#Set Up a New Domain Controller for Replication

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How to add a new Domain Controller to Existing Domain

A domain controller (DC) provides critical services like authentication and authorization for an Active Directory domain. More accurately, a DC runs on Windows Server operating system and that has Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) installed on it. All these we will see very shortly. In this guide, we will learn how to how to add a new Domain Controller to Existing Domain. Please see how to…

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Another cohost repost

So the question is, can a dungeon be designed that can be explored in a way that is not imperial. To beat semantics out of the gate, I want to say that the Dungeon is a game artifact (toy) of an unknown place broken up into serial, self-contained rooms (though exceptions are made to subvert expectations). For Imperial, as an adverb, I want to throw out a definition from Tom Nairn and Paul James' Globalization and Violence: where Empire can

"extend relations of power across territorial spaces over which they have no prior or given legal sovereignty, and where, in one or more of the domains of economics, politics, and culture, they gain some measure of extensive hegemony over those spaces to extract or accrue value"

I'm using this definition because I think it aligns well with critiques of the use of "dungeons" as this kind of toy framework in ttrpgs.

Maybe i'm wasting my breath here, but there's a trifecta of verbs that's tied to the og dungeon crawl that I argue fulfills this definition, where we can say that we're playing at imperial relations. It's to Explore (which is not obligated to be but can be read as creating an encounter with an imperial "other"), loot (which is to say, to take regardless of who it belongs to), and to fight, which is to say to use physical violence to overcome obstacles that get in the way of the former two verbs.

Empire can seem too big an organization to apply to a band of haggard thieves who could die to a stiff breeze. With the backdrop of AD&D's lore being tied to a civilization v savagery conflict of law vs chaos it's a lot clearer, but even if you ignore or simply never touch the lore things are happening at the table that make a game out of the imperial relation. So, consider this shitpost allegory:

Dungeon Wildcatting

Let's say that instead of gold for xp it was Oil for xp. By the barrel. That's right. The more barrels of sweet elven crude you get on your character sheet the faster you get your next hit die. Here we are, trying to follow a rumour to where an untapped well of oil might be located. What happens when people are already there who disagree with your goal of setting up a derrick?

What if this is an NSR game where the pcs are in debt? Does that make it interesting? I'm all for compromised characters but I think it's a touch too charitable to forgive violence for economic gain because someone was in debt. It reads very pretty but spoils under scrutiny. In this light, debt as character motivation was really only revolutionary in that it was a way to victimize a player character and make their choices more sympathetic.

You know the A to B from here. It's been in the discourse for like, 6 years now and beyond. This is the dungeon as we know it, as some of us enjoy it, and as some of us critique it.

And now, the Dungeon as Prison

Dungeon is such a misnomer for what the toy is used for. Dungeons are prisons. They lock people away and control them. It's a different kind of game when you go into a prison, because your freedom is what's at stake. This is what I tried to achieve when I ran The Bureau by Goblin Archive in Robins by Coffee as "The Brut". An exercise in trying to scratch away and find a new kind of dungeon politic.

Let's posit this: Is it an imperialist politic when the "dungeon" is a prison complex for a government that persecutes you (in this case a Robin) and others like you, but would happily divide your community into groups that could be bent into useful purposes and those that were too dangerous to even see the light of day? Can you even sell the ritual knives you find in vaults that grow stronger the more blood it drinks? When making sure the best-made boot to put on your neck is their 9-5, are you actually encountering the other, or is this someone in your society that you understand very well actually? When you trespass around a government blacksite, is this actually replicating the colonial adventure just because we use similar verbs? Or does the political context of this imagined oppressive state actually matter? Is there enough substance to connect walking through shared office space or well-funded research labs to connect the two to the point that we can say they are the same or are they different?

I wanted to ask that question and I had been asking it for the 7 months that I ran that megadungeon. What I found was that the players never went in with the plan to make money; only to find out how to stop the place from harming them further. It was all very para-brechtian, and, I am going to say that I'm very happy with myself for at least trying to run a dungeon in a different kind of way. For three design choices I made for this dungeon:

The reason that the game revolved around exploring the dungeon and mapping it was because a state organ built to persecute, assimilate, or exploit Robins built it (or rather, dreamed it) to resist infiltration.

The reason that you have to use violence is because the dungeon was a centralized hub of information used to persecute Robins.

The reason that there are objects of wealth in the dungeon is because there is profit to be made by the state and it's collaborators in rendering the Robins into an underclass.

It's still violence. I didn't let the players forget that the people working in the facility were people too, but at the same time, I am not satisfied playing devil's advocate for fascists. Does this mean that the Dungeon is a container for the dehumanized? That's something I've tried to develop while running ICON 😜. For Robins (playtest version) It was more about reflecting on that dungeon artifact. Toy.

[aimlesscomposer]

Okay so you said you had a website for the extended extended zodiac for Returned: Null. I have a question:

How do you make a website? Is it free? What program? How much coding is involved? Just any tips that’ll help and also how much knowledge of coding do you need to know to make one?

Thanks! :)

If i said i had one that was a miscommunication i am *working* on one lol

there are a lot of ways you can do it, but i will answer with how specifically I am going about it, and then mention in places other things that differ.

So, because I am wanting to make the website look and function very similar to the official Extended Zodiac site (both because i think it would be neat to make it look as close to official as possible, and the fact that the official Extended Zodiac site is giving security errors is concerning me a lil, I'm not sure if that's a new thing or if I am just now noticing it, but Viz doesn't seem particularly concerned with HS, and with everything that happened with HS^2 et all, im just a non-zero amount concerned that the site might go down, so rolling it into my thing wouldn't be the worst) I decided to build the website using a LEMP stack.

So I'm using Linode to host a virtual server, and on that server I am running Linux, and I have set up some programs to let that server talk to computers that connect to the domain and stuff. This is usually how I set up websites, and it is not at all free. there are free options for sure, but i am just used to doing it this way, and if i have to do work, then i am going to spend the money in a way where i have as much control as i want over the sites I make.

So, there's not really a *program* per se. I'm not using like Wordpress or something. The gameplan is going to be:

Use Linux as an operating system to host everying (Ubuntu 22.04LTS specifically(that's the L))

Use NGINX so that when a computer requests "returnednull.com/whateveriputhere" it can see what I want it to see (that's the E(don't ask me why it's E(i do not know(FAC here, NGINX is pronounce ENGINE-X because computer programers are cringe and terrible sometimes so it's e because engine you're welcome))))

Use MariaDB as a way to use MySQL to host the information for the signs so that i can make the pages only be like, a handful of pages instead of having to make like 600 pages because there's just *so many* signs i really can't explain how many signs this is now

And then make a site using HTML and CSS and JS and PHP to basically build a quiz and those truesign pages and effectively do my best to replicate everything while also adding the new things I need to and justt making everything work good and stuff :3

so yeah, like for this thing there's just *so much* stuff i have to do, and there is a bunch of coding because the project is extremely specific and i have specific things I need to do.

Now! as for like, more general things:

there is free hosting for making websites, you can always just do something like neocities: https://neocities.org/

there are also zero-code options for making websites, like wordpress: https://wordpress.com

like at the end of the day, it really just depends on what you want to do, and how you want to go about doing it!

if you got any more questions feel free to ask tho :0

[maximumpostcreator]

Benefits of Outsourcing Accounts Payable

Introduction

As finance functions evolve, more businesses are turning to accounts payable outsourcing companies to enhance efficiency, ensure compliance, and gain better control over their finances. But with so many providers in the market, how do you choose the right partner? In this blog, we break down the key factors businesses must consider while selecting the best AP outsourcing firm—like Rightpath.

Understanding the Role of AP Outsourcing Companies

An accounts payable outsourcing company manages your invoice processing, vendor payments, exception handling, compliance checks, and reporting. Their main objective is to simplify complex AP workflows and reduce the administrative burden on your internal teams.

These companies offer services such as:

Invoice imaging and digitization

PO matching and exception handling

Vendor communication and query resolution

Payment processing (ACH, check, wire)

Monthly reporting and audit support

Checklist: What to Look for in an AP Outsourcing Partner

Proven Track Record and Industry Experience Choose a company with a demonstrated history of successful AP transformations. Look at their client base, years of operation, and case studies.

Technology Stack and Automation Capabilities The best companies leverage AI, OCR, machine learning, and workflow automation tools to reduce manual intervention and errors.

Security Standards Ensure the provider complies with international data protection laws (GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and uses encrypted environments for transactions.

Scalability The company should support your current volume and be able to scale up as your business grows or enters new markets.

Customizable Solutions Avoid one-size-fits-all approaches. Your AP needs should be matched with a tailored solution.

