Containerize This! How to Dockerize Your Java Spring Application
In Episode 2 of Containerize This! we look at how to Dockerize a Java Spring Boot Application. Java applications are built to be compartmentalized, making them a great contender for Docker. It’s Simple To get a Java application up and running, not a lot of steps are required. In many cases, all you need to do […]
Cloudreach Secrets: Implementing App Modernisation
In the previous post, we gave some background on Cloudreach Secrets – an application designed a few years ago by a Cloudreach employee for limited uses, but with a lot of potential. In this post, we take on the challenge of modernising Cloudreach Secrets and outline our plan and process. The moment I mentioned an […]
Containerize This! How to build Golang Dockerfiles
Welcome to Containerize This! – a series of blog posts which will showcase building and running example applications written in a specific programming language or framework inside of a Docker container. We’ll go over some best practices in authoring a Dockerfile, special considerations you need to make for that language/framework, how to manage that container […]
Cloudreach Secrets: Planning App Modernisation
Application Background Sharing secrets with non-technical users is challenging. Asking a non-technical user to generate a key pair, send the public key, and encrypt the secret so they can decrypt the response with their private key can be a bit too much to ask for. Many don’t know where to begin, whether they are allowed […]
Multi AWS Account federation with Microsoft Azure Active Directory as IdP
When it comes to using Amazon Web Services in an enterprise environment, we think of Identity and Access Management being at the center of everything due to its importance for enterprises. Some of the key solutions which are used today relating to this are: Using a dedicated AWS Account as a central identification point for […]
AWS SSM in Action, the next generation of SSH
Over the last year AWS have introduced a lot a of new capabilities to extend the functionality of the EC2 Systems Manager. These features include: Parameters store Automation Patching Run Command State Manager / Inventory At re:Invent 2017, many features were introduced such as SSM PrivateLink and PCI compliance. I decided to investigate SSM SendCommand to […]
How to continuously assess the security of your AMIs
Jawad Seddar, Cloud Systems Developer at Cloudreach, gives insight on a continuous AMI assessment process using Amazon Inspector, Lambda and CloudWatch. Vulnerability assessments When deploying resources in the cloud or in your datacenters, it’s always recommended to make sure they are not affected by known vulnerabilities as these can easily be leveraged to […]
FPGAs and the Future of Parallelized Computation in the Cloud
Abstract: Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are a type of mutable hardware that can be reprogrammed and repurposed. This allows for quicker development time, time to market, and turnaround for hardware developers working on application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). “The nonrecurring engineering (NRE) expense of custom ASIC design far exceeds that of FPGA-based hardware solutions”, especially […]
Are we about to experience a big change in the developer role?
Developers are creative people that want to be mentally stimulated. With developments in Cloud Computing, the job role is changing a lot and we’re expecting code generation to have a big impact on how developers work. How will they feel about this? Developers have been creating software since the beginning of the computer age, and […]
