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How Liferay works with SAML SingleLogout
Before you read this article, you need to have some basic understanding on how SAML, SingleSignOn (SSO) and SingleLogout (SLO) works. Follow this article on how SAML 2.0 is configured with Liferay, and this article on how SAML 2.0 SingleLogout works. Everyone is probably...
Ionic Development – Part 1: Environment Setup
Introduction Ionic is an HTML5 SDK for mobile applications using Apache Cordova, allowing developers to code in HTML, Javascript, and CSS. Ionic provides out-of-the-box components for even faster development. Environment Setup For this setup, we will be configuring a Mac so we...
Recovering an AWS instance that doesn’t start up
Let us take a look at the scenario where you make a configuration change to an AWS Linux instance and reboot the AWS instance for the changes to take effect. However, on rebooting, the instance is not accessible. What would you do if the configuration change you made breaks the...
Refreshing SQL Server Error Logs
Often the first stop in troubleshooting is taking a peek at those logs. SQL Server Error logs can provide a lot of useful information and when it comes down to troubleshooting a SQL Server problem one cannot go wrong by cracking open the log files. The SQL Server error log by...
SQL Server Job Reporting – SQL Toolbox
SQL Server is indeed a powerfull database management system, however Microsoft has not yet included the run yourself feature as of yet. And it is because of this Database Administrators need a good set of tools to not only manage SQL Server but to also monitor what is going on...
Configuring Encrypted SQL Server Backups
******** IMPORTANT WARNING ******** DO NOT ENCRYPT ANYTHING WITHOUT FIRST TAKING BACKUPS OF ALL KEYS, BACKUP THE CERTIFICATE, AND NOTE THE PASSWORDS USED. When dealing with encryption of any kind in SQL Server it all begins with the Service Master Key (SMK). The SMK is...
Where did that folderReport go in SQL Server Reporting Services
If you are new to SSRS, or just new to the company and you have a developer promising you they deployed a report to the report server, but it had disappear from the display… Here is a hint of where you might find it. Here you have your report manager interface. The user is...
XTIVIA Dynamic Data List Visualization Portlet
Introduction A picture is worth a thousand words! This popular adage refers to the notion that a complex idea or dataset can be conveyed with just a single image. It has been observed that people relate to images quicker than just looking at tabular data. Effective...
Using Extended Events to pinpoint performance issues in SQL Server
A while back, I was tasked with using extended events to see what information could be captured to help a customer out with troubleshooting a performance issue. My first step was to see which SQL Server extended events were available on the server. With each version of SQL...
Jasperserver Scheduled Reports Not Running
You may run into an issue where several reports scheduled at the same time do not kick off. One cause for this is that the server does not have enough time to kick off all the reports before the expiry of the cut off time. A remedy for this issue is to increase the number of...