by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | May 28, 2021 | cloud, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, nodejs, Python, security, serverless
Last year, I blogged about how to use Slack or email notifications for security IBM Cloud security issues. Now I added another code sample, showing how to send out notification emails using any SMTP server. The code is written in Python and Node.js and deployed as IBM...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | May 19, 2021 | DB2, documentation, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, knowledge center
I often answer technical product questions, for Db2 and IBM Cloud topics. To provide relevant links and to back up my "hunch" after reading a question, I typically search the relevant documentation. But what are efficient way to search in the Db2 documentation? What...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Mar 30, 2021 | IBM, ibmcloud, IT, Python, serverless
cron-like schedulingSome days ago I stumbled over my 2015 post "Bluemix: Simple cron-like service for my Python code". It is not just the name Bluemix which is dated. Since then, it has transformed into IBM Cloud Platform and has added serverless compute options like...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Mar 11, 2021 | blog, cloud, github, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, Python
A follow-up from my last post on Python decorators:Solution architectureSome years back, on IBM Cloud, we introduced an IBM Cloud solution tutorial for GitHub traffic analytics based on Cloud Foundry and IBM Cloud Functions. A Cloud Functions action is triggered daily...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Mar 5, 2021 | developer, github, ibmcloud, IT, Python, security, tutorial
Secured Python Flask app on Code EngineRecently, I migrated an existing Python app from a Cloud Foundry to an IBM Cloud Code Engine deployment. The Flask app uses decorators for the routes and for OIDC-based authentication. For usability, the app should start up even...
by Henrik Loeser (data_henrik) | Jan 18, 2021 | cloud, IBM, ibmcloud, IT, security
JWT: Encoded or decoded security claimsLast week, I wrote about Db2 support for JSON Web Tokens (JWT). Today, I have a small follow-up with some reading material on JWT and related topics like JOSE, JWS, JWK as well as OAuth and OpenID Connect.Some JWT history and...
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