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In Grails 2.x and in some earlier versions, the log4j configuration resides in grails-app/conf/Config.groovy. We can modify log4j closure here to add new categories and tweak the log levels. In development environemnt any changes to log4j closure are loaded automatically without bouncing the application, but not when the application is running from a war. Our […]
AWS recommends to rotate your IAM user’s Access keys periodically. Sometime we create access keys for IAM user and keep using it. We forget to rotate the keys after a period of time, which is not considered as a good practice. Recently, we came across a use case wherein we were supposed to rotate the […]
Social Media Marketing is necessary in today’s connected world to communicate with your audience and create brand awareness. It helps you reach a large audience base, which includes your customers and potential customers. With the rise in the adoption of social media, various new platforms have emerged. The choices are endless but do we know […]
Mongo Monitoring Service(MMS) is a service that ensures that the MongoDB is up and running and can alert us when the service is stopped/restarted.It can be run on an on-premise architecture or in the cloud like AWS. Use Case We have multiple servers running MongoDB service and they are present in different environments as Production, […]
AWS OpsWorks is a service which can be used to manage applications and can be used to operate applications of all shapes and sizes. In this blog we will discuss steps to automate a PHP app using AWS OpsWorks and Git. OpsWorks is an AWS service that can be used to automate the different kinds […]
Purpose: We have seen various instances of manual configuration on multiple servers which are similar and repetitive. When it comes to automate such tasks an easy process comes in mind – Configuration Management. There are several such tools available for this purpose. Ansible is one such tool that can be used for configuration management tasks, […]
Infrastructure monitoring in the cloud is the topmost priority for any application running in the cloud. This includes monitoring the web servers, databases, applications & various tools being used. Datadog not only provides monitoring but also has alerts integrated so that you get notified for certain type of issues which occur. For example a lot […]
It is believed that on the day of the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, Lord Shiva (the first yogi) turned south and set his eyes on the Seven Sages, who spread the knowledge of yoga across the world. Hence, June 21, the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere has a special significance […]
At times you encounter a use case where you need to run a Jenkins job remotely from another Jenkins instance. Well, there is a way to achieve this by using Parameterized Remote Trigger plugin. Let’s see how we can trigger parameterized or non-parameterized jobs on remote Jenkins server from another Jenkins server. Demonstration Lets say we […]