Integration Capabilities Seamless integration with your existing ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, QuickBooks, or NetSuite is a must.

Reporting and Transparency Look for partners that provide real-time analytics, dashboards, and audit trails to maintain full visibility and control.

Cost Transparency Ask for detailed pricing models—transaction-based, fixed-fee, or hybrid—and understand what is included.

Why Rightpath Stands Out Among AP Outsourcing Companies

100% Process Transparency Clients get access to every stage of invoice lifecycle through intuitive dashboards.

Domain Expertise With decades of experience across industries, Rightpath understands the unique AP challenges of each sector.

White-Glove Onboarding and Support We offer a dedicated transition team to ensure a smooth migration of your AP function.

Flexible Engagement Models From full-service AP outsourcing to specific support services, Rightpath lets you choose what you need.

Continuous Process Improvement We don’t just replicate your existing AP process—we optimize and improve it through data analysis and AI.

Client Success Story: A Case Study

Company: Mid-size Retail Chain in India Challenge: Overwhelmed by 30,000+ invoices/month, high error rate, delayed vendor payments Solution: Rightpath implemented an OCR-driven AP automation platform, trained their internal team, and set up a ticketing system for exceptions. Result:

75% faster invoice processing

40% reduction in overhead costs

0 missed payment deadlines in 6 months

Risks of Choosing the Wrong Provider

Poor data protection and security breaches

Lack of process ownership and accountability

Incompatibility with internal systems

Cost overruns due to unclear pricing

Frustrated vendors due to slow payments

Conclusion

Choosing the right accounts payable outsourcing company is a crucial decision that impacts your financial health and business reputation. Don’t settle for a vendor—partner with a firm like Rightpath, who becomes an extension of your team, committed to your success. With the right guidance and tools, we help you unlock efficiency, reduce costs, and build trust with your vendors.

For more information visit: - https://rightpathgs.com/

[xequalto]

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, we're witnessing a significant shift in how organizations approach data projects. As a solution architect, I've observed a growing trend: the integration of DevOps practices with Business Intelligence (BI) is quickly becoming a top priority, superseding traditional siloed data projects. Let's explore why this convergence is essential for modern solutions.

The Limitations of Siloed Data Projects

Traditionally, data teams operated in isolation, focusing solely on data collection, analysis, and reporting. While this approach had its merits, it also presented several challenges:

1. Slow time-to-insight

2. Limited scalability

3. Difficulty in adapting to changing business requirements

4. Inconsistent data across departments

5. Lack of continuous improvement processes

The DevOps and BI Synergy

By bringing DevOps principles into the BI world, we're addressing these challenges head-on. Here's why this integration is crucial from a solution architecture standpoint:

1. Agile Data Pipelines: DevOps practices enable us to build flexible, automated data pipelines that can quickly adapt to new data sources or changing business needs. This flexibility is essential in today's rapidly changing business landscape.

2. Continuous Integration and Delivery of Insights: With CI/CD practices applied to BI, we can ensure that new data models, reports, and dashboards are tested, validated, and deployed rapidly and reliably.

3. Infrastructure as Code: Treating data infrastructure as code allows for version control, easy replication of environments, and quick scaling of BI systems as data volumes grow.

4. Automated Testing and Quality Assurance: Implementing automated testing for data processes, ETL jobs, and reports significantly improves data quality and reliability of insights.

5. Monitoring and Observability: DevOps principles help in setting up comprehensive monitoring for BI systems, ensuring performance, detecting anomalies, and facilitating quick troubleshooting.

6. Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Breaking down silos between data scientists, analysts, and IT ops teams fosters innovation and ensures that BI solutions are both powerful and practical.

Architectural Considerations

When designing solutions that integrate DevOps and BI, consider the following:

1. Modular Architecture: Design your BI system with loosely coupled components that can be independently developed, tested, and deployed.

2. API-First Approach: Implement APIs for data access and integration to enable flexibility and interoperability.

3. Containerization: Use container technologies like Docker to ensure consistency across development, testing, and production environments.

4. Orchestration: Employ orchestration tools like Kubernetes to manage and scale your BI infrastructure efficiently.

5. Version Control: Implement version control for data models, ETL processes, and dashboards, not just for code.

6. Automated Data Governance: Integrate data governance checks into your CI/CD pipeline to ensure compliance and data quality.

Overcoming Challenges

While the benefits are clear, implementing DevOps in BI is not without challenges:

1. Skill Gap: Teams need to develop new competencies spanning both DevOps and BI domains.

2. Cultural Shift: Encouraging collaboration between traditionally separate teams can be difficult.

3. Tool Integration: Ensuring seamless integration between DevOps tools and BI platforms requires careful planning.

4. Data Security: With increased automation and data flow, robust security measures become even more critical.

Conclusion

As solution architects, our role is to design systems that not only meet current needs but are also adaptable to future requirements. The integration of DevOps and BI is no longer just a nice-to-have – it's becoming essential for organizations that want to remain competitive in a data-driven world.

By embracing this convergence, we can create BI solutions that are more agile, reliable, and capable of delivering timely insights. This approach not only improves the technical aspects of data management but also aligns more closely with business objectives, enabling organizations to make data-driven decisions faster and more effectively.

The future of BI lies in breaking down silos, automating processes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. As solution architects, it's our responsibility to lead this transformation and help our organizations harness the full potential of their data assets.

Contact Us For More Details Or Email Us @ connect@xequalto.com

[martinloren]

How can I migrate my website to a new hosting provider

Migrating your website to a new hosting provider might seem like a daunting task, but with careful planning and execution, it can be a smooth and relatively stress-free process.

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to migrate your website to a new hosting provider:

1. Evaluate Current Hosting and Needs

Before starting the migration process, evaluate current hosting setup and requirements. Understand the resources of the website uses, such as disk space, bandwidth, databases, and specific software versions. This will help you choose a new hosting provider that meets your needs. Additionally, note any issues you’ve encountered with your current host, such as downtime or poor customer support, to ensure your new host addresses these concerns.

2. Choose a New Hosting Provider

Research and select a new hosting provider based on your needs. Consider factors like uptime reliability, customer support, scalability, security features, and cost. Popular hosting providers include Bluehost, SiteGround, and HostGator, each offering various plans tailored to different types of websites.

3. Backup Your Website

Creating a complete backup of your website is a critical step before migration. This includes all files, databases, and configurations. You can use tools like cPanel’s backup feature, or plugins like UpdraftPlus for WordPress sites, to create backups. Ensure you have multiple copies stored securely on different devices or cloud storage.

4. Set Up Your New Hosting Environment

Once you have chosen your new host, set up your new hosting environment. This involves creating your domain and setting up your website files and databases. Most hosting providers offer a cPanel or similar control panel that makes this process straightforward. Make sure to replicate your old hosting environment as closely as possible to avoid compatibility issues.

5. Transfer Files and Databases

Next, transfer your website files and databases to the new host. You can use an FTP client like FileZilla to upload your files. For databases, you can use phpMyAdmin to export your database from the old host and import it into the new host. Some hosting providers also offer automated migration tools to simplify this process.

6. Update DNS Settings

After transferring your files and databases, update your DNS settings to point to the new hosting provider. This involves changing the nameservers for your domain to those provided by your new host. This change can usually be made through your domain registrar’s control panel. DNS propagation can take anywhere from a few hours to 48 hours, so be prepared for a short period where your website may not be accessible globally.

7. Test Your Website

Before making your new site live, thoroughly test it to ensure everything works correctly. Check all pages, links, forms, and any interactive features. Verify that your database connections are functioning properly and that your website appears as expected. This step is crucial to identify any issues that might have arisen during the transfer.

8. Update Configurations and Settings

Ensure that all configurations and settings are updated to reflect the new hosting environment. This includes updating any hardcoded URLs, database connection strings, and configuration files. For WordPress sites, you might need to update the wp-config.php file to reflect the new database credentials.

9. Monitor Your Website

Once your website is live on the new host, monitor it closely for any issues. Pay attention to website performance, uptime, and any error messages. Use monitoring tools to track your website’s health and address any issues promptly. Communicate with your new hosting provider’s support team if you encounter any problems.

10. Cancel Old Hosting Account

After ensuring that your website is functioning correctly on the new host, you can cancel your old hosting account. Before doing so, make sure that you have no residual files or databases left that you might need. Confirm that your domain is fully propagated to the new host and that there is no remaining dependency on the old host.

 Additional Tips

Communicate with Both Hosts: Keep open communication with both your old and new hosting providers. They can offer valuable assistance and troubleshoot any issues that arise during the migration process.

Plan for Downtime: Schedule the migration during a low-traffic period to minimize the impact of any potential downtime on your visitors.

