Uploading Community Cookbooks from Supermarket to Chef Server (1 mins read).
How to upload a given community cookbook from Chef Supermarket to Chef Server, using Berkshelf.
Constructing an Ordered Dependency Graph for Chef Cookbooks, using Berkshelf (3 mins read).
How to create a dependency graph for a given cookbook's dependencies to understand the order to install them in.
Using Dynamically Generated Non-AWS Owned SSH Keys with Test Kitchen on EC2 (3 mins read).
How to set up kitchen-ec2 to use an SSH key that isn't available in AWS by amending the user-data of the created EC2 instance.
by 
Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#test-kitchen
#aws
#ssh.
Waiting for SSH service on Test Kitchen with the Docker driver (1 mins read).
How to resolve Waiting for SSH service when running kitchen-docker.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#test-kitchen
#docker.
Setting up a Test Environment for Job DSL Projects (6 mins read).
How to tweak your Job DSL configuration to allow working with test environments, to validate jobs configure correctly.
by Jamie Tanna
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#jenkins
#job-dsl.
Working with a Git remote's default branch, using origin/HEAD (2 mins read).
How to interact with the default branch for a remote repo, as well as update it if needed.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#git.
Better Chef Reporting for Automated Pipelines (1 mins read).
How to get better machine-parseable reports for your Chef Pipelines.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#jenkins
#test-kitchen
#rubocop
#cookstyle
#rspec.
Managing Your Chef Gem Dependencies More Easily in your Gemfile (2 mins read).
How to source your Chef Gem dependencies from your Chef cookbook's metadata.rb instead of duplicating them between files.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#ruby.
Programatically Determining the Version of a Chef Cookbook (1 mins read).
How to determine a Chef cookbook's version programatically, using Ruby.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#ruby.
How to Use Cookstyle to Autocorrect Style Issues (1 mins read).
How to use the cookstyle tool with Chef cookbooks to autocorrect style issues.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#ruby
#chefdk
#chef-workstation
#cookstyle.
Ensuring Consistent Code Style with Job DSL Repos (3 mins read).
How to make sure that your Job DSL configuration repos are managed with consistent code style.
by Jamie Tanna
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#jenkins
#job-dsl
#spotless.
Speeding Up Gradle Executions with Parallelisation (2 mins read).
How to make your Gradle builds faster, by taking advantage of parallelisation.
Testing Time with Java (4 mins read).
How to make your Java tests better when dealing with java.util.time.
Introducing tokens-pls, a Web Application to Test OAuth2 Code Flows (2 mins read).
Announcing my new project, tokens-pls, which allows for easier manual testing with the OAuth2 code flow for Public Clients.
Using Proof of Key Code Exchange (PKCE) Using rack-oauth2 as an OAuth2 Client (1 mins read).
How to use the PKCE extension when using the Ruby library rack-oauth2 as an OAuth2 client.
Determining the (Git) Branch of the Jenkins Pipeline Job (1 mins read).
How to find out what branch the currently executing script has been checked out from.
Encrypting and Decrypting Text with OpenSSL (2 mins read).
How to use openssl to encrypt text with a shared passphrase.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#openssl
#security
#privacy.
Getting Started With Jenkins Job DSL Plugin for Standardising Your Pipelines (10 mins read).
A worked example of how to use Jenkins Job DSL to set up a standardised pipeline for Java libraries.
by Jamie Tanna
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#jenkins
#job-dsl.
Installing Gems From Your Gemfile When Developing Chef Cookbooks using the ChefDK / Chef Workstation (2 mins read).
How to install Ruby Gems in local development using your Gemfile.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#chef
#ruby
#chefdk
#chef-workstation.
Moving meetup-mf2 and eventbrite-mf2 to Heroku (1 mins read).
Moving my APIs meetup-mf2.herokuapp.com and eventbrite-mf2.herokuapp.com to Heroku-hosted apps.
Autogenerating Postman Collections for IndieAuth Servers (2 mins read).
Creating Postman collections programmatically for a user's IndieAuth server.
by Jamie Tanna
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#postman
#ruby
#indieauth
#indieauth-postman.
Implementing the Refresh Token Grant in my IndieAuth Server (4 mins read).
Announcing support for long-lived refresh tokens as part of my IndieAuth server.
by Jamie Tanna
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#www.jvt.me
#indieauth.jvt.me
#indieauth
#oauth2.
Executing javax.servlet.Filters in aws-serverless-java-container Jersey Apps (2 mins read).
How to add a javax.servlet.Filter to a Jersey application, built using the AWS Serverless Container for Java.
by Jamie Tanna
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#java
#jersey
#blogumentation
#aws
#serverless.
Writing Environment-Agnostic Functional Acceptance Tests (7 mins read).
How to structure your (Java) functional acceptance tests to make it easier to add environment-specific configuration.
by Jamie Tanna
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#java
#testing
#testing
#software-testing
#cucumber
#software-quality
#quality-engineering.
