12 February 2020
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
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 November 2019
In November 1999, 20 years ago, credativ GmbH was founded in Germany, and thus laid the first foundation for the current credativ group. At that time, Dr. Michael Meskes and Jörg Folz started the business operations in the Technology Centre of Jülich, Germany. Our mission has always been to not only work to live, but […]
07 October 2019
The PostgreSQL® Global Development Group (PGDG) has released version 12 of the popular free PostgreSQL® database. As our article for Beta 4 has already indicated, a number of new features, improvements and optimizations have been incorporated into the release. These include among others: Optimized disk space utilization and speed for btree indexes btree-Indexes, the default […]
01 October 2019
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 […]