Secure Your Data: Ensure all data transfers are secure, using secure protocols like SFTP and HTTPS to prevent data breaches during the migration.

Use Migration Services: Many hosting providers offer migration services, sometimes for free. These services can simplify the process and reduce the risk of errors.

Migrating your website to a new hosting provider can significantly improve your site’s performance, security, and reliability. By following these steps and taking a methodical approach, you can ensure a smooth transition and continued success for your website.

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Knowing About Certification for PRINCE2® Foundation

PRINCE2®: What is it?

The structured project management methodology known as PRINCE2® (an acronym for PRojects IN Controlled Environments) offers a step-by-step strategy for managing projects successfully. It provides an adaptable and expandable structure for any kind of project and is extensively employed worldwide in both public and private domains.

PRINCE2® Foundation Certification's Significance

The PRINCE2® Foundation Certification is a foundational credential that attests to a person's comprehension of the PRINCE2® methodology. It exhibits the capacity to contribute successfully to a project management team in a PRINCE2® setting. Employers hold this certification in high respect since it demonstrates a professional's dedication to following best practices in project management.

PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Advantages

Obtaining the PRINCE2® Foundation Certification has a number of advantages, such as:

Improved job Prospects: Getting certified strengthens your credentials in project management, which attracts companies and opens up more job options for you.

Worldwide Recognition: PRINCE2® is a globally recognized and used framework that gives trained professionals a skill set that they may utilize anywhere in the world.

Enhanced Project Management Capabilities: The certification gives you a strong foundation for project management, which improves your capacity to produce positive results.

Common Language: It creates a shared vocabulary for project management, facilitating more productive and harmonious teamwork.

Exam Format for the PRINCE2® Foundation Certification Exam Structure

There are multiple-choice questions on the PRINCE2® Foundation Certification exam.

You have 60 minutes to answer all 60 questions.

33 out of 60 is the passing score of 55%.

Exam Schedule

Among the main topics covered in the exam are: 

Comprehending the seven guiding principles of PRINCE2®. The seven themes that need to be continuously addressed throughout the project are known.

Procedures: knowledge of the seven processes that offer the collection of tasks needed to oversee, manage, and complete a project.

Advice on How to Get Ready

A commitment to learning and a deep comprehension of the PRINCE2® methodology are necessary when preparing for the PRINCE2® Foundation Certification exam. The following advice will help you succeed:

Training Programs: To obtain a thorough understanding of PRINCE2®, think about signing up for an authorized training program.

Study Resources: To become acquainted with the subject matter of the exam, make use of official PRINCE2® guides, sample papers, and other study resources.

Practice Exams: To gauge your preparedness and replicate the exam setting, take practice exams.

Recognize the Approach: Make sure you comprehend the PRINCE2® methodology—all of its tenets, themes, and procedures—well.

In summary

A PRINCE2® Foundation Certification can prove to be an advantageous qualification for individuals engaged in project management. It not only attests to your project management abilities but also gives you access to an internationally accepted framework for efficient project management. Getting this certification can help you advance your career and offer up new prospects if you put in the necessary time and effort. I wish you luck as you pursue PRINCE2® certification!

[bdwebit]

Domain Controller in Windows Server: A Comprehensive Guide

Domain Controller in Windows Server of enterprise-level network management, Windows Server reigns supreme with its robust suite of features. At the heart of Windows Server’s identity and access management lies the Domain Controller, a critical component that plays a pivotal role in establishing and maintaining secure, organized, and efficient networks. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricacies of Domain Controllers in Windows Server, exploring their functions, benefits, and the step-by-step process of setting up this cornerstone of network infrastructure.

What is a Domain Controller? A Domain Controller (DC) is a server that manages security authentication requests within a Windows domain, a network of computers that share a common directory. The primary purpose of a Domain Controller is to authenticate users, grant them access to network resources, and enforce security policies. Essentially, it acts as the central authority for user authentication and authorization in a Windows domain environment.

Key Functions of a Domain Controller

Authentication:

Domain Controllers authenticate users attempting to log in to the network. This ensures that only authorized individuals gain access to resources and services.

Authorization:

Once authenticated, users are granted specific permissions and access rights based on their assigned roles and group memberships.

User and Group Management:

Domain Controllers facilitate the creation, modification, and deletion of user accounts and security groups. This centralized management simplifies administrative tasks and ensures consistency across the network.

Security Policies Enforcement:

Domain Controllers enforce security policies, ensuring compliance with organizational standards. This includes password policies, account lockout settings, and other security configurations.

Replication:

In multi-domain environments, Domain Controllers replicate directory information to ensure consistency and fault tolerance. This ensures that changes made on one Domain Controller are propagated to others within the same domain. Setting Up a Domain Controller

Install Windows Server:

Begin by installing Windows Server on the chosen hardware. Ensure that the server has a static IP address.

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Installation:

After the initial setup, install the Active Directory Domain Services role. This can be done using the Server Manager or PowerShell.

Promote the Server to a Domain Controller:

Launch the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard and select “Add a new forest” if this is the first Domain Controller in the domain. Follow the wizard’s prompts, providing the required information such as the root domain name and the Directory Services Restore Mode password.

Specify Domain Controller Options:

Configure additional options, including the Forest and Domain Functional Levels, which determine the available features and supported Windows operating systems. Choose an appropriate Domain Controller type, such as read-only or writable.

Review and Install:

Review the configuration settings, and if everything is in order, proceed with the installation. The server will automatically restart upon completion.

Post-Installation Tasks:

After the server reboots, log in using the Domain Administrator credentials. Ensure that DNS is properly configured, and users can authenticate against the new Domain Controller. Benefits of Using a Domain Controller

Centralized Management:

Domain Controllers provide a centralized platform for managing users, groups, and resources, simplifying administrative tasks and ensuring consistency across the network.

Enhanced Security:

By enforcing security policies and access controls, Domain Controllers significantly enhance network security. Features such as Kerberos authentication and NTLM help protect against unauthorized access.

Scalability:

As organizations grow, additional Domain Controllers can be added to the domain, facilitating scalability and load distribution.

Single Sign-On (SSO):

Users can log in once to access various network resources, reducing the need for multiple logins and enhancing user experience.

Group Policy Management:

Group Policies, configured and managed through Domain Controllers, enable administrators to enforce specific settings and configurations across the entire domain.

Fault Tolerance:

Through replication, Domain Controllers provide fault tolerance. In the event of a hardware failure or other issues, another Domain Controller can seamlessly take over authentication and directory services. Best Practices for Domain Controller Management

Regular Backups:

Implement regular backups of Active Directory to ensure quick recovery in case of data loss or corruption.

Security Patching:

Keep the operating system and Active Directory software up-to-date with the latest security patches to mitigate vulnerabilities.

Monitoring and Logging:

Implement robust monitoring tools and review logs regularly to detect and respond to potential security incidents.

Role-Based Access Control (RBAC):

Implement RBAC to restrict access to administrative functions, ensuring that only authorized personnel can make changes to the Domain Controller.

Redundancy:

Deploy multiple Domain Controllers for fault tolerance and load balancing, especially in larger organizations.

Documentation:

Maintain thorough documentation of configurations, policies, and procedures related to the Domain Controller to aid troubleshooting and future reference. Conclusion In the intricate landscape of network management, the Domain Controller stands tall as a cornerstone of Windows Server environments. Its ability to centralize user authentication, manage access control, and enforce security policies makes it an indispensable element for organizations of all sizes. By following the step-by-step guide to setting up a Domain Controller and understanding its myriad benefits, administrators can harness the full power of Windows Server to create secure, organized, and efficient networks. Embracing best practices in Domain Controller management ensures a stable and resilient foundation for the intricate dance of data and users within the digital ecosystem.

[sbanimation]

Revolutionizing Learning: Virtual Reality Education and Training

In the ever-evolving landscape of education and professional development, one technology has been making waves, changing the way we learn and acquire new skills: virtual reality (VR). Virtual reality education and training are transforming traditional learning methods, offering immersive and interactive experiences that enhance knowledge retention and skill development in a variety of fields.

The Power of Immersion

Virtual reality is a technology that simulates a three-dimensional environment, allowing users to interact with their surroundings through the use of a head-mounted display and handheld controllers. This immersion is what sets VR apart from traditional educational methods. It places students or trainees at the center of the action, providing an environment where they can make mistakes, learn from them, and practice until they master the skills.

For instance, in medical education, VR can replicate complex surgical procedures, allowing aspiring surgeons to practice and refine their techniques in a risk-free environment. In the field of aviation, pilots can undergo training in realistic cockpit simulators, where they learn to handle various in-flight scenarios. Such immersive experiences not only increase engagement but also improve learning outcomes.