Autogenerating Postman Collections for Micropub Servers (3 mins read).
Creating Postman collections programmatically from a Micropub server's supported configuration.
by Jamie Tanna
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#postman
#ruby
#micropub
#micropub-postman.
Releasing Two Lightweight Libraries for Server-Driven Content Negotiation (2 mins read).
Introducing two new Java libraries for performing server-driven content negotiation.
Why I Consistently Reach for Server-Driven Content Negotiation (For Versioning) (5 mins read).
Why I use server-driven content negotiation for APIs to allow for versioning and allowing different representations of APIs.
by Jamie Tanna
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#api
#content-negotiation
#rest
#web
#versioning
#version-pinning.
Inexactly Comparing MediaTypes with Spring (1 mins read).
How to compare Spring's MediaType by ignoring charset or parameters.
Converting X.509 and PKCS#8 .pem file to a JWKS (in Ruby) (2 mins read).
Converting X.509 and PKCS#8 files to JWKS format, using the ruby-jose library.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#pki
#ruby
#x509
#pkcs8
#pem
#jwks.
Generating a JSON Web Key (JWK) With Ruby (1 mins read).
How to create a new JWK with Ruby.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#pki
#ruby
#pem
#jwks.
Creating a Personal IndieAuth Server (6 mins read).
Announcing the release of my personal IndieAuth server, and what I've spent my time on.
Setting up Passwordless Authentication using the Okta Factors API (3 mins read).
How to use Okta's Factors API to use push notifications to authenticate yourself.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#authentication
#okta
#passwordless.
How to List Gradle's Buildscript / Plugin Dependencies (1 mins read).
How to list the dependencies that are used by Gradle's plugins as part of its buildscript.
Filtering Tasks and their Subtasks in JIRA (1 mins read).
How to filter issues, and their subtasks, with JIRA Query Language.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#jira.
Globally Logging all Spring (Boot) Exceptions (3 mins read).
How to log whenever an exception triggers on an exception handler with Spring.
Using Git Diff Without a Repo (1 mins read).
How to use git diff when you're not in a Git repo.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#git.
Changing the Storage of Cites on my Site (2 mins read).
Changing how I store and render context for other posts.
by Jamie Tanna
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#www.jvt.me
#hugo.
Providing Hints for Autoconfiguring Micropub Clients (3 mins read).
Enhancing my Micropub Server and autoconfiguring Micropub client with the support for hints.
by Jamie Tanna
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#www.jvt.me
#micropub.
Creating an Auto-configuring Micropub Client (2 mins read).
Announcing support for my Micropub Client configuring itself based on support in my server.
by Jamie Tanna
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#www.jvt.me
#micropub.
unknown revision or path not in the working tree after Jenkins Git Plugin Update (1 mins read).
How to fix git rev-parse suddenly not working after a Jenkins Git plugin update.
Publishing + Consuming Artefacts in the Local Maven Repository with Gradle (1 mins read).
How to use Gradle to publish and consume artefacts build on your local machine.
Women in Tech October: How to Manage Your New Manager (4 mins read).
A writeup of the Women in Tech October meetup in October, where Ruth Lee spoke about How to Manage Your New Manager.
by Jamie Tanna
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#wit-notts
#management.
Unit Testing Auth0 Rules (8 mins read).
How to write unit tests for your Auth0 Rules, without running it on an Auth0 tenant.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#auth0
#unit-testing
#testing
#javascript
#nodejs.
Resolving Gradle Error Unexpected Parent Dependency in IntelliJ (1 mins read).
How to resolve the error Unexpected Parent Dependency when building Gradle projects in IntelliJ.
Debugging Git Errors Using Environment Variables (1 mins read).
How to use environment variables such as GIT_TRACE to debug what's going wrong / what's happening under the hood with git.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#git.
Celebrating Four Years at Capital One (3 mins read).
Reflecting on my time at Capital One so far.
by Jamie Tanna
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#job
#capital-one.
Hacktoberfest Comes to Homebrew Website Club Nottingham (2 mins read).
Announcing Hacktoberfest-themed events at Homebrew Website Club Nottingham in late September and October.
by Jamie Tanna
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#hacktoberfest
#homebrew-website-club-nottingham.
Creating Signed JOSE Objects with Ruby (1 mins read).
How to use ruby-jose to create a signed JSON Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) object on the command-line.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#ruby
#command-line
#jwt
#jose.
Why I Actively Discourage Online Tooling like jwt.io and Online JSON Validators (5 mins read).
Why you should be opting for local tooling when working with sensitive data, even Non-Production ones.
by Jamie Tanna
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#security
#privacy.
Investigating Solutions for Private/Friends-Only Posts on a Static Website (6 mins read).
Discussing the options available for posts that require authentication while using a static site, using my own personal requirements.
by Jamie Tanna
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#www.jvt.me
#indieweb
#indieauth
#micropub
#www-private.jvt.me.