How to generate a CSR (certificate signing request) file to produce a valid certificate for web-server or any application? This article will walk you through how to create a CSR file using the OpenSSL command line, how to include SAN (Subject Alternative Names) along with the common name, how to remove PEM password from the generated […]
How Will Business Intelligence Be Applied in the Next Decade?
In a September article here, we made note of the staggering projected growth rate of the business intelligence market. The article was titled ‘Global Business Intelligence Market to Be Worth $147.19 Billion in 2025’ and cited a Market Watch report predicting a CAGR of 26.98% between now and that time. In the same article, we pointed to […]
git – SCM on Windows – Install and Configure
Git repositories can be managed using git-bash on windows operating systems. Git for Windows provides a BASH emulation used to run Git from the command line. *NIX users will feel right at home, as the BASH emulation behaves just like the “git” command in LINUX environments. As Windows users commonly expect graphical user interfaces, Git […]
How to use Desktop GitHub Client – Clone and Update Codes
GitHub is a web-based version control platform to manage the codes. GitHub continuously offers many tools to manage the codes effectively. Desktop GitHub Client is one of the tools which can be used to manage the code from your laptop/desktop effectively. The desktop client can be installed with normal user privileges. You could also upload […]
Cleanup all Docker containers using a single command
How to stop all the docker containers? How to destroy docker containers quickly? How to remove all the downloaded docker images? Very often we deploy the containers for testing and spend time cleaning up the containers one by one. This article will provide quick commands to stop all the running containers and delete them quickly. […]
Install and configure Git client on RHEL 7 /CentOS 7?
Install and configure Git client on RHEL 7 /CentOS 7? Git client is a very useful command-line utility to manage git repository from Linux. Git is the most popular distributed version control and source code management system. This article will walk you through how to install git on CentOS 7/ RHEL 7. It also walks […]
How to upload directories to GitHub / GitLab repository ?
How can I upload folders/directories to GitHub/GitLab repository? GitHub is a web-based version control platform to manage the codes. Git platform simplifies the process to collaborate with multiple people on projects. This article will walk you through the multiple methods of uploading the directories on existing git repositories. Upload Methods: Web-GUI Desktop GitHub Client Git […]
Ansible – How to Prepare template using Variables ? Jinja2
Ansible is very flexible configuration management tool and offers wide range of options to perform certain tasks. I am very often use Jinja2 template option to complete the following tasks. Create configuration files using extra variables Create email templates based on playbook results. Prepare Terraform TF files. Template Config files: 1. Let’s create a new […]
Automation – Add DNS A Record using Ansible Playbook
DNS resource records added automatically when windows instances is registered on domain. For Linux instances, you have to add the records manually on DNS server. Let’s explorer that how to create A records in DNS using Ansible Playbook. This playbook can be integrated as part of server provisioning workflow to speed up the build process. […]
Azure – How to Convert disk from premium to standard SSD – Vice-versa
Azure offers four disk types of managed disks and we can choose any type based on the business needs. Azure provides an option to switch between the three GA disk types premium SSD, standard SSD, and standard HDD based on your performance needs. But Azure doesn’t provide an option to convert from or to an […]