Engaging and interactive learning

Traditional teaching methods can often be passive, making it challenging for students to stay engaged and retain information. Virtual reality education and training address this issue by offering an interactive and engaging learning environment. Students no longer passively absorb information from textbooks or lectures; they actively participate in the learning process.

Skill development and training

Beyond traditional education, virtual reality has proven invaluable in professional training. Various industries are leveraging VR to provide hands-on training that is cost-effective and risk-free. Consider the construction industry, where workers can practice operating heavy machinery at a virtual construction site, reducing the risk of accidents and equipment damage.

Accessible Learning

One of the most significant advantages of virtual reality education and training is its accessibility. As VR technology becomes more affordable and widespread, it opens up new opportunities for remote and disadvantaged learners. Students or professionals who may not have access to expensive equipment or physical training facilities can still benefit from immersive educational experiences.

Furthermore, VR can be tailored to suit individual learning needs. It allows for personalized learning paths, catering to different learning styles and paces. Teachers and trainers can monitor progress more closely and provide targeted feedback, fostering better learning outcomes.

Future Prospects

The future of virtual reality education and training looks promising. As technology continues to advance, VR experiences will become more affordable, interactive, and accessible. With continued research and innovation, VR could revolutionize the way we learn and train, making education more engaging, effective, and inclusive.

In conclusion, virtual reality education and training represent a significant step forward in the evolution of learning and skill development. By providing immersive, interactive, and accessible educational experiences, VR is transforming traditional learning methods and opening up new opportunities for students and professionals. As technology continues to mature, it holds the potential to revolutionize education and training across various domains, fostering a more engaged, skilled, and knowledgeable workforce and student population.

[usagimen]

     "The young girl gazed at the night sky as she walked. She had always chased the stars every step of her journey. Then she met the full moon — and, in time, the girl became a queen."    

(hc // meta: domain expansion)      

           The embodiment of the eternal night, Clan Kobayashi has always upheld the once noble deity as their savior. Who else to grant them kindness && know their most inner secrets than the moon itself? Though, as he once breathed life Tsukuyomi was not fully that of the shining moon but another portion of him was cherished, the darkness that bore him strength. As the slumbering God would find his peace within the origins of his birthplace, his bronzed mirror was tightly kept under guard, there would be no fragments or collection to wield his might but unlike others, he granted the choice of strength.

          In fury, his vessel shunned him as the sun once did, banishing him into a state of limbo && though he bore no malice, he wished to see a spectacle unlike any other - that, which he did; for what is more powerful than grief that moves the heart? Sayuri’s domain expansion would be witnessed a total of three times, most would never know upon the endless expanse of blackened skies, she was the moon && stars. Combining itself with the Kobayahi Clan’s illusionary Technique, Nocturnal Lover pulls an opponent into the evening.    

    All is set upon still waters that glisten like a mirror, the echoes of soft laughter && howling of the night, phase one is referred to as a simple domain expansion. She will give an opponent time to figure out if they can escape or break against the gravitational pull, if they do so combat resumes naturally. If they cannot, phase two will begin. Upon phase two, the landscape changes, where the moon ignites the backdrop but this should not be compared to Tsukuyomi’s domain expansion as he is the God of the Feast thus his is a banquet && not like his vessel who remarks, she is the inheritor of this new era, this is all her will. By the time phase two begins, the real Sayuri begins to dissipate as multiple copies will be shown, it’s all confusion && playing on the water’s reflective surface to create mimics.    

     This does take up a duration of her energy, in total the battle will last ten minutes, each one she uses to her advantage as if down to the very seconds she’s calculated for precision. The only difference is that each mimic is tangible, they react, move && even have her warmth. Thus,  an opponent is fighting up to the equivalent of multiple versions, the impact of her punches && kicks will still be felt. Mimics move quick, fast, then vanish into smoke, the difference is they are sloppy in their stances && cannot replicate her natural grace. Nocturnal Lover grants her a boost by 15 percent in CT, just like the moon controls the pull of the water, she is in control throughout. Though, one would be surprised to realize it’s more simplistic than advanced as it pays homage to sorcerer’s from distant eras, there is no need for glamorous or exuberant details, it is enough to confuse && stun while hitting a precise strike. The usage of strength will make her ill if kept up, she is prone to nosebleeds or slumbering for days after, hence why Sayuri prefers to just use her body as it literally can be classified as a cursed weapon in itself.

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OC-tober Day 2: Glass

OC-tober prompts put together by @oc-growth-and-development​! I have to ramble in meta instead of write, because my brain is Mush lately. (I know I’m behind but I have a lot pre-written, I just need to put it into coherent words!)

This one especially can be rambled about at length, because the most important “glass” object in my stories is one I greatly enjoy exploring: Dove’s mindscape mirror!

^ I drew it forever ago; here’s the deviantArt link if you’d like to see the big version! 

https://www.deviantart.com/ravenshiddensoul/art/Dove-s-Keepsakes-Mirror-and-Box-284227087

It’s largely modeled after a bird stretching its wings upwards, with a handle like a tail and certain details are inlaid with Azarathean gold to better channel its magics.

Now, this is where the rambling begins: The mirror’s backstory, and I’ll be exploring one of my favorite things to develop in all of my stories: Dove’s mindscape!

Dove's mirror isn't one of her most prized possessions, nor super incredibly sentimental, but it IS an object touched with her mother's magic, it has flourishes of Azarathean gold (some of the last pieces to exist), and it's useful for introspection and self-soothing, so it does have some value and importance.

Dove struggled with meditating quite a lot as a child, and there was only so much her mother could do to help. Meditation was pretty important to them as both a means of helping Dove control her powers, and as a staple of Azarathean spirituality. As she so often did, Alerina poked around and asked enough questions around the temple that she was told about Raven's mirror, and she decided to replicate it for Dove. She custom ordered a gold-lined wooden hand mirror, and then cast the spells to connect it to Dove's inner world herself. It took a few tries (it's much harder to connect something to someone else's mind than your own, after all), but she was nothing if not determined to help her daughter, and eventually figured it out.

As for its main purpose: Self-reflection! (If you'll pardon the pun.) Dove uses it to meditate, but where Raven uses hers for centering and compartmentalization, Dove uses it more as a blend of escapism and a focusing aid.

Much like Raven's, Dove's mirror acts as a portal to the depths of her mind, and this is where it gets fun!

The vortex that transports the users is usually white and gold, imbued with the same energies that give Dove her powers, at least on her mother's side. It's noticeably touched with black and red in DDD. (Dove's evil side starts taking over her mind, and thus its energies manifest through the mindscape, and Dove's portal into it, hence: black and red energies instead.) It tends to open up like a light tunnel and almost opens the mental world around the user, rather than dragging them in.

Once inside, one can't expect to navigate the same way as Beast Boy and Cyborg did in "Nevermore". Every mind is different, after all! We saw Raven's mindscape divided nearly into emotional sections with a neutral space between them, and the way through each area was preset and linear. While different parts of Dove's internal world manifest in different "areas", they're not so totally divided and separate, and there's no real "neutral" zone except at the very "center". The scenery changes, but it's more of a gradual transition, and though Dove employs thresholds to mark key areas, they're very much just visual aids.

Dove's mindscape is laid out more like a series of rooms and courtyards in a very (very, very, very) large mansion. The ground is generally of crystal, spires and columns decorate the scenery, and the thresholds are modeled after birds with their wings outspread. (While this seems like a play on Dove's namesake, it's actually based on Azarath's architecture, particularly that of George Perez's Azarath in the 1980's New Teen Titans comics.)

Dove's sky shows various stars and often casts moonlight from an uncertain source, particularly when she's introspecting. The ambient temperature varies amongst the locations, chilly in the regions ruled by fear and sadness, uncomfortably warm near her demon's domain, and comfortable and breezy where her peace and contentment reside.

One could easily get lost in her mindscape if they don't know where they're going. The place can shift and change on a whim.

Where Dove spends her time building that peace and contentment, it's very closely modeled after her mother's memories of Azarath (which is where she learned how to find peace, after all): there's marble and gold everywhere, and the stars twinkle with dozens of colors in the sky.

Where Dove retreats when there are feelings of timidity, her excruciating shyness, her grief and doubt, the world becomes shrouded in thick fog. Broken buildings and pale light litter the grounds.

Where she built her love for reading, for history, for creativity and study and learning, it's arranged as rooms with dark marbled tile and a carpeted path, the floor for dozens of feet on either side littered with piles of books.

