SailPoint IdentityNow Email Templates Configuration Report

14th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

SailPoint IdentityNow has numerous Email Templates associated with the solution. It is pertinent to have a backup of customisations to IdentityNow Email templates. I’ve previously documented examples for generating configuration reports and configuration backups for;

This post details exporting email templates configuration and generating an HTML IdentityNow Email Template Report.

The script (further below) leverages the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module to generate the HTML IdentityNow Email Template Report.… [Keep reading] “SailPoint IdentityNow Email Templates Configuration Report”

0.09 ms latency using Azure Proximity Placement Groups

14th of January, 2020 / / 2 Comments

Reducing network latency for critical apps running on Azure IaaS has become easier since Microsoft’s announcement of General Availability for Proximity Placement Groups (PPG) on Dec 2019.

Today I’ll give you a quick intro to Proximity Placement Groups demonstrating how to deploy a test environment into your Azure Subscription using one of my favourite tools AzureCLI. I’ll also test network latency with a PPG and without to show you the difference.

If you’re undecided about using AzureCLI or ARM templates for your Azure deployments have a look @ Pascal Naber’s post https://pascalnaber.wordpress.com/2018/11/11/stop-using-arm-templates-use-the-azure-cli-instead/

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A look into CloudFormation resource import

14th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

Just before re:Invent, AWS launched a new feature for CloudFormation … Create Stack with existing resources! This gives a lot of options to start to manage existing resources as code, if they were created via GUI or CLI. Apart from that though, it now gives you the ability to move resources between stacks, rename stacks, etc.

There is a pretty good AWS blog, but there are some things the blog really didn’t cover too well.… [Keep reading] “A look into CloudFormation resource import”

SailPoint IdentityNow Security Configuration Report

10th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

An IdentityNow Security Configuration Report of a SailPoint IdentityNow environment is a valuable artefact to have. I’ve previously documented examples for generating reports for;

But what about the configuration of items such as;

  • Global Security Settings Details
  • IWA Configuration Details
  • SSO SP Configuration Details
  • SSO IDP Configuration Details

The script (further below) leverages the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module to generate a HTML report of the configuration items listed above. It also exports the configuration of each of the above features to the output directory in XML format using the PowerShell Export-Clixml command.… [Keep reading] “SailPoint IdentityNow Security Configuration Report”

Release 1.0.6 SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module

9th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

I’ve just published v1.0.6 of the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module to both GitHub and the PowerShell Gallery. The Version 1.0.6 SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module is a major update as it removes the previous dependency on the PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX) module that was previously being used for its’ cryptography functions.

Key Updates;

  • The SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module no longer has a dependency on the PowerShell Community Extensions (PSCX) module
    • Whilst this simplifies the dependencies it also means that the SailPoint IdentityNow PowerShell Module is now PowerShell Core compatible.
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Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app – Part 3: Deployment Setup

8th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

Deployment Setup

This is Part 3 of my “Intro to AWS Amplify”. If you haven’t already, you can find the previous articles in the series below:

Part Description
Part 1: Preparation This article provides an introduction and instructions on creating the required AWS environment.
Part 2: App Setup This section outlines the steps to set up out new Amplify application and host it in a repository.

Overview

By now you should have your react application bootstrapped and the amplify project initialized and committed to a git repository.… [Keep reading] “Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app – Part 3: Deployment Setup”

Zero-Touch BitLocker with PowerShell

7th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

The majority of IT engineers and architects traverse various forms of security on a daily basis ranging from our complex alphanumeric corporate logon passwords to the increasingly common MFA prompts on our mobiles. You could say that we have become experts in navigating modern security measures required to stay protected. But perhaps you’re not familiar in planning and rolling out that same security, at scale, to your organisation’s Windows laptops in the form of disk encryption.… [Keep reading] “Zero-Touch BitLocker with PowerShell”

Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app – Part 2: Application Setup

7th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

Application Setup

This is Part 2 of my “Intro to AWS Amplify”. If you haven’t already, you can find the previous articles in the series below:

Part Description
Part 1: Preparation This article provides an introduction and instructions on creating the required AWS environment.

Overview

Continuing on from Part 1,  you should by now have your Cloud9 instance configured and ready to go. In this article, we will install the required libraries in our Cloud9 instance and bootstrap our Amplify Application.… [Keep reading] “Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app – Part 2: Application Setup”

Getting Started: Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app

6th of January, 2020 / / No Comments

Getting Started: Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app

What is this?

As we get started with the new year I thought I’d take the opportunity to start publishing a different type of article this year. Today begins a new series of articles where I will walk through the process of building out a web application using AWS Amplify. It will be a typical todo application written in React and Node JS and we’ll use the Amplify CLI to configure and deploy it into both a test and production environment.… [Keep reading] “Getting Started: Intro to AWS Amplify: build a multi-tenant SaaS app”

Diary of a re:Invent newbie

30th of December, 2019 / / No Comments

Wow, so the end of the year has quickly run up and I’ve finally found some time to write this up. While re:Invent was a few weeks ago, I took a few days vacation on my way home and then it’s been busy busy busy since. So, in the lead up, I’d watched the “How to re:Invent” videos and had advice from our senior AWS guy, Matt. I’d say the advice was pretty good and I made the most of my time.… [Keep reading] “Diary of a re:Invent newbie”