Some years ago I create a new instance in EC2 with the minimal configuration needed. The disk size of the root device and partition is set to 8 GB. Today I am reaching the limit of the disk size and need more space. Having the server in the cloud allows Read more…
I am going to do some work on my AWS EC2 instance that hosts my web site https://www.itsfullofstars.de. More precisely: I did the work already and it worked out well, that’s why you can read the blog Before starting the work, I wanted to have a backup of my data. Read more…
When running a CI job you may need to use some SAP tools. For instance, the MTA builder or Neo tools. Many CI servers include integration to build tools or plugins are provided by the community or vender. Jenkins offers plugins for Maven, Ant or Node that let you easily Read more…
I have a git repository on SCP that I want to clone using git on my laptop. I thought this should be easy to do. The source code of my project is available in the git repo at SCP. Cloning the repo using git clone from this URL should work. Read more…
OpenVPN uses certificates to authenticate the server and clients. Therefore, the client needs to have a valid client certificate. This certificate needs to be issued by the CA server that also issued the certificate of the OpenVPN server. In my case, this server is installed together with the OpenVPN server Read more…
Recently I got some new hardware that I will use to run some useful software. To use the software from anywhere, I’ll need to have remote access. As I cannot do DMZ or port forwarding with my new internet provider, I decided to connect my home server using VPN to Read more…
Rui Nogueira published a while back a blog series on SCN on how to implement an IoT scenario using a Raspberry Pi and HCP. I think the example shows very well how what the main use case of IoT is. When the blog was published, there was no SAP HCP Read more…
The SIT Brazil events offer a special service: videos. We do stream the videos during the event live and record them for on demand. For this to work I have set up architecture to support everyone involved: on site team, server team and the end user. The videos are recorded Read more…
About Subsonic “Subsonic is an open source, web-based media server. It is written in Java, so it can run on any operating system with Java support. Subsonic supports streaming to multiple clients simultaneously, and supports any streamable media.” (Source: Wikipedia) My first contact with Subsonic was several years ago. If Read more…
Note: first published at SCN on 31.1.2012 What does on demand portal offer and do you need it? Cannot the SAP Portal also be an on demand portal? On demand is the “next big thing”: every product, every solution has to be available as an on premise and an on Read more…