Performing Mutual TLS Authentication with Rest Assured (via Apache HTTP Client) (3 mins read).
How to configure Rest Assured to perform Mutual TLS authentication against an API.
by 
Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#certificates
#mutual-tls
#java
#rest-assured.
Gotcha: Running both JUnit4 and JUnit5 Together with Gradle (1 mins read).
How to make sure your JUnit4 and JUnit5 Gradle tests work within the same project.
Gotcha: Running both JUnit4 and JUnit5 Together with Maven (1 mins read).
How to make sure your JUnit4 and JUnit5 Maven tests work within the same project.
Pretty Printing XML on the Command-Line (1 mins read).
How to use xmllint to pretty-print XML/HTML files.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#html
#xml
#pretty-print
#command-line.
Backporting/Replaying Changes using git format-patch and git apply / git-am (2 mins read).
Using git format-patch and git apply/git am to apply a patch, if git cherry-pick isn't available.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#git.
List What Files Changed in a Git Commit (1 mins read).
How to list what files changed in a given commit.
Using Chef to Delete Files that aren't in a List (2 mins read).
How to delete files in a directory that don't match a list.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#chef.
Converting a JSON Web Key to a X.509 .pem file (in Node.JS) (2 mins read).
Converting a JSON Web Key (JWK) to an X.509 PEM file, using the node-jose library.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#pki
#nodejs
#x509
#pem
#jwks.
Configuring a Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline to Use an External Script with Job DSL (2 mins read).
How to set up a Multibranch Pipeline to use an external Git repo for running your Jenkins script.
ChefSpec Gotcha: Using render_file When Deleting Files (2 mins read).
How to use render_file with ChefSpec when you're deleting the file.
Setting up a directory for OpenSSL's SSL_CERT_DIR (2 mins read).
How to configure a directory of trusted certificates for OpenSSL to trust.
Locking Your Machine Before Suspending Using systemd (2 mins read).
How to get systemd to automagically lock your machine before it suspends.
Parsing URL Querystrings with Node.JS (1 mins read).
How to easily parse a URL querystring with Node.JS.
Using the OpenSSL Command-Line to Verify an SSL/TLS Connection (2 mins read).
How to use the openssl command-line to verify whether certs are valid.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#openssl
#certificates
#command-line
#nablopomo.
Viewing Jenkins Jobs' Configuration as XML (1 mins read).
How to view the XML configuration for a given Jenkins job.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#jenkins
#job-dsl
#nablopomo.
Trusting Self-Signed Certificates from Ruby (1 mins read).
How to configure Ruby to trust self-signed certificates.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby
#certificates
#nablopomo.
Pretty Printing YAML with the Ruby Command-Line (1 mins read).
Using Ruby's YAML library to pretty-print YAML files from the command-line.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#nablopomo
#blogumentation
#ruby
#yaml
#pretty-print
#command-line.
Piping Data When Not Running a Command with sudo (1 mins read).
How to (more) safely pipe stdin to an elevated command with sudo tee.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#command-line
#nablopomo
#security.
Minifying JSON with Python (1 mins read).
How to take a pretty-printed JSON string and replace it with a minifed JSON string using Python.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#python
#command-line
#blogumentation
#nablopomo
#json
#minify-json.
Minifying JSON with Ruby (1 mins read).
How to take a pretty-printed JSON string and replace it with a minifed JSON string using Ruby.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#ruby
#command-line
#blogumentation
#nablopomo
#json
#minify-json.
Only Adding Changes for Tracked Files With Git (1 mins read).
How to only add files that have changed with git add -u.
Creating a Global .gitignore (1 mins read).
How to have Git have a list of files to globally ignore, without configuring anything in your ~/.gitconfig.
Gotcha: Netlify Makes All Your Filenames Case-Insensitive (1 mins read).
Beware if you have a requirement for case-sensitive URLs for Netlify.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#nablopomo
#netlify
#www.jvt.me.
Making Hugo Generate Case Sensitive URLs (2 mins read).
How to make your Hugo URLs case sensitive.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#nablopomo
#hugo
#www.jvt.me.
Viewing the Contents of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with OpenSSL (1 mins read).
