May 20th-22nd, 2024
Minneapolis, MN
Embassy Suites by Hilton Minneapolis Airport
A conference specifically for PeopleSoft Administrators. The conference features talks from expert admins on a variety of topics, as well as hands-on training from Oracle ACEs. The goal of the conference is to expand your knowledge of PeopleSoft Administration and network with admins from around the country.
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Agenda
Monday
5/20
| 10:00 | Welcome |
| 10:30 | Lab Environments |
| 11:00 | Lighting a Phire Under PeopleSoft |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Container Overview |
| 13:30 | PeopleSoft and Containers Lab |
| 19:00 | Open Lab |
Tuesday
5/21
| 08:30 | Coffee Talk |
| 09:00 | An Updated Toolbox for PeopleSoft Administration |
| 10:00 | Using Browser Developer Tools to Debug PeopleTools |
| 11:00 | PeopleSoft Technology Update (Oracle) |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Secrets, Secrets, Vault Them All |
| 13:30 | PeopleSoft Secrets Management Lab |
| 16:30 | Phire Happy Hour |
| 17:30 | Dinner |
| 19:00 | Open Lab |
Wednesday
5/22
| 08:30 | Coffee Talk |
| 09:00 | Moving from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch |
| 09:30 | Provision JMeter Environment using AWS CloudFormation and Ansible |
| 10:00 | PeopleSoft Platforms Update (Oracle) |
| 11:00 | PeopleTools Roundtable (Oracle) |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Lightning Talks |
| 14:00 | Closing |
Note: All times Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Call for Lightning Talks
Interested in a 5 minute talk?
Monday
Welcome!
Monday, May 20th - 10:00 CDT
Join us for our conference welcoming session. We will be going over the agenda and logistics of the conference. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion as well!
Lab Setup
Monday, May 20th - 10:30 CDT
In this very important session, we will be distributing lab environments. Each attendee will receive their own environment. We will complete all setup and confirmation needed to complete the labs throughout the conference. Please make sure to attend! If you can't make this session, please reach out to [email protected] and we can assist you with your lab setup.
Container Overview
Monday, May 20th - 13:00 CDT
This session will introduce the concept of containers as a deployment technology and how PeopleSoft has added support for container-based deployments of PeopleSoft Images. We will explore the concepts of building container images, using podman and podman-compose to deploy containers, and how the PeopleSoft has integrated the DPKs into their container deployments. The concepts covered in this session will be used in the Container Lab.
Container Lab
Monday, May 20th - 13:30-16:30 CDT
The Container Lab will walk through the process of creating PeopleSoft-based containers that was introduced in PeopleTools 8.61. The lab will start by running a command-line PeopleTools patch against a database, deploying a PS_HOME to prepare for container builds, and then building both midtier and search containers. The Lab will also review the current container support and how PeopleSoft Administrators can enhance and improve the build process.
Open Lab
Monday, May 20th - 19:00-22:00 CDT
Dan and Kyle will be hosting an Open Lab session. This is a virtual lab session with no agenda. Come with questions on the labs or any other topics to discuss with instructors and other attendees!
Tuesday
Coffee Talk
Tuesday, May 21st - 08:30 CDT
Join Dan, Kyle, and other attendees at this informal roundtable discussion.
An Updated Toolbox for PeopleSoft Administration
Petr Lensky & Kyle Benson
Los Rios Community College District
Tuesday, May 21st - 09:00 CDT
Los Rios Community College District recently completed a large migration of 3 PeopleSoft pillars to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. With this move came the opportunity to take advantage of many new administration tools and deployment approaches in PeopleTools, Oracle Database, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and more. Learn about how embracing these changes improved how we manage PeopleTools deployments, Oracle database backups and refreshes, monitoring, HA/DR and more.
I looked everywhere: tried everything and I still can't find it: Using Browser Developer Tools to Debug PeopleTools
Jeremy Irrthum
University of Minnesota
Tuesday, May 21st - 10:00 CDT
Ever been stumped by PeopleTools page behavior? Traditional traces and debugging do not reveal everything. Modern PeopleTools development requires more than Application Designer. Learn about browser developer tools and how they can be used to debug PeopleSoft applications.
