#23ai

In a previous post, I shared the OGGRestAPI Python client I built for the GoldenGate REST API. Since then, I kept using it on production deployments, fixing it and adding new features along the way.

I already covered out-of-place patching from the web UI, but patching tasks should be automated, and clicking through the same screens for every deployment can get repetitive.

For some customers, the end of support for GoldenGate 19c in May this year and the migration to Microservices Architecture mean that they have to adapt their patching procedures (if they had any !).

Configuring an NGINX reverse proxy for GoldenGate is well documented by Oracle, but what is not is the implication of adding or removing deployments.

If you are licensed for the GoldenGate Management Pack, using the Enterprise Manager plug-in for GoldenGate improves monitoring and management of your deployments.

GoldenGate logs are a powerful source of information when debugging or analyzing your deployments. However, some of these logs have a rather low retention period in active deployments.

*Updated in June 2026, based on the latest version of the client.

Oracle GoldenGate REST API has been around for quite some time now, but I've yet to see it used in practice at customers. Every time I tried to introduce it, it was some sort of novelty.

More often than not, migrating a database is not much about moving the data but about ensuring that nothing was lost in the process.

Earlier this week, Oracle Database 26ai was released, but GoldenGate 26ai is also available now !

With GoldenGate 19c and 21c Premier Support coming to an end in April 2026, time is ticking for many clients with old installations of GoldenGate.

Classic Extracts have been deprecated in GoldenGate 19c and shouldn't be part of your GoldenGate replications for a long time now.

At the moment, three versions of GoldenGate are still under Premier Support, but this will very soon change, with GoldenGate 19c and 21c coming out of Premier Support in April this year !

*26ai update: This article was originally written for 23ai. But not much changes when setting up GoldenGate 26ai.