
$ sqlplus -sSQL> connect hr@oracle.com/hrSQL> UPDATE employees SET current = false WHERE email = "Igor.Minar@oracle.com";SQL> COMMIT;SQL> disconnectSQL> exit$ curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "firstName":"Igor", "lastName":"Mi...
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Hi guys,Most of you don't know, but today is the 3rd birthday of wikis.sun.com. In 2007 a bunch of us decided that it was worth it to boldly go where no man has gone before and on August 3, 2007 we launched wikis.sun.com.At that time very few corporati...
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This blog post is part of the DevOps Guide to Confluence series. In this chapter of the guide, we’ll have a look at wiki organization and working with the user community. This post is going to be more subjective than the others, because the recommend...
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This blog post is part of the DevOps Guide to Confluence series. In this chapter of the guide, we’ll have a look at how to customize and patch Confluence.Customizing ConfluenceBefore we talk about any customization at all, I need to warn you. Any kin...
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This blog post is part of the DevOps Guide to Confluence series. In this chapter of the guide, we’ll have a look at Confluence upgrades.Confluence Release History and Track RecordI started using Confluence at around version 2.4.4 (released March 2007...
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This blog post is part of the DevOps Guide to Confluence series. In this chapter of the guide, we’ll have a look at Confluence configuration and tuning.There are four ways how one can modify Confluence's runtime behavior:Config Files in Confluence Ho...
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This blog post is part of the DevOps Guide to Confluence series. In this chapter of the guide, I’ll be focusing on JVM tuning with the aim to make our Confluence perform well and operate reliably.JDK VersionFirst things first: use a recent JDK. Java ...
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In the introductory post, I mentioned that a Confluence cluster is the way to go big. Let's go through some of the main things to consider when you start preparing your infrastructure.Confluence clusterTo build a Confluence site, you need Confluence :-...
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After working with Atlassian Confluence for 3 years, running one of the bigger public Confluence installations, I realized that there is a major lack of information about how to run Confluence on a larger scale and outside of the intranet firewalls. I'...
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One of the features of Solaris that we heavily rely on in our production environment at work is Service Management Facility or SMF for short. SMF can start/stop/restart services, track dependencies between services and use that to optimize the boot process and lots more. Often handy in production environment is that SMF keeps...
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