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Introduction When working in teams, it’s important to know instantly when something changes in the codebase. Whether it’s a new commit, a merge request, or a pipeline status, getting alerts in team chat helps everyone stay updated. In this guide, we’ll walk through how to connect GitLab with Mattermost using… Continue Reading How to Configure a Webhook to Get GitLab Alerts in Mattermost

Introduction HashiCorp Vault is widely used for secure secret management. One of its key features is fine-grained access control via policies and tokens. Vault tokens are used to authenticate and access secrets stored in HashiCorp Vault. To keep access secure, it is best practice to tie tokens to specific policies… Continue Reading How to Create and Revoke Vault Tokens Against a Policy

Introduction: Metabase is a great tool for creating dashboards and sharing data. But if you host it yourself, you might want to change the default icon (called a favicon) to match your brand or company. This small change can make Metabase feel more professional and personalised. Prerequisites: Implementation: Step 1:… Continue Reading How to Change the Favicon in Metabase (Self-Hosted Version)

Introduction Apache Superset is a powerful data visualisation and exploration platform that helps you turn raw data into meaningful insights — fast and with zero coding skills required. Whether you’re a data analyst, engineer, or business user, Superset makes it easy to connect to your data, build interactive dashboards, and… Continue Reading How to Install Apache Superset on Ubuntu via Docker Compose

Introduction Redis is a popular in-memory database known for its speed and versatility. By default, Redis allows only local connections, we can enable secure remote access for specific use cases Prerequisite Implementation Step 1: Install Redis $ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install redis-server -y Step 2: Start and… Continue Reading How to Install Redis on Ubuntu and Allow Remote Access from a Specific Server

Introduction STRICT_TRANS_TABLES is one of the SQL modes in MySQL that enforces strict data validation rules. When STRICT_TRANS_TABLES is enabled, MySQL rejects invalid values and generates an error, rather than converting them. If a value is missing or invalid, the entire INSERT or UPDATE query is aborted, and no data… Continue Reading How to Disable STRICT_TRANS_TABLES in MySQL

Introduction n98-magerun is a command-line interface tool for Magento that allows developers, administrators, and DevOps users to perform maintenance tasks, development work, and configuration management. It provides commands for system information, database maintenance, cron jobs, integration APIs, and more Prerequisite Implementation Step 1: Download the CLI tool at the root of… Continue Reading How to reset the Admin password in Magento2 using the Command Line Interface Tool

Introduction MySQL’s password policy level, defined by the “validate_password_policy” system variable, enforces constraints on new passwords to ensure they are secure Prerequisites1. A sudo privileged user to SSH the server 2. Mysql root password Implementation MySQL’s password policy has three levels: LOW, MEDIUM, and STRONG LOW: Tests password length only, requiring passwords… Continue Reading How to change MySQL password policy level

Introduction Updating secure and unsecure URLs directly in the Magento database can be necessary when you need to modify your website’s base URLs swiftly and efficiently. This method bypasses the Magento admin panel and allows you to edit the configuration stored in the database directly. It’s handy when you’re unable… Continue Reading How to update secure and unsecure URLs directly in the Magento database

Introduction: A replica set in MongoDB is a group of MongoDB processes that maintain the same data set with a designated primary node and one or more secondary nodes. Replica sets provide redundancy and high availability, forming the foundation for robust production deployments Prerequisites: Implementation Step 1: Open the MongoDB… Continue Reading How to Generate a Connection String for a MongoDB Replica Set Using MongoDB Compass