Dove's inner happy place is an open field on gently rolling hills, where thoughts take the form of birds and somehow the sky holds both the stars and suns. One might find trees, flowers, abstract forms of cottages, and forts loaded with mugs and cozy cushions. If you wander far enough you'll find very tall stone walls surrounding it, because Dove's mind is such that her happiness is one of the few things she really truly believes she needs to protect from the rest of herself.

And then there are the aspects of herself that she shoves the deepest down, secreted far away from the surface: the anger, the hunger for power, the mean streak. (Yes, believe it or not, Dove does have a mean streak! You just have to work especially hard to bring it out. Or trigger her in just the right ways around sadism, violence, war, or death. It's very much Not Recommended; bringing too much of that mean streak out could mean Dove loses control of her powers, or worse: her demonic aspects.)

Those secret forces aren't so much located in one particular space of her mind as they're hidden in every dark corner, coursing through the underside of all the ground, a tantalizing power running through every part of her, only ever set free enough to use the dangerous powers to her own ends.

Her places for Fear and Curiosity in particular will be explored in the upcoming Missing: Raven rewrite. (As they're the strongest things Dove is feeling in that story, that's going to be what Beast Boy and Cyborg encounter.) I also explored the way these things manifest in DDD, and in that same story Dove will focus on rebuilding Peace in the final chapter.

I can't talk about Dove's mindscape without mentioning the "emoticlones". These fun little guys are called by the fanon term given to Raven's "emotion clones", the separate parts of her that express a specific set of traits based on particular aspects of her personality. I had so much fun playing with their voices and thoughts in Dove's head during DDD, you have no freaking idea! I also copied the concept of them having Colored Cloaks from Teen Titans canon, because honestly it's a quick and easy way to identify them, and the fandom's familiar with this system through Raven.

Which colors mean what was more inspired by details from a really old, now-defunct website called Cartoon Orbit that had separate "online trading cards" for each of Raven's emoticlones! On that site, Raven's were labeled as such, and this is what I based Dove's system on, loosely: - Pink: "Raven Happy" - Red: "Raven Rage" - Orange: "Raven Rude" - Yellow: "Raven Smart" - Green: "Raven Brave" - Brown: "Raven Fear" (I'm pretty sure there was a purple one, but I don't recall what it was called. "Love" maybe? That might be from fanon; this site was running like 15 years ago, and I was like 10 years old, so I hardly thought to pay Super Special Attention to it...)

But I digress. The point is, I adapted that system for the key aspects of Dove's unique personality, and came to understand them as follows:

- Pink: Joy, relief, coziness - Red: Cruelty, impulsivity, anger - Orange: Apathy, indifference, disregard - Yellow: Curiosity, study, intrigue - Green: Courage, determination, activity - Blue: Contentedness, pacifism, spirituality - Purple: Compassion, friendship, romanticism - Gray: Sadness, grief, longing. - Brown: Fear, fear, fear!

But for Dove's mind in particular, it's not only HER experiences and personality that form the world! She's a telepath, and though she holds others' privacy in very, very high regard and tries never to read someone's mind without their permission, her sense of receptive telepathy is ever-present. Echoes, lights, shadows, reflections of others' memories and thoughts might affect the very edges of her mind. It's a constant sense, but it only ever causes very ephemeral changes unless something deeply affects her.

Her mindscape also grows and changes as Dove grows and changes, experiences life, learns to cope, and changes how she handles her own emotions.

Most notably, the internal struggle in DDD tore her mind apart. Initially it was due to a breakdown of certainty and confidence, hastened by guilt and grief, but it soon became a deliberate tactic to wage war on the parts of Dove's mind that were trying to resist the evil; eventually her inner demon began intentionally breaking/corrupting everything it could touch.

By chapter 20, that evil is the only strong and stable thing in Dove's mind. Raven's attack to remove the evil in her took away that stability, and strength, and thus took away what was essentially the last support holding Dove's mind together. As it says in the story: "everything collapsed". Dove's mindscape was utterly destroyed, and only the most basic aspects of her remained.

For awhile, that left Dove unable to remember things clearly, or feel emotions without great pain. Rebuilding it to the point where she was able to talk and feel Mostly Normally again took months of meditation.

When Dove is kidnapped and Leyla has distressing dreams about her mother, she, Srentha, and Raven use the mirror to check on Dove by accessing her mindscape. With her powers stripped away, surrounded by people who mock her, and certain Fauni rituals sickening Dove to her soul, naturally her mind is very different: shadowy forms flitted at the edges of vision, the ground wavered, her discomfort was thick in the air and the constant fear made everything so, so cold. "Shadows" of others' thoughts flashed in and out of existence, and Dove's desperation manifests as fleeting voices on the wind. It's uncomfortable to be in her mind while she's so distressed.

It's also worth mentioning that her mindscape changes again, essentially "growing" the part of her that belongs to Love when she finally lets herself love Srentha, and it expands again when Leyla's born and Dove once more finds depths of love she didn't know she could carry.

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Ep 202: The Scrying Game

“The scryer does not seek reflections, but visions.”

– Donald Tyson, author of "Scrying for Beginners: Use Your Unconscious Mind to See Beyond the Senses

Description:

Who among us hasn't wanted to know the future or have insight into the hidden, at least in passing? From the first instance a human had a premonition that came true, it seems likely that the adventurous who were shocked and astounded wondered how those without the "gift" could duplicate this impossible experience. Then, when someone stared too intently into a reflective pool of liquid, a glowing ember, or even the night sky, and experienced an extrasensory perception, a technique and its medium are discovered to tap into a sixth sense. Practiced now for millennia, this procedure for obtaining occult information has become known as scrying. One interesting observation is that although there are general guidelines for preparing oneself and performing a scrying session, many mediums can facilitate the phenomenon. It appears that any object can be used that can capture the light and dazzle the eye, or a reflective surface that can offer deep introspection or a dark void that focuses the senses. But then the burning question becomes, how does this process work, and from where does the information come? Does this "second sight" materialize from deep within ourselves, external omniscience, or some combination of both? In tonight's episode, we'll look at the elements, the history, and the concepts behind this ancient and mysterious means of knowing the unknowable.

Reference Links:

Scrying on Wikipedia

The 1992 motion picture, The Crying Game

Samhain

Lori Williams’ Controlled Remote Viewing website IntuitiveSpecialists.com

Russell Targ

Crystal Gazing – Its History and Practice, with a Discussion of the Evidence for Telepathic Scrying, by Northcote W. Thomas, M.A.

Benjamin, from the Old Testament or “Hebrew Bible”

“The Forgotten Art of Scrying” by Fernando S. Gallegos on ExploringTraditions.com

Bernardino de Sahagún

Moctezuma II

Nostradamus

John Dee

Edward Kelley

“Notes on John Dee’s Aztec Mirror” by Ed Simon on NorthernRenaissance.org

Horace Walpole

“Making a Sigilum Dei Aemeth out of Wax [Esoteric Saturdays]” on YouTube

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Thelema

“Joseph Smith's "Magic" Glasses and Other Bizarre Objects from Mormonism” on ranker.com

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Episode 202: The Scrying Game. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel. Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer, and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2021 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Patch 2.8 - Divine Transformation

Taking a break from full class revisions, this patch focuses on minor changes and subclass-reworkings of the cleric and sorcerer classes. Both have had many additional subclasses added to them, and this patch aims to sift and refine those additions, whilst making some more subtle changes to the classes as a whole than I would usually.

Additionally, minor changes have been made to other classes as a part of this patch.

CLASSES

BLOODHUNTER

Rework - Crimson Rites Bloodhunters now prepare one primal rite and one esoteric rite (if they have them) from the list of options daily. Far more flexible than simply ‘knowing’ a small handful of them.

BARD

Rework - College of Choreography In line with some recent changes made by Joe, the following has been changed about the college:

Encore now allows creatures with a bardic inspiration to use a bonus action once per long rest to gain a hasted action that turn.

Lead and Follow now expends the affected creature’s bardic inspiration

CLERIC Cleric is the class I have played most in 5e (I don’t get to play much, so it’s only twice), and it’s one with strong, consistent themes. These changes seek to refine the additions I made to the class years ago, carving out the fat, whilst refining what’s already there.

Buff - Channel Divinity Now at 3rd level, you may choose one of the three Channel Divinity options:

Harness Divine Power. Regain a 1st-level spell slot a set number of times per day.

Turn Foe. A rework of turn undead, turn foe allows you to choose an otherworldly creature type as your divine nemesis, instead of being limited only to undead creatures.

Ward of Faith. Grant allies a brief, but powerful shield against damage.

At 5th level, the chosen option improves as follows:

Harness Divine Power. Regain higher levelled spell slots more frequently.

