We’ve decided to use GitLab CI to build Debian packages automatically. GitLab CI allows users to execute tasks based on definable events, such as Git tags. We’ve created a generic Docker container which contains the base package-building tools and is used by GitLab to build the package. Updates can be easily installed in the build…
I recently had a customer on the line who was complaining about a script that was running too slowly. It was an import that generally takes several hours. The source code doesn’t come from me and the script accesses multiple databases on different servers. The usual performance analysis tools were of no use in this…
We are proud to announce that at this year’s SUSE D-A-CH Partner Summit in Munich we were honoured with the Innovation Award in the main category “Technology”. The award is based on many years of professional cooperation and recognizes Adfinis SyGroup as an innovation leader among the SUSE technology partners from Germany, Austria and Switzerland.…
Security continues to be a hot topic in IT. We’ve seen the trend reflected, for example, in the development of a variety of security-related tools, such as Square’s Keywhiz or HashiCorp Vault. We’ve taken a closer look at Vault and thought about how we might implement Vault at Adfinis SyGroup. What is Vault? In its…
The configuration of SSL protocols and ciphers on web servers has been the done thing for some time now. It is often overlooked that other services can also be configured in this way, even though a large number services offer this option. A good example of this is the SSH server OpenSSH. SSH is a…
We visited Washington D.C. with the chameleon and saw a lot of exciting things at the annual SUSECon and above all, experienced the Open Source spirit. The infectious mood, the proximity to SUSE management, the large number of techies, but also the way in which SUSE presents itself are just some of the reasons why…
Forms on websites are so ubiquitous and so much taken for granted that they are rarely given much thought. Even so, every Internet user would probably find it easy to recall a form that does not work as well as it should. Variations seem to be endless and in particular regarding form validations there are…
Last weekend I had the chance to coach at the Django Girls workshop in Zurich. More than 40 girls came into contact with the world of programming for the first time this weekend. It was impressive what the girls learned in such a short time. The workshop In order to keep the entry hurdles as…
Last week we travelled to the hipster capital Berlin to see the latest trends of the Ember.js world at the EmberFest. More than 100 Ember developers and fans were there – including some of the biggest names of the scene, like Erik Bryn or Lauren Tan. In two days full of talks, we were not…
Ceph is on everyone’s lips and, at the latest since Red Hat has acquired Inktank, the software defined storage solution has arrived in the enterprise segment. Ceph promises nothing less than to turn the storage market on its head, which is dominated by large players such as NetApp, EMC and others. SUSE is also entering…
