MySQL Archives – Red Hat OpenShift Blog

How To Capture Database Changes

September 4, 2019

We really couldn’t add any information to Sadhana Nandakumar’s excellent walkthrough for capturing and propagating database changes using Red Hat AMQ Streams and Red Hat Fuse. She’s done a terrific job of laying out the steps and guiding users through the process of setting up such a system on Red Hat OpenShift. From Sadhana’s text: […]

Access Your Machines with Guacamole

October 10, 2017

By Karim Boumedhel

Quickly access remote machines securely using only a browser by exposing a Guacamole URL in OpenShift.

Migrating WordPress to OpenShift Online 3 Paid Tier

July 13, 2017

By Grant Shipley

Migrate an existing WordPress site from OpenShift Online 2 to the Next Generation of OpenShift Online using the Pro tier with detailed step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and a video walkthrough.

Using Post Hook to Initialize a Database

March 30, 2017

By Veer Muchandi

Using Post Hook to Initialize a Database

In the OpenShift v2 days, we used Action Hooks to initialize a database with test data. OpenShift 3.x also provides pod lifecycle hooks that can be leveraged to initialize the database after the database starts inside a pod. This blog explains the approach using pod lifecycle hooks. In this blog, I am using MYSQL database as an example. A similar approach can be used with other databases.

What’s New in OpenShift 3.4 – Enhanced Usability

January 18, 2017

By Jessica Forrester

We get a lot of feedback from a lot of people, and when we compile that feedback oftentimes we see trends. Many times the things on that list are features we just haven’t been able to get to yet. So for 3.4 we picked a few of the most asked for features and usability improvements.

What is Enterprise-Ready Kubernetes?

November 16, 2016

By Brian Gracely

Over two years ago, the OpenShift team made a critical decision to support both Docker containers and the emerging Kubernetes project. At the time, that decision was a classic innovator’s dilemma. Their challenge at the time was not unlike the conversations that we have with customers on a daily basis. How can their company make a transition towards becoming a more digital-native company? How can their company get there without abandoning all of their existing investments, or giving up some existing advantages they have in their marketplace? How can they avoid building a DIY platform?

Digital Transformation is More than 12-Factor Apps

November 4, 2016

By Brian Gracely

Digital Transformation is More than 12-Factor Apps

A critical part of any transformation is a rationalization of where a company is today and whether or not existing assets and investments (e.g. applications, process, people, people skills, etc.) can continue to provide a competitive advantage into the future. While new technology does and will play a critical role in the transformation, it is often existing capabilities that buffer a company’s ongoing success through the transition.

Microservices – How to Explain Them to Your CEO

October 26, 2016

By Brian Gracely

Microservices - How to Explain Them to Your CEO

Understand how to explain microservices and DevOps to your CIO and CEO using this walkthrough of a functioning cloud-native application. The application used in this walkthrough was highlighted as part of a live demonstration during the keynote at Red Hat Summit 2016 in San Francisco.