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SQL Server Security: Ensure that SQL Server service accounts are not a member of the Windows local Administrator group

These last few weeks, I work on a project to check the compliance of an instance with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) document. The Benchmark documentation provides prescriptive guidance to secure SQL Server and I develop a tool(…)

Patching Oracle databases with Nutanix NDB

A few years back I had the great opportunity to test Nutanix NDB, at that time called Nutanix Era, and I had written a few blogs about provisioning Oracle databases, taking snapshot, log catchup, cloning a database, restoring a database,(…)

Create REST API from your database in minute with Feathers.js

Creating REST APIs is a fairly repetitive task. You’re always rewriting the Create, Read, Update, Delete methods…In my search for a framework capable of generating a REST API, I discovered Feathers, a simple and useful framework for Node.js.

Rancher RKE2 templates – Assign members to clusters

When testing RKE2 templates, I faced an issue with member assignments. When creating the cluster, a management cluster name is generated with the format c-m-xxxxxxxx, but the ClusterRoleTemplateBinding requires the cluster name to work. After digging into Rancher source code,(…)

DevOps Demystified for Non-techies

Devops explained to the very beginners. Devops explained to non-techies. The role of a DevOps consultant.

Getting started with Greenplum – 5 – Recovering from failed segment nodes

This is the next post in this little Greenplum series. This time we’ll look at how we can recover from a failed segment. If you are looking for the previous post, they are here: Getting started(…)

Rancher RKE2: Introduction on RKE2 cluster template for AWS EC2

In Rancher, you can preconfigure your clusters and node configuration. Then your team can start provisioning clusters, with consistency and no misconfiguration. For RKE, templates are easily comprehensible and seamlessly integrated into the Rancher UI, making it user-friendly. For RKE2,(…)

Trigger a Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform job/workflow from GitLab CI/CD Pipeline

Are you utilizing Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform or its open-source version, AWX, to streamline your Ansible playbooks? If so, and you want to trigger a job template or a workflow template from a GitLab CI/CD pipeline, you’ve come to(…)

Kubernetes Networking by Using Cilium – Advanced Level – eBPF Routing

The DevOps technology Kubernetes uses a complex networking process when using Cilium. Cilium leverage eBPF for a fast and efficient routing in Kubernetes.

Kured: No more patching anxiety for Kubernetes clusters

In your DevOps and containerization journey, let's discover together how a cloud-native product named Kured can save you from the patching fears of your Kubernetes platform.