Debugging Kafka Connect Connectors/SMTs in Java
Are you developing a custom Kafka Connect Connector or Single Message Transform (SMT) and need to debug this? This blog post will give you ideas on how to output information to standard output and...
Kubernetes WordPress with Remote MySQL Access
Deploying WordPress to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) was a great exercise for me to learn and improve my Helm and Kubernetes knowledge. Bitnami has a Helm chart for WordPress on AKS.
The most ideal...
.NET Kafka Producers
This multipage post will specifically target the concept of getting data out of a specific system or database and on to the Kafka Event Bus. There are many ways of doing this and some are easier to...
Local Development with Azure API Management Gateway
This was rather tricky to figure out so I thought I would share my experience with setting up Visual Studio with a local development subscription of Azure API Management (APIM) Gateway. It turns...
Privilege Escalation: Writing a User to /etc/passwd
Sometimes an application will be misconfigured and will have the capability to read/write to the /etc/passwd file. This code below creates a hashed password and demonstrates how to echo that into the /etc/passwd...
Getting Started with Burp Suite
Burp Suite is a very powerful tool for manipulating websites to find vulnerabilities. The community edition will work fine but is much slower than the Professional version. You can use the community edition to learn...
PostgreSQL for .NET Developers
Venturing into microservice architecture has forced me to become more aware of other technologies that may be more performant, cheaper, and or a better match for that specific need. PostgreSQL ("Postgres") is a relational database that...
Docker: MSSQL Server
Microsoft has created several images for MSSQL Server on Docker Hub. They have support for Windows and Ubuntu containers. It's very easy to customize these images with setup scripts, execute commands, or build a custom image.
Pulling a...
