What is Oracle GoldenGate Free?

GoldenGate Free is a starter version of Oracle's best in class replication software. With GoldenGate Free, application databate administrators (DBAs) can learn basic concepts while creating simple data replication processes in a simplified user interface.

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Who is GoldenGate Free for?

Discover if GoldenGate Free is right for you.

Anyone can use GoldenGate Free! If you're new to data replication and want to learn the basics without the overhead cost or spending a lot of time on set up and configuration, then GoldenGate Free is for you!

What can I use GoldenGate Free for?

You can use GoldenGate Free:

• As a development or test environment
• As a production environment*, if your database is 20GB or smaller
• As a training tool in a learning environment

* Oracle GoldenGate Free is not supported by Oracle Support. Questions regarding GoldenGate Free can be posted in the GoldenGate Free Community Forum.

What are GoldenGate Free's limitations?

Learn about the limitations for using GoldenGate Free.

GoldenGate Free is limited to:

• Oracle Databases, no more than 20 gigabytes (GB) in size.

  Note:

  For Container Databases (CDBs), this includes the total size of all Pluggable databases (PDBs).
• Support through community forums, instead of Oracle Support.
• Patches provided at Oracle's discretion in the form of new builds available through Oracle Container Registry.
• Interaction with other GoldenGate Free instances. You can't use GoldenGate Free with fully licensed Oracle GoldenGate products or other third-party integration tools.
• Integrated and Nonintegrated Replicats, ensuring that you don't use Replicat-only features with licensed Extracts.

  Note:

  Refrain from changing the Replicat type in the Oracle GoldenGate Microservices console, or making changes to the underlying parameter file, as it affects GoldenGate Free's ability to manage the pipeline.
• No Active Data Guard (ADG) or XStream entitlements.
• No support for Downstream capture.

Concepts

Get familiar with the following concepts and other commonly used terms before you get started with GoldenGate Free.

• Recipe: A recipe is a pipeline template for common data replication use cases. Follow a recipe to get started quickly and easily.
• Connection: A connection contains the network connectivity details to data stores and other GoldenGate instances.
• Pipeline: A pipeline is an instance of a recipe. It enables you to select your source connection, the type of replication action to apply, and the target connection. After a pipeline starts, you can observe the replication process in real time.

Other commonly used terms in this guide:

• Oracle GoldenGate Free console: The main user interface for GoldenGate Free, where you create and manage database connections and pipelines.
• Oracle GoldenGate Microservices console: The user interface for experienced GoldenGate users to configure advanced settings, monitor performance, and perform other common Oracle GoldenGate activities.
• Extract: A process that runs against the source database to extract, or capture, data.
• Replicat: A process that delivers data to the target database.