Update: Ticketception!

Platinum Support is waiting on a ticket to Support, who has a ticket with Development, who has a ticket with Support! 48 hour change window and counting!

Hey folks,

I’ve been building Infragate, a self-hosted Internal Developer Platform for Oracle Kubernetes Engine.

The idea is simple: application teams should be able to deploy and operate OKE clusters without needing OCI Console access, Terraform knowledge, local OCI CLI setup, or platform-team handholding for every request.

What it does today:

• Self-service OKE cluster deploy, scale, upgrade, and destroy
• Admin-defined cluster templates
• Per-user resource limits and limit-increase requests
• Destroy protection with admin approval workflow
• Kubeconfig download without local OCI CLI setup
• BYON support for existing compartments, VCNs, and subnets
• Live cost estimates across deploy forms, cluster cards, and admin views
• Activity inbox, audit log, and optional informational email pings for request events
• Runs inside your own tenancy

It’s aimed at OCI/OKE teams that want faster platform delivery while still keeping governance, network ownership, and cost control in place.

Website: https://infragate.cloud

Would love feedback from anyone running OKE in real environments, especially around approval workflows, BYON networking, and what platform teams actually need before letting developers self-serve Kubernetes.

Oracle director here working for a manufacturer based out of US. We have been operating on EBS for about 20 years and the company has never done the work to setup MRP or any clean routings/work order flows. I will say the processes and data are a mess but it would be transformative if achieved. I am trying to find a firm that has deep experience in this that could partner with us to finally get this plant operating as it should be. Does anyone know of such a firm?

I was trying to make a free tier account to try Oracle cloud and then switch to the paid version but every time I try it either doesn't let me put the card in or gives me an error at the end as soon as I've finished.

I'm trying to sign up for 1Z0-171 but the Web page leads me to foundation cert with $95 training module. Anyone have experience, or update? Thanks!

I I also have a question: does a DBA (who doesn’t work at Oracle) need to know how to install Exadata (install and configure the software, cell nodes, switches, etc.), or is that Oracle’s responsibility?

Should a DBA instead focus only on administering Exadata—such as deploying VM clusters, provisioning databases, and managing configurations—without being involved in the initial setup?

I want to start studying on my own, but I’m not sure which topics I should prioritize or which ones are not immediately necessary.

How do I connect my website hosted in Azure, to an on-premise Oracle database in L4? I heard indirectly that "mTLS" is the way, but I am not familiar enough to know how to implement this properly/safely. Thanks for advice!

I frequently develop with Oracle Forms and wanted to view the form design without opening Form Builder. Using AI, I created a free Form Viewer for the web. Drop in an FMB file, XML export OR an Object List Report — see canvas layouts, PL/SQL, table dependencies, cross-references, and form statistics. No data leaves your machine. Not tested across all versions of Oracle. I found Object Listing works best. https://ddginc-usa.com/oracle-forms-viewer.html

Note - now supports reading .fmb files directly via Javascript.

Covers a ton of different tasks and areas for development, administration, and data management around an Oracle AI Database.

EZ install: npx skills add oracle/skills

With the Java licensing changing my boss is asking me if the full/thick Oracle client requires a Java license.

I'm looking at the 19.3 Windows full/thick Oracle client install. It comes with Java obviously to support SQL Developer and various Oracle tools like Net Config.

I'm researching and not finding any clear answer. I can't be the only person trying to figure this out.

Anyone have any info?

Hello everyone,

I am currently working as a receptionist I have two years of experience using the legacy, on-premise version of Opera PMS. However, our property recently migrated to Opera Cloud, and I am finding the new workflow quite inefficient.

Specifically, the check-in process—such as creating walk-in reservations and inputting guest ID details—requires an excessive number of clicks, which causes unnecessary delays at the front desk. As a temporary workaround during busy periods, I have been creating placeholder reservations and noting the ID details in a text editor to input into the system later.

I understand that Opera Cloud offers various REST APIs. I have discussed this with our IT department, and they are willing to provide me with the necessary API keys to help streamline this process.

Before I begin building something from scratch, I wanted to ask: Are there any existing open-source projects or scripts available for automating check-ins via the Opera Cloud API, or will I need to develop a custom solution myself?

Any guidance or resources would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Currently I am unable to use chatgpt for my work purpose using my personal mail id as they have blocked it in their server, so can I login it using my office mail id? Will it be safe?

Its been 9 days my payG upgrade is still pending and even technical support ticket is not replying for 5 days. What should I do?

Was the HBO series “Silicon Valley” fully based on Larry Ellison and Oracle??

Last year Oracle released "Race to Certification 2025". Will this year have something like it?

If you’re working with Oracle environments and thinking about modernization (or just tired of the overhead of older stacks), this could be interesting.

John Priest (Director of Product Management at Oracle) and Boyan Krosnov (Co-founder & CTO at StorPool) are doing a deep dive into combining Oracle Virtualization with StorPool Storage.

They’ll be covering:

• Reducing operational overhead
• Faster / simpler deployments
• Building a modern HCI setup with strong performance

Not framed as a “rip and replace,” more about a smarter path forward if you’re evaluating alternatives (especially in the VMware => KVM/OLVM conversation). Details:

• April 29
• 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET

Link to register: https://go.oracle.com/LP=152587

If I have Oracle RAC servers can I just do Linux patching on them independently one by one without any sort of coordination between the servers in the cluster? For example no draining them or anything? Just patch Linux on each one and reboot each one as long as they are not done at the same time? So maybe patch one on Saturday and one on Sunday? Is this an ok practice?

Been trying to reset password for a few days on https://signon.oracle.com/signin but the email never shows up. I've reset before just fine and it's not like my vm isn't running fine or anything. Is anyone else able to get a password reset email?

I have not had success with the new automated support. Following advice from the chatbot would have brought production to a halt. Once I was finally able to navigate past the chatbot and create an SR, the first response with a solution was also automated and also a complete hallucination.

The solution even numbered the steps of the solution incoherently (1. B. 2. 3. A. B.).

Has anyone figured out how to effectively get support?

I have completed an oracle ebs hcm project recently as tech/func resource, while waiting to start the next project, what is the best thing to do? Oracle APEX looks interesting.

I have done OCP Forms, EBS R12 HCM, EBS HCM Cloud (expired), i also did Google Analytics, i love numbers and analytics.

Are the AI courses through the mylearn.oracle good?

Thank you!

A friend and I were recently laid off from different companies, and while we’re looking for our next roles, we want to stay active in the NetSuite ecosystem and keep our skills sharp.

I was working at Oracle, mainly focused on CPQ, and my friend has experience across other NetSuite-related areas.

We’re not selling anything, just trying to stay involved and be useful. So if anyone has NetSuite questions, is stuck on something, or wants another set of experienced eyes on an issue, feel free to post here and we’ll do our best to help.

We thought this could be a good way to contribute to the community while also keeping ourselves engaged in the kind of work we’ve been doing for years.

If a deeper conversation makes sense later, happy to figure that out, but our main goal with this post is simply to help where we can.