Images, we can quickly set up a new demo environment and test new features. While setting… Read More »Introduction to Vagrant