Blog Type: Technology

CloudWatch Insights

When AWS announced CloudWatch Insights, I had a great expectations to solve grand portion of the problems I have when using CloudWatch logs – and I use them a lot. First, just based on the service name, I expected that search inside the logs will be more user friendly and quicker. So, if you are […]

Parallel tests execution with Blue Ocean Pipeline

This article describes how to create Jenkins pipeline using Blue Ocean for parallel test execution of API tests implemented with JMeter and UI tests implemented with Selenium Web Driver. Introduction The Blue Ocean UI aims to improve clarity, reduce clutter and navigational depth to make the user experience very concise. It can be installed side-by-side […]

Boosting JIRA Reports using PowerShell

PowerShell scripts are widely used by small or large enterprises. This scripting language has been provided by Microsoft and by using it IT professionals are empowered to securely manage various Windows functions and operations through the easy-to-use command-line shell. If we can enumerate all the features that are supported to be accessed and managed by […]

Managing your AWS RDS instance via Bastion Host

When it comes to databases and AWS VPC, best practice is to place your database in private subnet. By definition, private subnet in AWS is not reachable from the Internet because no Internet gateway is attached to private subnet. This is the way you protect your data. This kind of configuration is good for security […]

Development of custom sleep Snap for SnapLogic platform

Working with SnapLogic and other integration tools all these years made me think multiple times and explore a bit what is going on “behind the scenes” and learn a bit more about how the platforms work, what is the core code behind them etc. Having in mind that we all started with application development when […]

How to build smart contracts for Ethereum Blockchain using Solidity

Blockchain has made a revolution these days and left everyone with thousands of questions. This challenging technology moved the world and promised a new wave, not only in the tech world, but also in any area that needs third-party authorization. We were not left behind this euphoria and we’re hands on these amazing technologies. Recently, […]

2018 At a Glance

Using Inflectra SpiraTest with Atlassian JIRA

Introduction This article describes how to integrate SpiraTest with JIRA, enabling end-to-end solutions for the management of the testing lifecycle. This integration is ideal for situations when SpiraTest is used as test management system, while development and bug tracking is accomplished by JIRA. SpiraTest is a complete quality assurance and test management platform that comes with […]

Apache Kafka Cluster with SSL security

Apache Kafka is an open source streaming platform that is used for building real-time streaming data pipelines and streaming applications. Configuration In the current cluster configuration, setup Apache Zookeeper and three Kafka brokers, one Producer and Consumer we are using SSL security between all the nodes. Security Java KeyStore is used to store the certificates […]