psadmin.conf: Development
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...
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Understanding the Check Token ID in PeopleTools 8.56
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...
View Article#104 – Page and Field Configurator
This week on the podcast Dan and Kyle discuss an password vulnerability, learning VIM and migrating 2 Facter Auth devices. Then they review the new Page and Field Configurator utility (spoiler: it’s...
View Articlepsadmin.conf: Security
The third set of psadmin.conf videos are available! Security in an important part of administering PeopleSoft. Brad Carlson and Ruth Dodson share how to apply CPU patches in 21 days. Nate Werner...
View Article#105 – Agile PeopleSoft
This week on the podcast, Charlie Sinks joins us to talk about the Upper Midwest Regional User Group. We talk about using Agile with PeopleSoft, our experiences with Elasticearch, the Idea Space for...
View Articlepsadmin.conf: Career
The last talk from psadmin.conf is available! Wayne Fuller shares his thoughts on the future of PeopleSoft Administration and what admins can do to adjust and adapt the changes in PeopleSoft. We have...
View Article#106 – Purging Cache
This week on the podcast, Kyle finds the ProcessRestartMemoryLimit does not work as expected, Dan finds that the Purge Cache command has changed in 8.56, and Kyle recaps a successful Go-Live for...
View ArticleEnable Fluid Navigation
If you are on PeopleTools 8.55 or later, Fluid Navigation is enabled by default. But, there are ways to revert back to the Drop-Down Navigation. If you have kept the Drop-Down navigation and want to...
View Article#107 – User Experience w/ Simon Chiu
This week Simon Chiu from the PeopleSoft UX Blog joins us to talk about his experiences with Interaction Hub, Unified Navigation, Push Push Notifications, Federated Search and the PeopleSoft Cloud...
View Article#108 – Our Favorite Tools 2.0
This week on the podcast, Dan and Kyle revisit their favorite tools and what has changed in the last two years. Show Notes VisualStudio Code and Vim @ 2:00 Git @ 5:30 GitLab Community Edition @ 7:00...
View Article#109 – Technical Debt
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan share their strategies of how to deal with technical debt. Show Notes JoltandBleed Vulnerability @ 1:00 ERPScan – URLs to block @ 2:00 Technical Debt @ 3:00...
View Article#110 – Vagabond and psadmin-plus Updates
This week on the podcast, we share a database migration Oh No! story. Then Dan and Kyle talk about updates to the Vagabond and psadmin-plus projects. Show Notes Oh No! Story @ 1:45 Vagabond – Windows...
View Article#111 – ACM Plugins
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan revisit the ACM (Automated Config Management). We discuss what the ACM is, how ACM works with the DPK, building custom ACM plugins and how to share ACM plugins....
View Article#112 – psappsrv.cfg
This week Dan and Kyle walk through the psappsrv.cfg file and discuss how they have configured their application servers. Show Notes psappsrv.cfg @ 3:00 .fca_eoi_form p { width: auto;...
View Article#113 – Rundeck and Bolt
This week on the podcast, Kyle and Dan discuss Bolt, a new tool from Puppet to run commands and scripts remotely on servers. Dan also talks about setting up a new Rundeck server and using Bolt with...
View Article#114 – Git Workflows
This week on the podcast, Kyle shares some changes and improvements to using Git with the Deployment Packages. Kyle and Dan also talk about Continuous Integration and how it can be used to test...
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Using ElasticHQ to Monitor Elasticsearch
There are a variety of ways to monitor Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft. You can use the Health Center, use the Elasticsearch Interact page, make API calls. But my favorite tool to keep an Elasticsearch...
View Article#115 –“Old School” Patching
This week on the podcast, Kyle goes back to applying bundles and appreciates all the improvements to Change Assistant. Dan shares his research of “Slow PO Output” and what was really going on. Show...
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psadmin.conf 2018
psadmin.conf 2018 is May 6-8, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN! View the code on Gist.
View Article#116 – ps-terraform
This week on the podcast, Dan shares a new project called ps-terraform to help you build PeopleSoft Images on AWS. Kyle tries to resolve a Friday Night Ghost issue and Dan follows up on his love for...
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