David Diab

Control-M for Kubernetes – Overview

At a customer, I implemented Control-M for Kubernetes/OpenShift, as the customer has a hybrid environment between VM, on-premise/Cloud Kubernetes/OpenShift. This is the first blog of a series, in which I will share with you from A to Z how to(…)

Oracle Forms: FRM-92290 after upgrade to 12.2.1.19

We are frequently involved in Oracle Fusion Middleware Forms and Reports installation or upgrade. For one of our customers, I upgraded Oracle Forms from version 12.2.1.4 to version 12.2.1.19, and this time I got an unusual issue...

Logs from Filebeat to Logstash to Elasticsearch – 3

We sow together how to install and configure Filebeat, Logstash and Elasticsearch. Our log data has been sent from Filebeat to Logstash, then forwarded to Elasticsearch. In this blog, we will see(…)

Logs from Filebeat to Logstash to Elasticsearch – 2

As promised in the previous blog, I will show how to configure Filebeat to push logs to Logstash, then to Elasticsearch. This for sure will not cover all use cases, but will give you an idea(…)

JBoss EAP 7 – Use vault to protect passwords

JBoss EAP simplifies a lot of server configuration by consolidating all subsystem configurations into a single XML file (standalone.xml or domain.xml). This, however, can expose sensitive information to any user that has access to the configuration files. For example, datasource(…)

Logs from Filebeat to Logstash to Elasticsearch -1

In a previous blog, we saw together the difference between Filebeat and Logstash, we said also that both can cooperate together in some cases. In this blog series we will deep into a use case: send(…)

ELK Stack – Filebeat vs Logstash

Filebeat and Logstash are both comprised in ELK Stack, in this blog we will compare both with some use cases. So, you can then take the most appropriate to your case.

Elasticsearch – Snapshot Lifecycle Management (SLM)

In a previous blog, I spoke about snapshot, restore, and briefly about Snapshot Lifecycle Management. In this blog, I will go more in deep in SLM.

Elasticsearch – Snapshot and Restore

No need to explain what is a snapshot and restore, how much they are important to any platform, software, database, aso. In this blog, I will show you how to take snapshots of your Elasticsearch cluster and how to restore.

Elasticsearch Upgrade – What about index compatibility?

Upgrade Elasticsearch is an easy task, I always heard this sentence. Which is correct if you take care about indices and compatibility. At a customer, I had the chance to upgrade an old version of Elasticsearch, today I will share(…)