This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle talk about the new CFO tool, applying CPU patches with the DPK, and how the DPK could improve with newer versions of Puppet. Then Dan digs into the new Security Deployment tool and how you can use it improve security migrations. Show… Read More »#59 – Security Deployment
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
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
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
One advantage of Linux distributions is they include software package managers like yum or apt-get. Package managers make is easy to install software with a single command, like yum install vlc. There is a package manager for Windows that works well and integrates with Puppet: Chocolatey. Let’s explore how to… Read More »Chocolatey Package Manager for Windows
This week, Dan and Kyle discuss decommissioning software that isn’t used, PeopleCode documentation pet-peeves and how to start using Puppet before upgrading to 8.55. We end the episode with predictions for OpenWorld 2016. We want to make this podcast part of the community discussion on PeopleSoft administration. If you have… Read More »#46 – OpenWorld 2016 Predictions
With the DPK, you can build many configurations: full systems like the PeopleSoft Images, a web server, a combination of domains, or deploy the middleware software only. The goal of the DPK is to build you a server for you from a single set of configuration files. But, what if… Read More »Advanced DPK: Building a PIA Domain
One of my biggest criticisms of the DPK is that it doesn’t support multiple PS_CFG_HOME’s for app server and process scheduler domains. This has been the biggest roadblock for me as I attempt to use the DPK to deploy an 8.55 infrasturcture. Currently (as of 8.55.08), all Tuxedo domains are… Read More »Multiple PS_CFG_HOMEs with the DPK
This week we interview Nate Werner. Nate talks about many of the unique solutions he created to make this PeopleSoft environments secure, standardized and automated. We cover a lot of topics and Nate shows why he is a top-notch PS Admin! We want to make this podcast part of the… Read More »#38 – Automation and more w/ Nate Werner
Continuing on our DPK series, this week we’ll explore how to do advanced web server domain configuration. The psft_configuration.yaml file gives you many of the configuration options for your web domain. While these settings will help you configure your web domain, there are more changes to WebLogic most administrators make.… Read More »Advanced WebLogic Configuration with the DPK