In order to set up headless tests on RHEL 6.7, you will need Xvfb, which is a virtual framebuffer that performs the graphical operations without showing anything on the screen. The browser that I chose to use for my headless tests was Firefox. In order to install Xvfb on RHEL use yum: yum install xorg-x11-server-Xvfb […]
Intro On the current engagement we are using gradle to automate the build process. Gradle can lend itself to scripting through groovy. Anything groovy can do gradle can do. I’m interested in more than just building the application automatically. When it comes to Continuous Integration (CI) we often need to do more than just build […]
Dear Loyal Readers, I’ve been using bind in AWS for a while now. Initially route53 created publicly available DNS entries, but recently, AWS added the private/vpc-aware Route 53. This makes our security team happy! Sadly, the record propagation delay was causing us problems (long delays) in our ability to quickly spin up new instances. We might have been able to live […]
The software development IDE, JetBrains PhpStorm, is a versatile tool to incorporate into a DevOps pipeline. One useful method of expanding upon its native features is to add the SonarQube plugin to provide source code analysis. Step-by-step documentation is scattered or insufficient, so I have compiled an explanation of the process, with accompanying screenshots. This does […]
Introduction A few months, I wrote a blog post about performing compatibility testing for mobile web apps. Since that time, I have been talking with Sauce Labs about putting together a webinar focusing on locally debugging and executing compatibility testing that will eventually be run in the cloud. And that time is finally almost upon us! You […]
Checked vs Unchecked Exceptions in Java is an already debated and documented topic. I don’t plan to discuss the details here. If you are looking for discussion on this subject I will point you to other sources: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6115896/java-checked-vs-unchecked-exception-explanation http://www.quora.com/What-is-difference-between-a-checked-and-unchecked-exception https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/exceptions/runtime.html This is however an example of wanting to control the exception flow of your application […]
Here are some tips for keeping your OS environment secure, the DevOps way. Scanning Get your environment scanned early and often. And your first scan should happen even earlier. Nothing is worse than getting your first set of scan result back and realizing you have just been given 2 weeks worth of “surprise” work. Our […]
The Problem When building any application, library or framework one of the design decisions you make again and again is flexibility. This is shown by many of the choices you make during development. But what about when you want your application, library or framework to be configurable. What is Typesafe Config? It […]
As I’m certain everyone is aware, a new version of SecureCI™ has been released! Many more tools have been included, and while the basic setup is the same, there is a bit more configuration that you’ll need to setup. My previous post of how to startup a new instance of SecureCI™ is still accurate, however […]
I am the black sheep of the company. Everything I run is Linux in some form or another except when required by a client. This includes my phone. When I first heard about Stagefright my heart sank, mostly for all the ribbing I would get for my co-workers, but also because my phone is rooted, more […]
