Open Source in the Public Sector (Germany/Europe)- some spotlights

Introduction In this article I will put the spotlight on some aspects of the Open Source activities in the public sector in germany. While I have a few insights in some of these, I am currently unable to cover everything that is going on. So if I missed parts, please let me know through the […]

A Path to a More Sustainable IT by Effective Power Monitoring

The Problem It’s getting worse. Every day. The global emissions of carbon dioxide are still increasing , while our global budget to stay in the range of 1.5° C and 2° C is rapidly exhausting. The main emissions are produced by burning fossil fuels for energy generation, transportation and industrial production. Another big source of […]

The Power of Open in Data Science

Open source has become widely adopted as a default, making it easy to overlook its significance in the field of Data science. There is a need to appreciate the greater value in this area. Data scientists can enhance efficiency and improve work performance by utilizing Open source tools and frameworks, unlocking their full potential through […]

Patterns III – How to start

After discussing the theoretical background why patterns are useful in common IT-architectures in our first post and discussing the various levels of utilizing patterns in section two, we will now dive a little deeper and look how a pattern can be applied for a practical business problem. Requirements Let us assume we have an application […]

Review of 2023

OpenSourcerers 2023 is a wrap! It was packed with interesting articles covering a wide range of topics. There are 52 articles available covering high level topics down to the dirty technical details of using Red Hat’s products and other OpenSource technologies. Your Opensourcerers blog editors followed along of course! As we come from varying backgrounds […]

Backstage: The Internal Developer Platform for Boosting IT Productivity

Abstract As technology rapidly advances and organizations expand, a diverse array of tools and infrastructures are being integrated into our IT ecosystems. This growth presents challenges in managing service complexity, increasing the risk of fragmentation and reduced reliability. Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), such as the open-source Backstage, provide a solution by offering a unified layer […]

Kubernetes at the Edge: MicroShift on Raspberry Pi 4 using Fedora IoT

This guide will show you how to run the newly GA’ed bits of MicroShift on a Raspberry Pi 4 using Fedora IoT 38 or 39. It can announce routes via mDNS so hosting applications in an mDNS aware LAN is a breeze. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNSUPPORTED. DON’T EVEN THINK OF RED HAT SUPPORT WHEN YOU […]

Podman Desktop Integration with MicroShift in a RHEL Virtual Machine

This blog elaborates on how to configure Podman Desktop to be used together with MicroShift in a RHEL virtual machine (VM). Please note that the presented setup is not supported by Red Hat. 1. Introduction and use case One of the challenges in software development is a difference between development environment and target production. In […]

Camel K: Integrate Systems with Microservices and Serverless

By Robert Baumgartner, Red Hat Austria, August 2023 Tested with OpenShift 4.13, AMQ Streams 2.4, Camel K 1.10, and OpenShift Serverless 1.29 Camel K helps us integrate systems in an easy, simple, and cost-effective way. Do more with less. Do more with less. That’s the goal for everyone right now. But every company also has […]

Patterns – A Path Towards Hybrid Cloud

ˈpætɚns Probably almost every time we are starting to understand and to solve a general problem, we will ask ourselves, am I the first one who is facing that problem, or have there been others who in the end either failed or succeeded. This is particularly true, if I am highly uncertain whether my own […]

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