Topics include:
- Introduction to Browser Developer Tools
- Branding
- JavaScript Debugger
- Console
- HTML Storage
- Breadcrumbs
- Network Trace
All topics include PeopleSoft / PeopleTools demonstrations based on real world experience.
PeopleSoft Technology Update
Oracle
Tuesday, May 21th - 11:00 CDT
Oracle continues to invest in PeopleSoft PeopleTools technology. In this session, you will hear about the key features delivered in the latest release. Topics covered are user experience improvements, Oracle’s full suite of cloud-ready lifecycle management tools (including PeopleSoft Cloud Manager), analytics, search, emerging technology, and more.
Secrets, Secrets, Vault Them All
Tuesday, May 21st - 13:00 CDT
PeopleSoft Administrators are responsible for managing many different secrets. Using vaults and other secrets tools is a great way to automate deployments and administration in a secure way. In this session we will cover different approaches to managing things like tokens, passwords, and certificates in a secure, encrypted way. The concepts covered in this session will be used in the PeopleSoft Secrets Management Lab.
PeopleSoft Secrets Management Lab
Tuesday, May 21st - 13:30-16:30 CDT
The PeopleSoft Secrets Management Lab will walk through examples of managing secrets in PeopleSoft. We will be using Vaultwarden as a passwords manager to create and retrieve secrets in an automated and secure way. The lab will cover approaches to rotating passwords both in configuration files and in the database. We will also cover examples of pulling passwords from vaults for use in command line tools like Data Mover, ACM, Change Assistant, and more. Finally, we will cover a short secrets task list of things every administrator should be doing for secure deployments of PeopleSoft.
Open Lab
Tuesday, May 21st - 19:00-22:00 CDT
Dan and Kyle will be hosting an Open Lab session. This is a virtual lab session with no agenda. Come with questions on the labs or any other topics to discuss with instructors and other attendees!
Wednesday
Coffee Talk
Wednesday, May 22nd - 08:30 CDT
Join Dan, Kyle, and other attendees at this informal roundtable discussion.
How to upgrade Elasticsearch to OpenSearch in PeopleTools 8.60
John Le
Wednesday, May 22nd - 09:00 CDT
This presentation will teach the audience how to upgrade from ElasticSearch/Kibana to OpenSearch/Dashboard in PeopleTools 8.60.xx using DPK and ACM. This method will make the upgrade process more efficient, and you will be up and running in no time.
Provision JMeter Environment using AWS CloudFormation and Ansible
Shiva Pachika & Yvonne Fang
Wednesday, May 22nd - 09:30 CDT
Create Jmeter load/performance testing infrastructure stack in AWS Cloud using AWS Cloudformation and automate Jmeter application deployment & configuration using Ansible.
PeopleSoft Platforms Update
Mark Hoernemann
Oracle
Wednesday, May 22nd - 10:00 CDT
PeopleTools 8.61 will bring a number of changes to the PeopleTools infrastructure – are you ready for it?
The first upgrade planning you should do is to ensure your infrastructure is set. Does your environment have the supported levels of operating systems, databases, browsers and other components? Is your Search Server and Visual COBOL plan secured? Avoid the last minute scramble on a go live weekend! Attend this session to find out the planned changes you’ll need to know about to prepare for PeopleTools 8.61. Have you explored the benefits provided by OCI, including first access to PeopleTools 8.61? See the new automation enhancements provided by Cloud Manager, like the automatic application of Infrastructure Deployment Packages (IDPKs) for CPU patches, or the auto-scaling capabilities enabled by Data Science. This is a session you should not miss!
PeopleTools Roundtable
Sasank Vemana & Mark Hoernemann
Oracle
Wednesday, May 22nd - 11:00 CDT
Join members of the Oracle PeopleTools Strategy team in an open roundtable discussion.
Lightning Talks & Closing
Multiple Presenters
Wednesday, May 22nd - 13:00 CDT
Lightning Talks are quick, fast-paced talks given in succession, averaging about 5 minutes in length. These talks are always fun and pack great little bits of knowledge.
After that, we will be closing out the conference and saying goodbyes!