#134 – psadmin.conf 2018 Recap
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan recap the psadmin.conf 2018 conference. Show Notes Vulnerability Testing During Happy Hour @ 1:30 DPK Lab and Open Lab @ 4:45 Kyle and Team Save the World @...
View Article#135 – The Back Button
This week, Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the Fluid Back Button, adding Action Menu items, adding Click to Call on PeopleSoft pages, and how to handle pages within Fluid Navigation. Back Button...
View Article#136 – PeopleTools 8.57 Planned Features
This week on the podcast, Sasank Vemana joins us to talk about the updated Planned Features and Enhancements document. We discuss some of the upcoming changes for PeopleTools 8.57. Show Notes Link to...
View ArticleImproving Windows Services from the DPK
A common theme we write about on the blog is how to make the DPK work with multiple environments on the same machine. It’s common to run a DEV and TST on the same server. The DPK can build those...
View Article#137 – So Many Locations
This week on the podcast, Kyle follows up on his psc and psp bug, Dan doesn’t like the SSL setup in Linux and Kyle shares a great utility called chroot. Show Notes 7-zip Vulnerability @ 2:00 psc and...
View Article#138 – Last, not First
This week on the podcast, Dan discusses how PTSF_GENFEED uses connected queries to build search data and discusses some useful behavior with .cfg and .properties files, and Kyle spends some time with...
View Article#139 – Redeploy
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle discuss the new PeopleSoft Support timeframe, controlling how much data the Search Framework indexes, and how to use Facter to redeploy software via the DPK....
View Article#140 – robots.txt
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss how to hide public PeopleSoft pages from search results using the robots.txt file, good ideas gone bad when debugging, and how to contribute custom ACM...
View Article#141 –“Huge”
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss memory usage in PSAPPSRV with the JVM, how to work with network resources and Tuxedo, and Dan shares an “Adventures in MOS” about “huge” customizations....
View Article#142 – PIA Installations
This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses the changes to PIA installations in 8.56 and how to leverage Python and WLST with it. Dan shares how he improved nVision report performance, and the value of...
View Article#143 – Reconnect 2018 Recap
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan recap the Reconnect 2018 conference, what they learned about the PeopleTools Roadmap, and some highlights from their sessions. Show Notes PeopleTools Roadmap...
View Article#144 – Environment “Cluster”
This week on the podcast, Kyle has some follow-up on PIA installations and discovers some unpleasant Unified Navigation behavior. Dan shares some tips for Facter and testing out the redeploy option...
View Article#145 – Terraform and OCI Classic
This week on the podcast, Dan shares a VisualStudio Code plugin that edits files using SSHFS and some lessons learned from a recent PeopleTools 8.56 upgrade. Dan and Kyle also talk about using...
View Article#146 – Bad Migration Recommendations
This week on the podcast Dan shares a fun tip to view hidden characters, Kyle talks about Vim Tabs and Sessions. Then Kyle and Dan talk about change package behavior, some bad migration advice on...
View Article#147 – Federation and Clustered Apps
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about running PeopleSoft applications in a cluster and with federated approval and push notifications. We discuss some of the configurations needed for...
View ArticleElasticsearch: Anatomy of a Search
Search is becoming more important in PeopleSoft and is often required for applications to work properly. We’ve talked before on how to configure Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft, but what happens when we...
View Article#148 – Recent Places
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle talk about what happens when you add a node to the node network, tracing unified navigation, and how to increase the number of Recent Places stored in the...
View Article#149 – Anatomy of a Search
This week on the podcast, Kyle gives some suggestions on how to make dynamic links to other PeopleSoft homepages and Dan dives into what happens when you perform a search with Elasticsearch. Show...
View ArticleUsing the DPK Redeploy Option for CPU Patching
There are lots of ways to apply CPU patching and how to automate it. We’ve covered a few methods on the blog, but I wanted to show another way with the DPK. This method combines using patched archives...
View Article#150 – PIA URLs & IB Failover
This week on the podcast, Kyle discusses a workflow message tester, and the thought process behind setting up IB failover. Dan explains what the ampersand at the end of URL means for PIA URLs. Show...
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