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31 March 2020
Podman - Run Container with User Permissions
In our previous article on Buildah, we explained how to create containers without Docker and root privileges. This article will focus on how to use those very containers without elevated privileges. Alongside the already mentioned Buildah and Skopeo, Podman is part of the Red Hat Container Tools and is, in short, a daemonless runtime environment […]
12 February 2020
credativ helps establishing database track at Open Source Summit
Open Source Summit is the world’s largest, all-encompassing open source conference. Topics such as the latest infrastructure software, development on the Linux kernel and current works in open source communities are discussed. Until now, open source databases were a missing part of the conference program. However, databases such as PostgreSQL® or Apache Cassandra are one […]
14 January 2020
Debian integration of Patroni and vip-manager
Patroni is a clustering solution for PostgreSQL® that is getting more and more popular in the cloud and Kubernetes sector due to its operator pattern and integration with Etcd or Consul. Some time ago we wrote a blog post about the integration of Patroni into Debian. Recently, the vip-manager project which is closely related to […]
07 October 2019
PostgreSQL® 12 released
The PostgreSQL® Global Development Group (PGDG) has released version 12 of the popular, free database PostgreSQL®. As our Beta 4 article already suggested, a multitude of new features, improvements, and optimizations have been incorporated into the release. These include: Optimized storage utilization and speed for btree indexes btree indexes, the standard index type in PostgreSQL®, […]
01 October 2019
Client certificates for Icinga2 API authentication
There are two ways to authenticate yourself as a client to Icinga2. On the one hand there is the possibility to authenticate yourself by username and password. The other option is authentication using client certificates. With the automated query of the Icinga2 API, the setup of client certificates is not only safety-technically advantageous, but also […]