How to look at the contents of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with the openssl command-line tool.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#openssl
#certificates
#nablopomo.
Setting Your Maven Project Versions (1 mins read).
How to set the versions of all Maven pom.xmls within a Maven project.
Listing the Contents of a Java Truststore (3 mins read).
How to extract a list of trusted certificates from a Java Trust store.
Getting git diff Outputs Without a Prefix (1 mins read).
How to remove a/ and b/ from git diff outputs.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#git.
Auto-linking URLs with Hugo (2 mins read).
How to get URLs automagically converted to links in Hugo, using Regular Expressions.
Pushing your Git Branches to a Matching Remote Branch (1 mins read).
How to save yourself from typing git push --set-upstream origin ${branch} and have Git determine the branch you're pushing to.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#git.
Testing Your SLF4J Logs (2 mins read).
Looking at how we would unit test our SLF4J logs to gain confidence they work, and to catch regressions in the future.
Viewing Logs for a systemd Unit with journalctl (1 mins read).
How to view the logs for a given unit, using systemd and journalctl.
Setting up a custom RubyGems Repository for Chef in Test Kitchen (1 mins read).
How to use a private RubyGems repository for your Chef gem dependencies in Test Kitchen.
Overriding Test Kitchen Driver Configuration (2 mins read).
How to override specific configuration in Test Kitchen's project-specific .kitchen.yml.
How Many Gadgets Does the Kitchen Need?! The Many Tools for Chef Dependency Management (5 mins read).
Looking at the different dependency management solutions of Chef, and how, where and why you would use each one.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#chef.
Extracting Request Parameters Dynamically for a application/x-www-form-urlencoded Request in Spring (1 mins read).
How to access all key-value pairs of parameters sent in a application/x-www-form-urlencoded request.
Extracting Request Parameters Dynamically for a multipart/form-data Request (2 mins read).
How to access all key-value pairs of parameters sent in a multipart/form-data request.
Adding a 404 page for www.jvt.me on Netlify, with Hugo (1 mins read).
Announcing a swanky new 404 page for www.jvt.me.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#www.jvt.me
#hugo
#netlify.
Converting Ruby Hash keys to Strings/Symbols (2 mins read).
How to recursively convert a Ruby Hash's keys to a String / Symbol.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby.
Merging an 'Override' Ruby Hash into the Original Hash (6 mins read).
How to use Ruby to merge two hashes with nested arrays of hashes, with the second hash overriding values from the first.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#ruby.
Adding Newlines to all Files in Git (3 mins read).
Adding newlines at the end of all Git-tracked files.
How to RSVP to an Indie Event from your Website (4 mins read).
How to use your personal website in conjunction with Microformats and Webmention to be able to RSVP to Indie events.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#indieweb
#microformats
#webmention
#guide
#howto.
Easily Parsing Failed Cucumber Scenarios from the JSON Report (2 mins read).
How to parse a Cucumber JSON report to display the failed scenarios and their causes.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#cucumber
#ruby
#command-line.
Using OpenSSL Behind a (Corporate) Proxy (1 mins read).
How to use OpenSSL commands when behind a proxy server.
Extract a Secret Key from a Java Keystore (2 mins read).
How to export a symmetric SecretKey entry from a Java keystore.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#java
#keystore
#certificates.
Parsing Key-Value URL Fragments with Node.JS (1 mins read).
How to easily parse a URL fragment containing key-value pairs of data, with Node.JS.
Creating an iCalendar feed for my RSVPs (3 mins read).
How and why I've created a public calendar for the RSVPs I send from this site.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#calendar
#blogumentation
#indieweb
#www.jvt.me.
Add your Meetup.com Events to your Calendar (1 mins read).
How to get all your upcoming Meetup.com events straight to your calendar.
Pretty Printing JSON Files Inline on the Command Line (2 mins read).
How to rewrite multiple JSON files inline on the Command Line.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#pretty-print
#command-line
#ruby.
Force a Refresh of an Emby Library in Kodi (1 mins read).
How to force an update of an Emby library from Kodi.
by Jamie Tanna
.
#blogumentation
#kodi
#emby.