SoftwareONE, the world leader in software and cloud portfolio management, and Adfinis SyGroup, one of the leading open source IT service providers, announce their exclusive partnership in the Red Hat environment. The primary goal of the partnership is to bundle the core competencies of the two companies – according to the motto: together we are…
Jitsi is an easy and simple video conferencing solution which can be self hosted. I refer here specifically to the product Jitsi Meet, comprising jitsi-videobridge and jicofo. It uses technologies such as webrtc and libjitsi. In this way, Jitsi offers an open source alternative to other video conferencing solutions, e.g. Google Hangouts or Skype. Jitsi…
Through continuous growth, technical advancements and years of experience, Adfinis SyGroup has achieved the highest possible “Premier” partner status from Red Hat. Read the press release for detailed information.
When it comes to SSL/TLS configuration, the focus tends to be on web servers rather than on mail servers. But mail servers should also benefit from a strong SSL/TLS configuration with valid certificates. Mail servers that have been configured completely incorrectly quickly become apparent in IMAP and POP3 protocols, but insufficient standards are often set…
Various companies currently rely on the proprietary Enterprise Password Vault from CyberArk to securely manage sensitive access information, certificates and SSH keys. This software allows, for example, user IDs and passwords for an application to be stored through a web interface. But in an age when automation, provisioning and configuration management are cornerstones of every…
In this blog post we present a solution with which you’re able to operate a MariaDB Galera Cluster on Kubernetes or compatible solutions (e.g. Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, CoreOS Tectonic or Canonical’s Kubernetes). It allows cloud-native applications running in Kubernetes and their required databases to be run on the same infrastructure, using the same…
In this two-part article, we will take a closer look at the continuous integration functionalities of GitLab CI. The first part deals with installation and configuration, while the second part provides more detailed information on individual application scenarios. What does CI actually mean? In this case, CI stands for continuous integration. But simply, this means…
Sometimes, when you’re not at the office, and your PC’s sitting there all properly shut down to save on electricity and it sure would be nice if you could just ask a co-worker to boot up the computer. Then you could use that wonderful technology known as SSH. Unfortunately, the encrypted hard drive makes this…
If the YubiCloud is not to be used for the validation of Yubico one-time passwords (OTP), validation servers can also be managed in-house. In principle this is not very difficult, but the redundant setup is rather poorly documented. Overview MySQL is used as the backend and Apache as the frontend. The two components yubikey-val and…
In order to see in the monitoring tool if and when an SSL certificate is due to expire a script was created to determine the expiration date. In comparison to other checks, this script is not limited to checking certificates via HTTPS. This article provides a description of how the expiration date of an SSL…
