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Elasticsearch is a popular datastore for all types of information. It is distributed for speed and scalability and can index many types of content which makes it highly searchable. It uses simple REST APIs for ease of access.
Read more about Elasticsearch in Go: A Developer's Guide1 min read
A customer once asked me: "Hey – Can Okta integrate with Kong?" Spoiler alert: You totally can integrate Kong with Okta using its OpenID Connect plugin.
Read more about Use Kong Gateway to Centralize Authentication
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NestJS is a node.js framework that boasts the ability to build efficient, reliable, and scalable applications. A NestJS application can serve as the backend for your SPA.
Read more about Build a Secure NestJS Back End for Your React Application
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Quarkus is a Kubernetes-native, Java framework for building high-performance web, serverless, and native apps. It uses Ahead of Time (AOT) compilation and aggressive optimizations like classpath scanning, configuration reloading, and application bootstrap pre-configuration during the build process. This results in impressive startup performance. In other words, a Quarkus app starts…
Read more about Fast Java Made Easy with Quarkus and JHipster
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As more of our critical work and personal functions go online, the risk of data and security breaches continues to increase. In 2019, there were over 1400 data breaches reported that exposed nearly 165 million records, many of which included passwords and personal information.
Read more about The Ultimate Guide to Password Hashing in Okta
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I'm happy to announce the release of a brand new OAuth cheat sheet published through DZone's Refcardz, "OAuth Patterns and Anti-Patterns". This five-page reference guide covers the latest in OAuth and clarifies some common misunderstandings of applying it to real world use cases. With a focus on OAuth 2.0, OpenID…
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As game creators, we hold a fundamental responsibility to protect and secure any and all data that our players entrust to us. Historically, security in games has not been high on the priority list because games were enjoyed anonymously and offline. But with our society becoming ever more connected, demand…
Read more about Unity WebGL + PlayFab Authorization in 20 Minutes
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I've been a musician most of my life. I was in bands when I was in junior high up until I joined the Army at 19. I started writing software a few years after getting out of the military and kinda put music to the side. Recently, I've started to…
Read more about What Being a Musician Taught Me About Being a Programmer
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NestJs is a popular Node.js framework that is built with typescript and makes use of object-oriented programming, functional programming, and functional reactive programming. NestJs boasts that it provides a framework for building scalable server-side applications.
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Today, we are going to build a simple web application that implements a to-do list. The backend will be written in Go. It will use the Go Gin Web Framework which implements a high-performance HTTP server. The front end will use the Vue.js JavaScript framework to implement a single page…
Read more about Building and Securing a Go and Gin Web Application5 min read
Tip: This tutorial is part of our series on integrating Okta with popular infrastructure as a code solution. If you're not into Chef, check out our Ansible, Puppet, and Terraform tutorials.
Read more about Tutorial: Chef and Account Automation with Okta
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Rockstar chrome extension is a third-party, Non-Okta Application (as defined in Okta's Master Subscription Agreement). Okta is not involved in making this chrome extension available, and we have neither oversight nor input into its security features and functionality. For questions regarding this, or any other, Non-Okta Application(s) your organization uses…
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