In June I wrote a blog series about the AWS Shop Example. In this series, I also wrote about X-Ray [1]. I like X-Ray: you can see how much time each step in a whole concattenation of AWS services takes and how much time it costs to send the response […]
Another week of learning – some fairly personal notes
One of the best parts of my job is the opportunity to learn all the time. A day to loved is a day not lived, a day not laughed is day not lived and a day not learned certainly for me also is a day not lived. There seem to […]
Quickest way to try out Jupyter Notebook: zero install, 3 CLI commands and 5 minutes to action
This brief article shows you the quickest way to trying out Jupyter Notebooks. It will not try to persuade you that you should try them out. You probably know that already. It will not show a complex Notebook in detail – plenty of those are available. It simply tells you: […]
AWS blog series part 6: speed up the use of the ELB Health Status
It took me a while, but then this blog series was ready: five blog articles about Windows Failover Clustering and Auto Scaling Groups with one node. I was happy, but then a thought was nagging me. Let me explain the problem by showing you the results for the Auto Scaling […]
AWS blog series part 5: Start PowerShell script after a reboot when Windows fails to do so
You might have wondered in the second blog of this series [1], why I mentioned the possibility that the Task Scheduler didn’t start after a reboot in the “on-premise” (Hyper-V) environment, but I didn’t do so in the AWS environment. Well, that’s because I used a “trick”, where AWS will […]
Windows Failover Cluster on AWS part 4: Construction of the CloudFormation scripts
Introduction If you follow along in this blog series [1], I can imagine that if you deployed the CloudFormation scripts, that you think “wow, how does it work”. In this blog, I try to answer that question. 1. Windows Failover Clustering Nested stacks When you start the CloudFormationFailover.yml script, you […]
AWS Migration part 3: The technique behind Windows Failover Cluster on AWS
Introduction In the previous two blogs [1], I showed that it is is possible to implement a Windows Failover Cluster in AWS. In this blog, I will explain the differences between a Failover Cluster on-premise and a Failover Cluster in AWS. 1. How does a Windows Failover Cluster work on-premise? […]
Getting Started with serverless Azure Static WebApps (React, Angular, Vue, .. + backend)
Azure Static WebApps is a fairly new Azure service, currently in preview. Azure WebApps is a managed, serverless service that allows us to quickly deploy and publicly expose a static web application (from a global content delivery network) – such as single page applications as created using Angular, React, Vue […]
Windows Failover Cluster Migration to AWS part 2: installation
Introduction In the previous blog [1] I showed the different solutions that there are to migrate an on-premise Windows Failover Cluster environment to AWS. I also showed how fast (or how slow) the failover of a node takes. I assume you might want to see how this works for yourself. […]
AWS Migration part 1: how to migrate Windows Failover Clustering servers to AWS?
Introduction In this series, I will look at the migration from on-premise Windows Failover Clusters to AWS. What is the difference in recovery times between the application on-premise, the 1:1 migration of a Failover Cluster to AWS and the commonly used pattern of an Auto Scaling Group with one node? […]
How to dynamically Schedule EM Blackouts after PatchTuesday
In the organization I’m currently working for, the OS-patch schedule depends on PatchTuesday (PT) just as Microsoft, Adobe or Oracle are using. And PatchTuesday is, as you all know, the Second Tuesday of each month. But this is a schedule you can not set in the Oracle Enterprise Manager Scheduler. […]
ADF Performance Monitor New Whitepaper Published
We are happy to announce that we have a new whitepaper on the ADF Performance Monitor. This blog publishes a new whitepaper that gives more information about the architecture, features and implementation of the ADF Performance Monitor. It is updated with the many features of our new major version 9.5. Recently […]
OpenAPI Support in Oracle API Gateway
Today I read the announcement of OpenAPI (fka Swagger) support in API Gateway on OCI. I was wondering what that entailed and I decided to try it out. In short, this support means that an API definition can be uploaded to API Gateway, is validated for correctness and can be […]
Jenkins Pipeline: SonarQube and the OWASP Dependency-Check
The OWASP Foundation plays an important role in helping to improve security of software worldwide. They have created a popular and well-known awareness document called the ‘OWASP Top 10‘. This document lists the following risk: using components with known vulnerabilities. Software nowadays can be quite complex consisting of many direct and […]
Get going with automated CI/CD on OCI in Visual Builder Studio
The Oracle Developer Cloud Service was probably the very first service on Oracle Cloud, as early as 2015 if I remember correctly. This service has been repositioned and relabeled as Visual Builder Studio. This service supports agile project management, source code control, artifact management, automated builds, software quality checks, CI/CD […]
Run SonarQube on OCI– 10 minutes to get going using Docker Container on always free VM
In this article I want to describe how I run a SonarQube instance (that I intend to use from my automated CI/CD pipeline) on OCI, using a simple VM and a simple Docker container image. The VM gets a public IP address and I need to SSH into it in […]
