Unattended Installation of Ubuntu 26.04 with autoinstall
The following are the steps for an unattended installation of Ubuntu 26.04 on VirtualBox using autoinstall and cloud-init. The host system in my case is Windows 11.

The following are the steps for an unattended installation of Ubuntu 26.04 on VirtualBox using autoinstall and cloud-init. The host system in my case is Windows 11.

PostgreSQL continues to be one of the most popular open-source database platforms for enterprise workloads, and the release of PostgreSQL 18 brings further improvements in performance, scalability and reliability. When deploying PostgreSQL in production environments, high availability and data protection are key considerations, making streaming replication one of the most important technologies to implement.
In this blog post, we will walk through the installation of PostgreSQL 18 on two Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 virtual machines and configure a primary/standby architecture using PostgreSQL streaming replication. The guide covers the complete setup process, including package installation, database initialization, replication configuration, creation of a standby server and validation of the replication environment.
By the end of this tutorial, you will have a fully functional PostgreSQL replication setup that can serve as the foundation for high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions in enterprise environments.

Debugging a database system often requires looking beyond SQL statements and configuration parameters. When investigating complex issues, understanding what happens inside the PostgreSQL source code can provide valuable insights into query execution, process behavior and internal database mechanisms. For developers, contributors and advanced database administrators, the ability to step through PostgreSQL code can significantly simplify troubleshooting and performance analysis.

This PostgreSQL Cheat Sheet provides a compact overview of commonly used SQL statements, functions and administration commands for developers and DBAs. Whether for quick lookup, troubleshooting or learning purposes, this reference guide is designed to make working with PostgreSQL faster and more efficient.

Installing a modern Oracle application stack has become significantly more interesting with the introduction of the new Oracle Database AI Database 26ai release and the latest generation of Oracle development tools. Combining Oracle APEX 26.1, ORDS 26.1, GraalVM 21, GraalJS and Apache Tomcat 9 on Oracle Linux 9.7 provides a powerful and flexible platform for building modern low-code and data-driven web applications.
In this blog post, we will walk through the complete installation and configuration process of:
The goal is to create a clean and production-ready APEX environment that leverages the latest Oracle technologies while remaining easy to manage and maintain.With Oracle increasingly integrating AI capabilities directly into the database platform, Oracle AI Database 26ai also opens interesting possibilities for future APEX applications involving vector search, AI-assisted workflows and modern data services.
This guide is intended for Oracle DBAs, developers and infrastructure engineers who want to deploy a modern Oracle APEX stack on Linux using current Oracle-supported components and best practices.

This post shows how to install Veeam Backup and Recovery on a Windows system and how to perform a full backup and a point in time recovery of an Oracle Database on Linux.

The following steps describe an unattended installation of RedHat Enterprise Linux 10.1 on VirtualBox. The host system in my case is Windows 10.

This post shows how to install the current version (2.6) of the RedHat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) on Linux.

The following steps describe an unattended installation of RedHat Enterprise Linux 9.7 on VirtualBox. The host system in my case is Windows 10.

In this post I will demonstrate the use of multilingual semantic search in Oracle AI Database 26ai.