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Tip: This tutorial is part of our series on how to integrate Okta with popular Infrastructure as a Code solution. If you're not into Ansible, check out our Puppet and Terraform tutorials.
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When you're using a REST API, especially one that incurs costs or has usage limits, you need to use an API key to access the API in question. For example, if you're creating a user account with the Okta API, you'll need to include your API key in that request…
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GitHub reconnaissance is a tactic that attackers use to gather information about their targets. Attackers analyze organizations' GitHub repositories and check for sensitive data that has been accidentally committed or information that could lead to the discovery of a vulnerability. For this tutorial, let's build a scanner that automates the…
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If you use Puppet to automate configuration management across dynamic server fleets, there's a question about identity & access management – how do you get accounts and credentials on the machines?
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Java has been at the forefront of microservice architectures since they came to prominence a few years ago. It's a popular language with well-known, high-quality frameworks, like Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Data, and Spring Security.
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Let's start with a background on how C# 9 got here (implementation examples start in the next section).
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MicroProfile is an open-source community project with the goal to encourage the development of Java microservice solutions. It was created in 2016 in response to the changing needs of modern web development. In particular, it seeks to foster the development of smaller, less monolithic services (microservices) that can run on…
Read more about Build a Secure GraphQL API with MicroProfile
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GraphQL is an incredibly powerful query language for APIs that helps improve performance and extensibility in your APIs. The query language is designed to allow developers to query exactly the data they need. As your API grows in size and scope, current consumers are unaffected by changes since their queries…
Read more about Easily Consume a GraphQL API from React with Apollo
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Having a dedicated part of a mobile app for authorized users is a must for a modern-day app. Users want to have a personalized experience with the apps they love. They expect to seamlessly use services on different devices and platforms. And, most of all, they want to be sure…
Read more about Android Login Made Easy with OIDC
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Modern authentication systems use and generate JSON Web Tokens (JWT). There are many different ways that JWTs are used but, in this post, we will concentrate on JWTs that are used as OIDC access tokens. When a user successfully logs in to an application using a service like Okta, an…
Read more about Offline JWT Validation with Go
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Common table expressions are a powerful feature of Microsoft SQL Server. They allow you to store a temporary result and execute a statement afterward using that result set. These can be helpful when trying to accomplish a complicated process that SQL Server isn't well suited to handle. CTEs allow you…
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Those of you reading this have certainly heard of Docker. After years of hype, it has become the somewhat standard technology for everyday DevOps operations. It greatly helped to simplify deployments and testing by creating efficient, immutable images of the applications which are working in their own silo. More efficient…
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