Michael Mikhailidi

cURL

Quick Domain Spoof with cURL

Occasionally, you need to quickly check service availability, make sure your application is alive, or retrieve a certificate using internal interfaces.

Ansible

Ansible: K.I.S.S. Optimization

It's fascinating, but our automation code is mature enough to have compatibility issues during the operating system upgrade. Let's see how violating the "Keep it simple stupid (K.I.S.S.)" principle leads you to trouble.

PowerShell

How To Watch in PowerShell

Every system administrator who runs a big system knows how to make long-running tasks less boring. Watching progress is one of those little fun things.

development

The Sin of Generalization

Our ancestors gifted us with a great ability: visual pattern recognition. It helped them survive by distinguishing tree branches from pythons and good fruit from bad. We train neural networks to recognize patterns, generalize, and create variations, with one difference: we teach them when to stop.

WebMethods

WebMethods.io: Custom Transformers

In previous integration posts, I briefly touched on the powerful mechanism of the Webmethods.io Transformers. Let's explore the data manipulation tools using a real-life example.

Ansible

Ansible: Log Visibility Control

Ansible, originally developed as a state management tool, relies on logs to track play progress and target states due to its distributed execution. Let's discuss a few methods for controlling log content and visibility.

Ansible

Ansible: Ad-Hoc Shell Module

I shared a tip on handling missing files in an Ansible playbook some time ago. I have now tried to do the same with ad hoc command execution. Here is how you can use extra module arguments.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT-4: Webnmethods.io Connector

Earlier in the series, we defined a custom connector for the new X API and established that a predefined connector does not work with the latest OpenAI models. Let's create a custom REST connector for the latest GPT models.

Cloud Integration

Webmethod.io: Implementation. Part 2.

We finally get into workflow building, with all custom components and connections required for a secure Ghost Blog. Today, we will complete the overall design and error-handling process.

ChatGPT

Webmethods.io meets ChatGPT

Creating the integration, I think we should make a stop for deep diving into the connector configuration to illustrate how traditional information systems meet large language models (LLM).

WebMethods

Webmethods.io: Implementation

If you follow my Webmethods.io Integration series, you already have an environment, the process blueprint, custom action, and the X/Twitter connector. It's time to use them in a new integration flow.

WebMethods

Ghost: Securing Webhooks

Life in security-first environments shifts your perspective on many things, even if you don't really want that. This story explains how to control the Ghost blog and webhooks message exchange.

WebMethods

X.com: Webmethods Custom Connector

The main reason I started this automation project was X integration. The changes in the social network API were an excuse for many automation tools to move X integration to premium plans. Webmethods.io offers code-free integration, and here is a recipe.

WebMethods

Webmethods.io: Workflow Design

By now, you are familiar with the Webmethods.io Integration, get access to your forever-free environment, and create your first project. It's time to draw.

WebMethods

Webmethods.io Integration Project

Let's glance at the Webmethoods.io Integration project to finish our short product tour. We will familiarize ourselves with the Projects, Monitor, and Recipes subsystems and examine the integration project structure.

Ansible

Ansible: A Shell Execution Shortcut

Here is a small trick that could make your playbooks, if not more readable, at least shorter. The trick is useful if you use Shell to execute multiple commands on targets.

Integration

Webmethods.io Integration

In my previous post, I went through why I chose Software AG and WEBMETHODS.io Integration. Today, I want to walk you through the registration and account creation process.

Cloud Integration

DYI: Repost Automation

For a while, we used Zappier to automate post announcements on social networks. However, service and application providers interpret "always" differently than we, mere consumers. Drifting service terms, plans, and APIs led me to the point when I said, "Let's learn something new."

AI

OCI Generative AI Sample Bot

Whether you are taking an Oracle Generative AI workshop or pursuing Oracle Generative AI Professional certification, you can't miss the OCI Generative AI ChatBot sample code. The code is in the GitHub public repository and allows you to build a simple AI-powered web chat using well-known frameworks such

Docker

Multiplatform Images: Customization

In the previous post, I built a simple multiplatform container image. Now, we discuss how to customize the image contents depending on the target architecture.

Docker

Multiplatform Images: Practical Guide

Have you ever wondered how Docker knows which image layer is required to run a container in your operating system? The answer is multiplatform images; this piece walks you through the build process.

Registry

Oracle Container Registry Tips

Oracle offers Container Registry, a large set of containerized Oracle licensed and open-source products. Unfortunately, this product is not the most user-friendly, and instructions on third-party sites do not improve the situation.

OCI Featured

OCI Function Deployment Error

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers serverless functions. For OCI, function development requires tools to create and deploy code in accordance. This set of independent tools often results in mysterious errors.

Database

JDBC URL: Short And Secure

For years, Oracle SQL*Net offered a secured connection to the database and a prevalent unencrypted one. With the Zero Trust Architecture, that is no longer an option; you should get ready for end-to-end encryption in any environment, including your workstation.

Security

Python: Testing Secure Connections

Security control validation and enforcement are tasks we have regularly. We have created a small Python application that simplifies socket tests