Setting up Ansible, SSH to configure AWS EC2 instances
Setting up Ansible, SSH to configure AWS EC2 instancesWe pick up with our ansible tutorial to focus on this AWS ansible tutorial on how to use ansible with EC2 as well as mastering ansible inventory...
View ArticleSetting up Ansible for our Cassandra Database Cluster to do DevOps/DBA tasks
Setting up Ansible for our Cassandra Database Cluster to do DevOps/DBA tasksAnsible is an essential DevOps/DBA tool for managing backups and rolling upgrades to the Cassandra cluster in AWS/EC2. An...
View ArticleCassandra AWS Cluster with CloudFormation, bastion host, Ansible, ssh and the...
This Cassandra tutorial is useful for developers and DevOps/DBA staff who want to launch a Cassandra cluster in AWS.The cassandra-image project has been using Vagrant and Ansible to set up a Cassandra...
View ArticleRadom thoughts by Rick Hightower: DR and multi-region
DR based on region is silly for most apps and services. It is an expensive bet.Multi-region is great for reducing latency for sure and DR for sure, but multi-region hot standbys is silly for most...
View ArticleReakt Kafka Example
Reakt Kafka ExampleReakt-Kakfa adapts Kafka to Reakt promises and streams.Reakt has promise libraries for Vert.x, Netty, Guava, and Cassandra.Using Promises with Kafka...
View ArticleApache Avro Tutorial
Apache Avro TutorialApache Avro™ is a data serialization system. Avro provides data structures, binary data format, container file for storing persistent data and provides RPC capabilities. Avro does...
View ArticleKafka Tutorial: Kafka Clustering, Consumer Failover, Broke Failover
This tutorial covers Kafka clustering and replicated topic. It demonstrates consumer failover and broker failover. It also demonstrates load balancing Kafka consumers. The article shows how, with many...
View ArticleWriting Kafka Java Producers and Kafka Java Consumers
Kafka Tutorial: Writing a Kafka Producer in JavaIn this tutorial, we are going to create simple Java example that creates a Kafka producer. You create a new replicated Kafka topic called...
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Tutorial Part 1: Managing Kubernetes StatefulSets using ZooKeeper and Minikube
Kubernetes StatefulSet with ZooKeeper as an exampleBackgroundI was having a really hard time deploying Kafka to Kubernetes. It worked fine when we were doing development and integration. We started...
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Tutorial Part 2: Kubernetes StatefulSet with ZooKeeper as an example on...
Kubernetes StatefulSet with ZooKeeper as an example on OpenShiftBackgroundThis is part 2. In part 1 of this tutorial, we got an example of a ZooKeeper StatefulSet running locally with minkube.This...
View ArticleTutorial Part 3: Kubernetes StatefulSet with ZooKeeper using Kustomize to...
Kubernetes StatefulSet with ZooKeeper using Kustomize to target multiple environmentsBackgroundZooKeeper is a nice tool to start StatefulSets with because it is small and lightweight, yet exhibits a...
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MCP Integration: How Brave Search and Claude Desktop Enhance AI Assistant...
Introduction to Anthropic’s new Agentic MCP IntegrationThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) has revolutionized how AI assistants interact with external data sources. Introduced by Anthropic in late 2024,...
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Setting up Claude Filesystem MCP
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a big deal in artificial intelligence. It was introduced on November 25th, 2024, and it’s like a universal connector for AI systems. Before MCP, AI assistants were...
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MCP Integration: How Brave Search and Claude Desktop Enhance AI Assistant...
Introduction to Anthropic’s new Agentic MCP IntegrationThe Model Context Protocol (MCP) has revolutionized how AI assistants interact with external data sources. Introduced by Anthropic in late 2024,...
View ArticleAnthropic’s MCP: Set up Git MCP Agentic Tooling with Claude Desktop
In this detailed guide, I’ll walk you through setting up and using Model Context Protocol (MCP) Git integration with Claude Desktop. This tooling enables Claude to analyze and interact with your Git...
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Adopting GenAI for the Busy Executive
Adopting GenAI for the Busy ExecutiveSlash Costs and Boost Loyalty with AI-Powered DocumentationRemember the early internet, when websites were mostly static “brochureware”? This evolved into...
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Beyond Basic RAG: Building Virtual Subject Matter Experts with Advanced AI
Beyond Basic RAG: Building Virtual Subject Matter Experts with Advanced AIWe have spent years working with LLMs, RAG systems, and intelligent AI solutions, and one pattern has become abundantly clear:...
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