Turn Foe. Identical to the old Destroy Undead, except now it works on your divine foe instead.

Ward of Faith. Grant other allies a weaker shield as well.

Nerf - Divine Intervention Added a penalty to prevent daily spam

Buffed - Divine Domains Divine Domains now grant features at 1st, 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level. Divine Strike and Potent Spellcasting have been removed. 

Certain subclasses: Death, Destruction, Light, Storm, and War, gain a new Blessed Strikes feature that works with all spells, using a damage type based on the subclass.

Removed - Certain Divine Domains The following divine domains have been outright removed from the class entirely:

Air

Charm

Craft

Darkness

Earth

Madness

Moon

Protection

Revenge

Slumber

Suffering

Time

Trade

Travel

Water

New - Divine Domain: Chaos The inversion of order domain. Make enemies fight each other, create exploding dice, and roll on a Chaos Table a lot

Rework - Divine Domain: Fire Now called Destruction Domain, this domain now focuses on raw damage-dealing through spellcasting. You also deal double damage to objects, so that’s fun.

New - Divine Domain: Forge Replacing Craft Domain is Xanathar’s Guide to Everything’s Forge Domain, a dedicated Tank Cleric subclass.

Buff - Divine Domain: Knowledge Read Thoughts is now more effective, you may grant your Knowledge of the Ages to other creatures when you reach 10th, and you become the only class in the game that is proficient in all skills at 18th level.

Rework - Divine Domain: Nature Nature domain has always been somewhat pointless. Why be a nature cleric, when you can just be a druid instead. Now, there’s an actual reason.

Nature Clerics can command nature to create tendrils of earth and vine to protect them, provide flanking, take opportunity attacks and slap enemies a bunch.

Nerf - Divine Domain: Order Voice of Authority has a set number of uses. Embodiment of the Law pushed back to 10th level. New 6th level Channel Divinity: Perfect Control, creates a shorter duration dominate person though, so that’s fun.

New - Divine Domain: Peace Replacing Protection Domain is Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything’s Peace Domain, a full-support cleric subclass.

Buff - Divine Domain: Tempest Stormcaller now granted at 14th level, and no longer is lost when indoors or underground, because that’s fucking stupid.

Buff - Divine Domain: Trickery Invoke Duplicity is no longer concentration, the duplicate can talk, and at higher levels, you can swap places with it. Cloak of Shadows now lasts for 10 minutes and is a bonus action, increasing to an hour at 14th level. 

New - Divine Domain: Twilight From Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything, Twilight domain is a support-oriented cleric subclass that shields allies and doesn’t care about the dark.

Rework - Divine Domain: War War was a fucking joke. It is now no longer one of those.

War Priest can now be used without the Attack action from 6th level onwards and at 14th level, can be used infinitely. The two identical channel divinities have been merged into one, creating a new 6th level Channel Divinity: Knowledge of War, which grants a fighting style for 8 hours.

ROGUE The rogue’s core abilities are confusingly worded to the degree that they mislead new players.

Sneak Attack and Cunning Action have been reworded to more effectively reflect game mechanics and remove the confusion they instill.

SORCERER Sorcerer has historically been the weakest of the full-casters in base 5e, largely due to its lack of overall spells and reliance on defensive tools. These changes grant the class more options of metamagic, improve overall subclass quality, and vastly increase the class’ flexibility.

Buff - Spellcasting Sorcerers now start with one additional spell, with their overall scaling remaining functionally very similar to before.

Buff - Metamagic Additional metamagics beyond the first two chosen are now gained at 5th, 9th, 13th, and 17th level, resulting in a total of six known metamagics.

Additionally, the following metamagic has been added to the sorcerer list:

– Seeking Spell: Reroll a failed spell attack roll at the cost of 1 sorcery point. Can be used alongside other metamagics.

New - Focused Sorcery Regain a small number of sorcery points during a short rest, repeatably.

Buff - Sorcerous Origin Each subclass option now has one new feature at 10th level. Some have their 14th level features moved down to 10th level.

Rework - Sorcerous Origin: Entwined Each entwined art has been partially reworked. They can only be used once each, or by spending 2 sorcery points after sixth level.

Font of Sorcery now gives 1-1 sorcery point to spell slot returns.

Their 18th level feature now allows for you to spend sorcery points to cast wish once per day, but only to replicate spells.

New - Sorcerous Origin: Machine Mind Cancel and store advantage and disadvantage. Do some other machiney things.

Buff - Sorcerous Origin: Ocean Heart Curse of the Sea now affects any spell you cast, targeting one creature per casting.

Nerf - Sorcerous Origin: Wild Magic Bend Luck now starts as a d4, but scales up to a d8 by 14th level.

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How to set up command-line access to Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) by using the new developer toolkit Docker image

Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a scalable, highly available, and fully managed Cassandra-compatible database service. Amazon Keyspaces helps you run your Cassandra workloads more easily by using a serverless database that can scale up and down automatically in response to your actual application traffic. Because Amazon Keyspaces is serverless, there are no clusters or nodes to provision and manage. You can get started with Amazon Keyspaces with a few clicks in the console or a few changes to your existing Cassandra driver configuration. In this post, I show you how to set up command-line access to Amazon Keyspaces by using the keyspaces-toolkit Docker image. The keyspaces-toolkit Docker image contains commonly used Cassandra developer tooling. The toolkit comes with the Cassandra Query Language Shell (cqlsh) and is configured with best practices for Amazon Keyspaces. The container image is open source and also compatible with Apache Cassandra 3.x clusters. A command line interface (CLI) such as cqlsh can be useful when automating database activities. You can use cqlsh to run one-time queries and perform administrative tasks, such as modifying schemas or bulk-loading flat files. You also can use cqlsh to enable Amazon Keyspaces features, such as point-in-time recovery (PITR) backups and assign resource tags to keyspaces and tables. The following screenshot shows a cqlsh session connected to Amazon Keyspaces and the code to run a CQL create table statement. Build a Docker image To get started, download and build the Docker image so that you can run the keyspaces-toolkit in a container. A Docker image is the template for the complete and executable version of an application. It’s a way to package applications and preconfigured tools with all their dependencies. To build and run the image for this post, install the latest Docker engine and Git on the host or local environment. The following command builds the image from the source. docker build --tag amazon/keyspaces-toolkit --build-arg CLI_VERSION=latest https://github.com/aws-samples/amazon-keyspaces-toolkit.git The preceding command includes the following parameters: –tag – The name of the image in the name:tag Leaving out the tag results in latest. –build-arg CLI_VERSION – This allows you to specify the version of the base container. Docker images are composed of layers. If you’re using the AWS CLI Docker image, aligning versions significantly reduces the size and build times of the keyspaces-toolkit image. Connect to Amazon Keyspaces Now that you have a container image built and available in your local repository, you can use it to connect to Amazon Keyspaces. To use cqlsh with Amazon Keyspaces, create service-specific credentials for an existing AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) user. The service-specific credentials enable IAM users to access Amazon Keyspaces, but not access other AWS services. The following command starts a new container running the cqlsh process. docker run --rm -ti amazon/keyspaces-toolkit cassandra.us-east-1.amazonaws.com 9142 --ssl -u "SERVICEUSERNAME" -p "SERVICEPASSWORD" The preceding command includes the following parameters: run – The Docker command to start the container from an image. It’s the equivalent to running create and start. –rm –Automatically removes the container when it exits and creates a container per session or run. -ti – Allocates a pseudo TTY (t) and keeps STDIN open (i) even if not attached (remove i when user input is not required). amazon/keyspaces-toolkit – The image name of the keyspaces-toolkit. us-east-1.amazonaws.com – The Amazon Keyspaces endpoint. 9142 – The default SSL port for Amazon Keyspaces. After connecting to Amazon Keyspaces, exit the cqlsh session and terminate the process by using the QUIT or EXIT command. Drop-in replacement Now, simplify the setup by assigning an alias (or DOSKEY for Windows) to the Docker command. The alias acts as a shortcut, enabling you to use the alias keyword instead of typing the entire command. You will use cqlsh as the alias keyword so that you can use the alias as a drop-in replacement for your existing Cassandra scripts. The alias contains the parameter –v "$(pwd)":/source, which mounts the current directory of the host. This is useful for importing and exporting data with COPY or using the cqlsh --file command to load external cqlsh scripts. alias cqlsh='docker run --rm -ti -v "$(pwd)":/source amazon/keyspaces-toolkit cassandra.us-east-1.amazonaws.com 9142 --ssl' For security reasons, don’t store the user name and password in the alias. After setting up the alias, you can create a new cqlsh session with Amazon Keyspaces by calling the alias and passing in the service-specific credentials. cqlsh -u "SERVICEUSERNAME" -p "SERVICEPASSWORD" Later in this post, I show how to use AWS Secrets Manager to avoid using plaintext credentials with cqlsh. You can use Secrets Manager to store, manage, and retrieve secrets. Create a keyspace Now that you have the container and alias set up, you can use the keyspaces-toolkit to create a keyspace by using cqlsh to run CQL statements. In Cassandra, a keyspace is the highest-order structure in the CQL schema, which represents a grouping of tables. A keyspace is commonly used to define the domain of a microservice or isolate clients in a multi-tenant strategy. Amazon Keyspaces is serverless, so you don’t have to configure clusters, hosts, or Java virtual machines to create a keyspace or table. When you create a new keyspace or table, it is associated with an AWS Account and Region. Though a traditional Cassandra cluster is limited to 200 to 500 tables, with Amazon Keyspaces the number of keyspaces and tables for an account and Region is virtually unlimited. The following command creates a new keyspace by using SingleRegionStrategy, which replicates data three times across multiple Availability Zones in a single AWS Region. Storage is billed by the raw size of a single replica, and there is no network transfer cost when replicating data across Availability Zones. Using keyspaces-toolkit, connect to Amazon Keyspaces and run the following command from within the cqlsh session. CREATE KEYSPACE amazon WITH REPLICATION = {'class': 'SingleRegionStrategy'} AND TAGS = {'domain' : 'shoppingcart' , 'app' : 'acme-commerce'}; The preceding command includes the following parameters: REPLICATION – SingleRegionStrategy replicates data three times across multiple Availability Zones. TAGS – A label that you assign to an AWS resource. For more information about using tags for access control, microservices, cost allocation, and risk management, see Tagging Best Practices. Create a table Previously, you created a keyspace without needing to define clusters or infrastructure. Now, you will add a table to your keyspace in a similar way. A Cassandra table definition looks like a traditional SQL create table statement with an additional requirement for a partition key and clustering keys. These keys determine how data in CQL rows are distributed, sorted, and uniquely accessed. Tables in Amazon Keyspaces have the following unique characteristics: Virtually no limit to table size or throughput – In Amazon Keyspaces, a table’s capacity scales up and down automatically in response to traffic. You don’t have to manage nodes or consider node density. Performance stays consistent as your tables scale up or down. Support for “wide” partitions – CQL partitions can contain a virtually unbounded number of rows without the need for additional bucketing and sharding partition keys for size. This allows you to scale partitions “wider” than the traditional Cassandra best practice of 100 MB. No compaction strategies to consider – Amazon Keyspaces doesn’t require defined compaction strategies. Because you don’t have to manage compaction strategies, you can build powerful data models without having to consider the internals of the compaction process. Performance stays consistent even as write, read, update, and delete requirements change. No repair process to manage – Amazon Keyspaces doesn’t require you to manage a background repair process for data consistency and quality. No tombstones to manage – With Amazon Keyspaces, you can delete data without the challenge of managing tombstone removal, table-level grace periods, or zombie data problems. 1 MB row quota – Amazon Keyspaces supports the Cassandra blob type, but storing large blob data greater than 1 MB results in an exception. It’s a best practice to store larger blobs across multiple rows or in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) object storage. Fully managed backups – PITR helps protect your Amazon Keyspaces tables from accidental write or delete operations by providing continuous backups of your table data. The following command creates a table in Amazon Keyspaces by using a cqlsh statement with customer properties specifying on-demand capacity mode, PITR enabled, and AWS resource tags. Using keyspaces-toolkit to connect to Amazon Keyspaces, run this command from within the cqlsh session. CREATE TABLE amazon.eventstore( id text, time timeuuid, event text, PRIMARY KEY(id, time)) WITH CUSTOM_PROPERTIES = { 'capacity_mode':{'throughput_mode':'PAY_PER_REQUEST'}, 'point_in_time_recovery':{'status':'enabled'} } AND TAGS = {'domain' : 'shoppingcart' , 'app' : 'acme-commerce' , 'pii': 'true'}; The preceding command includes the following parameters: capacity_mode – Amazon Keyspaces has two read/write capacity modes for processing reads and writes on your tables. The default for new tables is on-demand capacity mode (the PAY_PER_REQUEST flag). point_in_time_recovery – When you enable this parameter, you can restore an Amazon Keyspaces table to a point in time within the preceding 35 days. There is no overhead or performance impact by enabling PITR. TAGS – Allows you to organize resources, define domains, specify environments, allocate cost centers, and label security requirements. Insert rows Before inserting data, check if your table was created successfully. Amazon Keyspaces performs data definition language (DDL) operations asynchronously, such as creating and deleting tables. You also can monitor the creation status of a new resource programmatically by querying the system schema table. Also, you can use a toolkit helper for exponential backoff. Check for table creation status Cassandra provides information about the running cluster in its system tables. With Amazon Keyspaces, there are no clusters to manage, but it still provides system tables for the Amazon Keyspaces resources in an account and Region. You can use the system tables to understand the creation status of a table. The system_schema_mcs keyspace is a new system keyspace with additional content related to serverless functionality. Using keyspaces-toolkit, run the following SELECT statement from within the cqlsh session to retrieve the status of the newly created table. SELECT keyspace_name, table_name, status FROM system_schema_mcs.tables WHERE keyspace_name = 'amazon' AND table_name = 'eventstore'; The following screenshot shows an example of output for the preceding CQL SELECT statement. Insert sample data Now that you have created your table, you can use CQL statements to insert and read sample data. Amazon Keyspaces requires all write operations (insert, update, and delete) to use the LOCAL_QUORUM consistency level for durability. With reads, an application can choose between eventual consistency and strong consistency by using LOCAL_ONE or LOCAL_QUORUM consistency levels. The benefits of eventual consistency in Amazon Keyspaces are higher availability and reduced cost. See the following code. CONSISTENCY LOCAL_QUORUM; INSERT INTO amazon.eventstore(id, time, event) VALUES ('1', now(), '{eventtype:"click-cart"}'); INSERT INTO amazon.eventstore(id, time, event) VALUES ('2', now(), '{eventtype:"showcart"}'); INSERT INTO amazon.eventstore(id, time, event) VALUES ('3', now(), '{eventtype:"clickitem"}') IF NOT EXISTS; SELECT * FROM amazon.eventstore; The preceding code uses IF NOT EXISTS or lightweight transactions to perform a conditional write. With Amazon Keyspaces, there is no heavy performance penalty for using lightweight transactions. You get similar performance characteristics of standard insert, update, and delete operations. The following screenshot shows the output from running the preceding statements in a cqlsh session. The three INSERT statements added three unique rows to the table, and the SELECT statement returned all the data within the table.   Export table data to your local host You now can export the data you just inserted by using the cqlsh COPY TO command. This command exports the data to the source directory, which you mounted earlier to the working directory of the Docker run when creating the alias. The following cqlsh statement exports your table data to the export.csv file located on the host machine. CONSISTENCY LOCAL_ONE; COPY amazon.eventstore(id, time, event) TO '/source/export.csv' WITH HEADER=false; The following screenshot shows the output of the preceding command from the cqlsh session. After the COPY TO command finishes, you should be able to view the export.csv from the current working directory of the host machine. For more information about tuning export and import processes when using cqlsh COPY TO, see Loading data into Amazon Keyspaces with cqlsh. Use credentials stored in Secrets Manager Previously, you used service-specific credentials to connect to Amazon Keyspaces. In the following example, I show how to use the keyspaces-toolkit helpers to store and access service-specific credentials in Secrets Manager. The helpers are a collection of scripts bundled with keyspaces-toolkit to assist with common tasks. By overriding the default entry point cqlsh, you can call the aws-sm-cqlsh.sh script, a wrapper around the cqlsh process that retrieves the Amazon Keyspaces service-specific credentials from Secrets Manager and passes them to the cqlsh process. This script allows you to avoid hard-coding the credentials in your scripts. The following diagram illustrates this architecture. Configure the container to use the host’s AWS CLI credentials The keyspaces-toolkit extends the AWS CLI Docker image, making keyspaces-toolkit extremely lightweight. Because you may already have the AWS CLI Docker image in your local repository, keyspaces-toolkit adds only an additional 10 MB layer extension to the AWS CLI. This is approximately 15 times smaller than using cqlsh from the full Apache Cassandra 3.11 distribution. The AWS CLI runs in a container and doesn’t have access to the AWS credentials stored on the container’s host. You can share credentials with the container by mounting the ~/.aws directory. Mount the host directory to the container by using the -v parameter. To validate a proper setup, the following command lists current AWS CLI named profiles. docker run --rm -ti -v ~/.aws:/root/.aws --entrypoint aws amazon/keyspaces-toolkit configure list-profiles The ~/.aws directory is a common location for the AWS CLI credentials file. If you configured the container correctly, you should see a list of profiles from the host credentials. For instructions about setting up the AWS CLI, see Step 2: Set Up the AWS CLI and AWS SDKs. Store credentials in Secrets Manager Now that you have configured the container to access the host’s AWS CLI credentials, you can use the Secrets Manager API to store the Amazon Keyspaces service-specific credentials in Secrets Manager. The secret name keyspaces-credentials in the following command is also used in subsequent steps. docker run --rm -ti -v ~/.aws:/root/.aws --entrypoint aws amazon/keyspaces-toolkit secretsmanager create-secret --name keyspaces-credentials --description "Store Amazon Keyspaces Generated Service Credentials" --secret-string "{"username":"SERVICEUSERNAME","password":"SERVICEPASSWORD","engine":"cassandra","host":"SERVICEENDPOINT","port":"9142"}" The preceding command includes the following parameters: –entrypoint – The default entry point is cqlsh, but this command uses this flag to access the AWS CLI. –name – The name used to identify the key to retrieve the secret in the future. –secret-string – Stores the service-specific credentials. Replace SERVICEUSERNAME and SERVICEPASSWORD with your credentials. Replace SERVICEENDPOINT with the service endpoint for the AWS Region. Creating and storing secrets requires CreateSecret and GetSecretValue permissions in your IAM policy. As a best practice, rotate secrets periodically when storing database credentials. Use the Secrets Manager helper script Use the Secrets Manager helper script to sign in to Amazon Keyspaces by replacing the user and password fields with the secret key from the preceding keyspaces-credentials command. docker run --rm -ti -v ~/.aws:/root/.aws --entrypoint aws-sm-cqlsh.sh amazon/keyspaces-toolkit keyspaces-credentials --ssl --execute "DESCRIBE Keyspaces" The preceding command includes the following parameters: -v – Used to mount the directory containing the host’s AWS CLI credentials file. –entrypoint – Use the helper by overriding the default entry point of cqlsh to access the Secrets Manager helper script, aws-sm-cqlsh.sh. keyspaces-credentials – The key to access the credentials stored in Secrets Manager. –execute – Runs a CQL statement. Update the alias You now can update the alias so that your scripts don’t contain plaintext passwords. You also can manage users and roles through Secrets Manager. The following code sets up a new alias by using the keyspaces-toolkit Secrets Manager helper for passing the service-specific credentials to Secrets Manager. alias cqlsh='docker run --rm -ti -v ~/.aws:/root/.aws -v "$(pwd)":/source --entrypoint aws-sm-cqlsh.sh amazon/keyspaces-toolkit keyspaces-credentials --ssl' To have the alias available in every new terminal session, add the alias definition to your .bashrc file, which is executed on every new terminal window. You can usually find this file in $HOME/.bashrc or $HOME/bash_aliases (loaded by $HOME/.bashrc). Validate the alias Now that you have updated the alias with the Secrets Manager helper, you can use cqlsh without the Docker details or credentials, as shown in the following code. cqlsh --execute "DESCRIBE TABLE amazon.eventstore;" The following screenshot shows the running of the cqlsh DESCRIBE TABLE statement by using the alias created in the previous section. In the output, you should see the table definition of the amazon.eventstore table you created in the previous step. Conclusion In this post, I showed how to get started with Amazon Keyspaces and the keyspaces-toolkit Docker image. I used Docker to build an image and run a container for a consistent and reproducible experience. I also used an alias to create a drop-in replacement for existing scripts, and used built-in helpers to integrate cqlsh with Secrets Manager to store service-specific credentials. Now you can use the keyspaces-toolkit with your Cassandra workloads. As a next step, you can store the image in Amazon Elastic Container Registry, which allows you to access the keyspaces-toolkit from CI/CD pipelines and other AWS services such as AWS Batch. Additionally, you can control the image lifecycle of the container across your organization. You can even attach policies to expiring images based on age or download count. For more information, see Pushing an image. Cheat sheet of useful commands I did not cover the following commands in this blog post, but they will be helpful when you work with cqlsh, AWS CLI, and Docker. --- Docker --- #To view the logs from the container. Helpful when debugging docker logs CONTAINERID #Exit code of the container. Helpful when debugging docker inspect createtablec --format='{{.State.ExitCode}}' --- CQL --- #Describe keyspace to view keyspace definition DESCRIBE KEYSPACE keyspace_name; #Describe table to view table definition DESCRIBE TABLE keyspace_name.table_name; #Select samples with limit to minimize output SELECT * FROM keyspace_name.table_name LIMIT 10; --- Amazon Keyspaces CQL --- #Change provisioned capacity for tables ALTER TABLE keyspace_name.table_name WITH custom_properties={'capacity_mode':{'throughput_mode': 'PROVISIONED', 'read_capacity_units': 4000, 'write_capacity_units': 3000}} ; #Describe current capacity mode for tables SELECT keyspace_name, table_name, custom_properties FROM system_schema_mcs.tables where keyspace_name = 'amazon' and table_name='eventstore'; --- Linux --- #Line count of multiple/all files in the current directory find . -type f | wc -l #Remove header from csv sed -i '1d' myData.csv About the Author Michael Raney is a Solutions Architect with Amazon Web Services. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/how-to-set-up-command-line-access-to-amazon-keyspaces-for-apache-cassandra-by-using-the-new-developer-toolkit-docker-image/

