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Add a UI to explore the Feathers.js API

Following on from my previous article: Create REST API from your database in minute with Feathers.js, today I want to add a UI to explore the Feathers.js API. When we provide an API, it’s common to make a tool available to explore the exposed methods.Swagger UI is one such tool, and fortunately, in the Feathers.js ecosystem, a package is available… 

Keep your data sorted with AI

As mentioned in my previous posts about Enterprise Content Management (like this one). A key point to have your Content efficiently stored is the use of Metadata. It helps to sort and retrieve easily your company data. But to be honest, this part is often boring for technical people like me. Imagine it for people for whom IT is just… 

Alfresco – A never ending transformation

Beginning of the week, as I was working for our ServiceDesk (SLA support for our customers), I saw a few dozen mails generated by our monitoring over the weekend on a Production Alfresco 7.x Cluster doing the yo-yo in terms of RAM and Disk Space. Nothing was down, just some strange behavior where 20GB of free space would be gone… 

M-Files January Release 2024

A bunch of new features and a seamless user experience across all the M-Files products have been introduced with the M-Files January 2024 Release. In addition, it will bring a fresh look across all M-Files products and additional Business Benefits.In this blog, I will give a summary of the new Features and Business Benefits including pictures of the new look… 

Zabbix Web Monitoring

Zabbix allows to create complex web monitoring scenario and gather metrics about it. In this blog post, we will see how to assess that we are able to login to M-Files web application and, to not consume too many licenses, to logout. Login In my “M-Files by Zabbix agent active” template, I create a new scenario named “Login/Logout” where I… 

How to Improve your JMeter Load Testing?

In my previous blog post, I presented you how to create a load testing scenario based on a recorder. While working on it, I faced small problems that required few fixes which were very repetitive (and you know I love to automate as much as possible 🙂 ). Amount the issues I faced, there were: In this blog post, we… 

Easy business process automation with M-Files

Today with the volume of data managed within a company. It is essential to put in place mechanisms to reduce human activity, avoid duplication and thus improve the reliability of the information. In my last blog I explained what an ECM should be used for. Now I will focus on how to get advantages of the content by applying automated… 

Load Test M-Files Server with JMeter

Creating load test scenario on a web application might look easy: In practice, it is much more complex than that when you want to manage variables elements like usernames, session IDs, and, in case of M-Files, a Vault ID. Also, JMeter does not manage client-side java script and, if application requires it, you must “emulate” it with some code. Luckily,… 

Empower your data with M-Files

When we talk about Enterprise Content Management (ECM) we very often reduce this to a simple Document Management System (DMS), but Data for a company is not only documents. It can be a various types of information that can help you to classify your documents (Metadata)… but not only! If you find a way to store them smartly you can… 

Monitor M-Files with Zabbix

So far, for Zabbix monitoring, I only covered Linux based servers. We can put aside MS-SQL which was monitored via ODBC, thus without any Zabbix agent involved. In this blog post, I will explain you how I was able to monitor a Document Manage System (DMS) like M-Files which is running on Windows. By the way, Vincent did a great… 

Unlocking Efficiency and Collaboration with M-Files: A Comprehensive Overview

In today’s ever-changing business world, managing and organizing information effectively is crucial for success. M-Files, a leading information management solution, has emerged as a powerful solution to streamline document management, improve collaboration, and enhance overall efficiency within organizations. In this article, we will explore the key features, benefits, and applications of M-Files. What is M-Files? M-Files is an intelligent information…