Development against Legacy Databases A “legacy” relational production database can be a challenge to develop new software against, whether it be “reports” or a feature for a web application. The schema sets a minimum for what to expect, but the actual data content may be “dirty” or inconsistent. There can be any number of curiosities Read more…
This is the final blog post in a three-part series about the use of the Visual Studio Code Remote – Containers extension. The first post went over the benefits and general concepts of using a dev container to develop a project. The second showed some basic examples on how to get started along with introducing Read more…
Introduction Many enterprises attempt to drive software development and delivery towards a DevOps mindset. Likewise, organizations struggle with increasing security challenges while adopting these innovative software practices. Embedding security within the deployment lifecycle is non-negotiable. Therefore, integration of security into CI/CD workflows need to be done cautiously to meet an ever-evolving technology landscape. DevSecOps is Read more…
This article covers one method of automatically creating CloudWatch Dashboards for several resources types, while supporting arbitrary grouping. Working knowledge of Terraform 0.12.x is advised. Here at Stelligent, we are all about shortening and otherwise improving the feedback loop between developers and users. We have spent a lot of time showing you how to automate Read more…
CloudFormation Development Process and Privilege As a developer works through the development of a CloudFormation template, they are likely working in a “sandbox” account where they have significant “power user” privileges. This is convenient in order to allow the developer to focus on the business needs, but what happens when the same template is converged Read more…
In this episode, Michael Neil joins us to talk about Stelligent’s newest open source project and how you can use it to automate your container deployments. This tool was built to help people who are new to AWS to make their deployments easier. Scott Alexander and Shaug Evans host this episode and talk about the Read more…
This is part two of a two part series on Amazon Inspector. This article is about implementing Amazon Inspector in automated AMI pipelines. The first article is an Introduction to Amazon Inspector. Automated security scanning is an essential part of DevSecOps, however setting the scanning up can be cumbersome. This quickstart incorporates Amazon Inspector and Read more…
This is part one of a two part series on Amazon Inspector. This article goes over some of the features of Amazon Inspector and covers some of the pros and cons of the service. The second article within this series is a quick start on implementing Amazon Inspector in automated AMI pipelines. Introduction to Amazon Read more…
Identity Management had a curious beginning in the early 1500s in England, where parish churches kept elaborate written records “for the purpose of preventing bigamy and consanguineous marriage.” It was the invention of the automobile 400 years later that furthered the creation of personal identification when in 1903 two US states issued the first driver’s Read more…
Editor’s Note: Stelligent has been a remote-first company since 2013. All of our employees work from home, providing cloud consulting services to the public sector and corporations all over the United States. We love our remote culture, but the arrangement has its challenges. We’re publishing a series of articles to share our insights with everyone Read more…