Deploy A Docker Container To AWS With Azure Pipelines
Introduction In response to a demo I gave about deploying a docker container to the Azure platform, I received some questions about deploying a docker container to the AWS platform. I wrote a guide on how to deploy a docker container with Azure Pipelines here. In my opinion is Azure […]
Quarkus – Supersonic Subatomic Java, trying out Quarkus guide “Quarkus – Kubernetes extension” (part 3)
In this article, you can read more about the Quarkus code guide I tried out, related to the following topic: The ability to automatically generate Kubernetes resources by Quarkus The guide covers generating and deploying Kubernetes resources based on sane defaults and user supplied configuration. In this article, I will […]
Multi Source Video in MS Teams without an actual green screen
My objective: show a video feed in MS Teams that consists of me and a combinati0n of other sources – such as desktop applications like Powerpoint, images, videoclips etc. Without using a green screen or other tools – with nothing more than a laptop with webcam. I made this work […]
Oracle Functions–Mental Picture vs. Physical Reality
Oracle Functions are the Functions as a Service (or FaaS) offering on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Functions are the serverless, stateless execution engines that play such an important role in cloud native applications. Functions handle requests and events, contributing to live application behavior, streaming activities and integrations. Functions are also used […]
Surprisingly easy: Anchore Engine for container vulnerability scanning in a Jenkins pipeline running on Kubernetes
Anchore Engine is a popular open source tool for container image inspection and vulnerability scanning. It is easily integrated in a Kubernetes environment as an admission controller or in a Jenkins build pipeline using a plugin. A while ago I took a look at Anchore Engine and created a small introductory presentation and Katacoda scenario for […]
Quarkus – Supersonic Subatomic Java, trying out Quarkus guide “Quarkus – Kubernetes extension” (part 2)
In this article, you can read more about the Quarkus code guide I tried out, related to the following topic: The ability to automatically generate Kubernetes resources by Quarkus The guide covers generating and deploying Kubernetes resources based on sane defaults and user supplied configuration. In this article, I will […]
Quarkus – Supersonic Subatomic Java, trying out Quarkus guide “Quarkus – Kubernetes extension” (part 1)
In this article, you can read more about the Quarkus code guide I tried out, related to the following topic: The ability to automatically generate Kubernetes resources by Quarkus The guide covers generating and deploying Kubernetes resources based on sane defaults and user supplied configuration. In this article, I will […]
Quickly get going with Kotlin on Windows–using VS Code as IDE
Kotlin has been on my mind. The back of my mind, but still. And apart from a very short workshop last year at Devoxx I have not really tried it out. VS Code is my preferred IDE nowadays. So I wanted to get going with Kotlin in VS Code. Of […]
Jenkins: Building Java and deploying to Kubernetes
Kubernetes is a popular platform to run and manage containerized applications. A CI/CD solution is often needed but not always provided. You might need to set this up for yourself. In this blog post I’ll provide a minimal end-to-end solution for Java applications. This starts with a commit in source […]
Run VS Code on Linux, in a container or just anywhere–work in a browser
My colleague pointed the open source code-server project to me. This project allows you to run Visual Studio Code just anywhere – and to develop on any device. He already had it running – showing off his code development skills on a mobile phone. Of course I had to try […]
My Steps for Getting Started with Java Development on Windows
In this article a brief overview of my steps to set up an environment on my Windows 10 laptop for doing Java programming. If you follow these steps, you should be up and running with coding, building, testing and packaging Java applications on your laptop in some 20 minutes. The […]
Quarkus – Supersonic Subatomic Java, trying out some Quarkus code guides (part2)
In this article, you can read more about a Quarkus code guide I tried out, related to the following topic: Packaging the native executable in a container In a next article, you can read more about another Quarkus code guide I tried out, related to the following topic: The ability […]
Quarkus – Supersonic Subatomic Java, trying out some Quarkus code guides (part1)
In my previous article, I already shared with you the Quarkus code guide “Quarkus – Creating Your First Application”, I tried out, including the hot deployment with background compilation. [ https://technology.amis.nl/2020/08/21/using-vagrant-and-shell-scripts-to-further-automate-setting-up-my-quarkus-demo-environment-from-scratch-and-trying-out-a-quarkus-code-guide/] In this article, you can read more about other Quarkus code guides I tried out, related to the following […]
Using Vagrant and shell scripts to further automate setting up my Quarkus demo environment from scratch and trying out a Quarkus code guide
In my previous article, I shared with you the steps I took, to set up a demo environment, so I could get started with Quarkus. [https://technology.amis.nl/2020/08/17/quarkus-supersonic-subatomic-java-setting-up-a-demo-environment-using-vagrant-and-oracle-virtualbox] In this article, you can read more about the steps I took to further automate setting up my demo environment and the Quarkus code […]
Heeft kwetsbaarheid verholpen….
