This is a guest post by a PeopleSoft security researcher. PeopleSoft has introduced a new parameter on Node Definitions called the CheckTokenID. This parameter is required if you plan on using PeopleSoft Single Signon. In this post we will take a look at what exactly this Check Token feature is,… Read More »Understanding the Check Token ID in PeopleTools 8.56
The second set of psadmin.conf videos are available! These videos are two Blitz Talks on Development. Staci Ludwig shares 10 things you need to know about Nodes and Kyle Benson shares a project that helps integrate Git and App Designer. We have released the videos as a free course so… Read More »psadmin.conf: Development
This week on the podcast, Dan has follow-up on using Hiera with Puppet environments, capturing WebLogic logs in Elasticsearch, and Kyle shares his thoughts on the Solaris “change”. Then Kyle discusses the in depth failover testing and how Unified Navigation behaves when app servers fail. Show Notes Solaris is “not… Read More »#98 – Failover Testing
This week, Dan and Kyle talk about linting and the tnsnames.ora file, managing a Portal reimplementation proejct and follow-up on the TimesTen database. Then Kyle gives us a great overview of why you shouldn’t use LOCAL_NODE on Content References. Show Notes TimesTen Follow-up @ 1:00 PUM – Manual Upload @… Read More »#94 – LOCAL_NODE
This week on the podcast Kyle talks about Usability Testing with his PeopleTools upgrade and moving to Fluid Navigation. Dan and Kyle also talk about Unified Navigation and the Node Network, where the Portal fits in and beefing up the Integration Broker. Show Notes Excited about Fluid @ 1:00 Discovering… Read More »#86 – Usability Testing
This week we podcast from the Alliance 2017 Conference in Las Vegas. Jason Gilfoil and Eric Bolinger join us to talk about DevOps and Ansible with PeopleSoft. We talk about application orchestration, mixing Ansible and Puppet, customizing the DPK and more. Show Notes Introducing Jason Gilfoil @ 1:30 Introducing Eric… Read More »#71 – DevOps and Ansible w/ Jason Gilfoil and Eric Bolinger
This week, Dan and Kyle talk about writing PTF tests for PeopleTools, running multiple IB domains and trying A CM again. Then, we revisit our strategies for managing PS_APP_HOME when applying selective maintenance. Show Notes DNC Hack Details @ 2:00 Vendor CVE List for 2016 @ 6:30 Migrating Event Mapping… Read More »#63 – Revisiting PS_APP_HOME
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle launch a new course about Deployment Packages. Dan tests out a new text editor and discovers you can run OPatch on MOS. Kyle digs into Jolt Failover options with the IB and brainstorms some great configuration ideas. Show Notes Mastering PeopleSoft Administration:… Read More »#61 – Jolt Failover
Elasticsearch support is here for PeopleTools 8.55. In PeopleTools 8.55.11, Elasticsearch and SES are supported search engines for PeopleSoft applications. For the next 18 months, PeopleSoft will support both search engines in 8.55. After those 18 months and starting in 8.56, Elasticsearch will be the only search engine supported with… Read More »Deploy and Configure Elasticsearch
Javier Delgado has a nice overview of building a custom File Upload Listening Connector for the Integration Broker: One of my customers recently had the need of allowing a third party web application to attach files into PeopleSoft. After trying a number of different approaches (the integration had to be… Read More »File Upload Listening Connector