In case you are following SAP and CAP related topics, you noticed that the CAP enthusiasts are still trying to convince SAP to make CAP available under an open source license. SAP, at the same time, is declining the request. While I’d welcome having CAP as open source very much, Read more…
Microsoft Build conference is currently running and full of announcements. You can read the in the book of news published by Microsoft to get an overview. One of the most impactful announcements concerns Azure apps. You can now run Azure application services (App Service, Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid, API Read more…
Bitwarden is an Open Source password management tool. It can be used to store credentials and to fill out logon forms automatically (via plugins). Available as a commercial service, the open source nature of it makes it possible to run Bitwarden in a self-hosted environment. Docker images are provided by Read more…
OpenShift 4 comes with a catalog containing several ready-to-run solutions. Besides the basic one-app software that will install and run a software in a pod, there are also Helm charts available. Helm charts are loaded from a repository, and by default, OpenShift 4 includes the RedHat Helm Charts repository. Chances Read more…
In November 2019 I wrote about how to update the PHP version on a Amazon AWS EC2 Linux instance to PHP 7.2. At that time, PHP 7.3 was already a year available. As PHP 7.2 is out of support since November 2020, the next available release on EC2 AMI Linux Read more…
With CAP, SAP has a nice, modern development model. One of the benefits is that it is using a modern architecture combined with commonly used tools. While the default usage scenario for CAP is focused on SAP and their strategy (Cloud Foundry, HANA, BTP), it’s open architecture allows to run Read more…
Einmal wurde ich vom Account Verantwortlichen für einen dringenden Notfall verpflichtet. Ein vom Sicherheitsteam des Kunden gefundenes Problem custom App wurde als absolutes No-Go eingestuft. Dies hatte dann das Auftragsteam beim Kunden, den Partner und am Ende auch meinen Arbeitgeber nervös gemacht. So befand ich mich dann im Flieger (was Read more…
There are many alternatives available to achieve single sign-on to a NetWeaver (ABAP) system. I’ve already demonstrated these at DSAG AK Development as well as documented almost all of them in my blog. For instance, take a look at SAML 2.0, X.509 based logon or OAuth 2.0. All of the Read more…
After installing a new VM guest on Proxmox you may see in the overview page of the host that no guest agent is configured. In the options section the guest agent is listed das disabled. Setting up the guest agent is an optional task. The VM runs perfectly fine without Read more…
“When I was younger, so much younger than today I never needed anybody’s help in any way But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured (but now these days are gone) (And now I find) now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors” Read more…