This blog post is about, how to setup a self-signed SSL certificate for an encrypted (https) communication with a Cloud Foundry application on IBM Cloud, if you are at a Hackathon.
(outdated) Absolute beginner Node-RED flow
The motivation for that blog post is: When I support Hackathons I notice there's often a leak of programming knowledge and building UIs, but they have awesome ideas.
(outdated) Get started with IBM Cloud – a student perspective
In this new blog post I want to address a common situation I see students facing: there are several cloud providers and you want to check out the different platforms. The reason is you want to be prepared; for example working with cloud resources related to courses at your university or for a hackathon. One of these cloud providers is IBM Cloud and this blog post is about how to get started with IBM Cloud.
(outdated) Updated: How to prepare for a Hackathon with IBM Cloud?
In this new blog post I want to address a common situation for developers: You want to participate in a hackathon, and you plan to use IBM Cloud, but you have never used it before. How to prepare
Run a PostgreSQL container as a non-root user in OpenShift
In this blog post I want to point out a simple topic: How to run a simple PostgreSQL Docker image as a non-productive container in OpenShift? As you maybe know, OpenShift doesn't allow by default to run container images as root. The image below shows the result of the simply deployed postgreSQL image from dockerhub. It's possible... Continue Reading →
Setup a MongoDB in less than 4 min on a free IBM Cloud Kubernetes cluster at a Hackathon
In this blog post I want to highlight that I just created a GitHub project and a 10 min YouTube video to "How to setup mongoDB in less than 4 min on a free IBM Cloud Kubernetes cluster at a Hackathon". My objective is to provide a small guide, how to setup a MongoDB server... Continue Reading →
(outdated) Create a python application instance in less than 5 min on IBM Cloud
In that blog post I want to highlight the cool topic: How to create a python application instance in minutes on IBM Cloud, using public Cloud Foundry. This could be useful in a Hackathon with Hackers who are new to IBM Cloud. Therefore I made a short 5 min YouTube video. Here is the link... Continue Reading →
(Outdated) Run a Docker image as a Cloud Foundry App on IBM Cloud
In that blog post I want to point out an awesome topic: "Run a Docker container image as a Cloud Foundry App on IBM Cloud" Rainer Hochecker, Simon Moser and I had an interesting exchange about running a Docker image as a Cloud Foundry App on IBM Cloud. The advantage with that approach is: you... Continue Reading →
(outdated) COVID19 communication starter kit for the Call for Code challenge
In this blog post I want to point out the awesome COVID19 communication starter kit for the Call for Code challenge. I created a small YouTube Video series following a COVID19 starter kit tutorial with the objective to show and talk: "More about the how and not so much about the why". I selected... Continue Reading →
(outdated) A Node-RED Twitter-follower-flow
In my last blog post I did an introduction to "how use the starter kit for Node-RED on IBM Cloud" and in this new blog post I want to highlight the Node-RED Twitter-follower-flow I developed as an introduction to different topics I frequently face at hackathons. Here is the link to the "Twitter-follower-flow" GitHub project.... Continue Reading →