Alleen al dit jaar zijn er meer dan 70 ‘adviezen’ geformuleerd door het Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum. Ondanks deze adviezen lezen we met enige regelmaat over grote IT-hacks en of verstoringen. Ze gaan vaak gepaard met grote financiële en of maatschappelijke gevolgen.
Quarkus – Supersonic Subatomic Java, setting up a demo environment using Vagrant and Oracle VirtualBox
In November 2019, I attended Devoxx Belgium together with other AMIS colleagues. The yearly gathering of over 3000 Java developers (numbers provided by Devoxx website) were Java and software development are the core themes. At Devoxx, among other things, I learned about Quarkus and wanted to know more about it. […]
Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – Realizing its potential?
The goal of this series of blogs – Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – is to take away the cloudiness and complexity around blockchain. In this second part I will explain where in my opinion the potential of the technology is within certain industries and explore what kind of problems blockchain in the enterprise space can solve.
Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – What’s the buzz?
The goal of this series of blogs – Demystifying Blockchain for Enterprise – is to take away the cloudiness and complexity around blockchain. In this first part I will explain the technology behind enterprise blockchain, using of smart contracts as decentralized application, and how it compares to a traditional database.
Automated Unit Testing of Javascript Fn Functions using Jest
Crucial pieces of functionality in cloud native applications is implemented in Functions. In the case of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure specifically, the Functions framework is typically Project Fn and the implementation language of choice is … up to the DevOps team. Popular languages for implementing Functions include Go, Python, Java and […]
ADF Performance Monitor: New Introduction Video (3:40)
Are you unable to pinpoint frustrating blind spots and recurring problems in your ADF application? This video gives a quick introduction of the features of the ADF Performance Monitor, an advanced monitor specifically designed for Oracle ADF applications.
OpenEBS: cStor storage engine on KVM
OpenEBS provides a Kubernetes native distributed storage solution which is friendly on developers and administrators. It is completely open source and part of the CNCF. Previously I wrote about installing and using OpenEBS, Jiva storage engine, on the Charmed Kubernetes distribution of Canonical. The Jiva storage class uses storage inside managed […]
Production-like Kubernetes on your laptop. Kubespray on KVM
There are various options to install a production-like Kubernetes distribution on your laptop. Previously I tried out using the Canonical stack (Juju, MAAS, Charmed Kubernetes) for this. This worked nicely but it gave me the feeling that it was a bit Canonical specific and it felt a bit heavy on resources at […]
Anchore Engine: Container image vulnerability scanning
Applications nowadays, are usually deployed inside containers. A container consists of libraries and tools which allow the application to run inside. Since there can be exploitable vulnerabilities, it is not only important to take security into account for your application, but also for the container it runs in. There are […]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Vault Service to generate, manage and encrypt & decrypt using Keys
The Vault service lets you create vaults in your tenancy as containers for encryption keys and secrets. Vaults are logical entities where the Vault service creates and durably stores keys and secrets. The type of vault you have determines features and functionality such as degrees of storage isolation, access to […]