by XTIVIA | Aug 9, 2016 | Applications, Blog, Cloud, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Portals
Chef is a powerful automation platform that transforms complex infrastructure into code, bringing your servers and services to life. Whether you’re operating in the cloud, on-premises, or a hybrid, Chef automates how applications are configured, deployed, and...
by XTIVIA | Oct 5, 2015 | Applications, Blog, Cloud, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Portals
A key step for setting up a reliable Liferay environment is to configure Liferay clustering. Liferay clustering can be achieved in multiple ways. Some of the supported clustering methods are UDP Multicast, UDP Unicast and TCP Unicast. While Multicast is...
by XTIVIA | Oct 2, 2015 | Blog, Cloud, Databases, Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise Java, Portals
Microsoft recently updated the Azure SQL database to only allow encrypted communication. Now communication between Azure SQL Database and your application requires encryption (SSL) at all times. If your client application does not validate certificates upon...
by XTIVIA | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Enterprise Infrastructure, Portals
Many times an incorrect process is used to set up the production application server for Liferay: Download a Liferay bundle. Expand on the server. Start up and go. We cannot emphasize how wrong, wrong, wrong this is. Best practices for a production Liferay setup...
by XTIVIA | Sep 19, 2015 | Blog, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Databases, Enterprise Infrastructure
20 years ago when I got a 80386 Windows-95 PC with ¾ inch Floppy Drive, 4 MB RAM (I don’t remember the HDD capacity – I believe it was around 120MB or so) from my infrastructure guy, I felt like I’m hero on the street advertising to everyone the great piece of...
by XTIVIA | Aug 5, 2015 | Applications, Blog, Enterprise Infrastructure
On my third day at XTIVIA, it was recommended I tinker with Oracle’s free VirtualBox. The following week, I was hooked! A Unix guy at heart, I can launch whichever flavor of Linux desktop I’m in the mood for, while Windows keeps running and all the tools...