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Bottom line -- beyond the most elementary, the math you need will come from the problem domain you're programming in. NONE of that needs to be a barrier to learning Java development. If you can learn Java, you can probably learn more math if you need it -- just don't try to do both at the same time.

Nonetheless this is dissuaded, as well as utilizing one web browser per node is taken into consideration best practice for optimum efficiency. You can after that make use of the TestNG library to run your examinations on multiple nodes in parallel customarily. The simplest means to use these in a local Selenium Grid is to build a Docker Compose documents within the root directory site of your project. Call the documents docker-compose. yml to maintain points easy.

Java 7 can be set up on Lion and Mountain Lion to run applets. Lion and also Mountain can have both Java 6 and also Java 7 set up simultaneously.

And also, there will be much better assistance for Docker, parallel testing will be included natively, and also it will certainly give a much more useful UI. Request mapping with Hooks will certainly likewise help you to debug your grid. As any kind of examination automation engineer knows, waits are crucial to the security of your examination automation structure. They can additionally speed up your examination by making any kind of sleeps or pauses repetitive as well as get rid of sluggish network and cross-browser concerns.

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Similar to COBOL, thousands of critical enterprise systems have been written in Java and will need to be maintained and enhanced for decades to come. I'd be surprised if it's not around for at least another 15 years. But it will change, and is changing.

However, as these are often made use of to develop screenshots of a solitary component, it deserves knowing that there will certainly additionally be an API command to capture a screenshot of an aspect in Selenium 4. The Selenium Grid will certainly be more steady and also less complicated to establish and handle in Selenium 4. Users will no more require to set up as well as begin nodes and also centers separately as the grid will certainly function as a consolidated node as well as center.

To get up as well as running, initially you need to have Docker as well as Docker Compose installed on your maker. If you're running Windows 10 or a Mac, then they will both be installed through the Docker Desktop. Selenium Grid is notoriously hard to set up, unpredictable, and difficult to either release, or version control, on a CI pipe. A much easier, maintainable and also stable way is to use the pre-built Selenium Docker images. This is important to making certain the continued extensive adoption of their structure within their business.

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Below are some suggestions to make your waits a lot more resistant. To produce a steady variation of the Grid for your CI pipe, it's likewise possible to deploy your Grid onto Kubernetes or Swarm. If they do fail, this makes sure that any type of Dockers are promptly recovered or changed. It deserves keeping in mind that it is feasible to have multiple web browsers running on each node.

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I utilize TestNG as it's specifically created for Acceptance Examinations, while structures such as JUnit are commonly utilized for system testing.

One more excellent structure that is well worth exploring is Spock as it's very easy as well as very meaningful to review.

I would certainly likewise recommend setting a day to do this a minimum of once a year, although ideally it would be every 6 months.

Rest will certainly always stop for a collection amount of time before carrying out some code, while wait will just stop briefly execution until an anticipated condition happens or it breaks, whichever comes first.

You ought to never make use of sleep in an examination automation framework as you want your examinations to run as quick as feasible.

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Check to make certain that you have actually the recommended version of Java mounted for your os. I wrote a publication that gets testers started with Java fast, is simple to adhere to, as well as has instances connected to their job. A driver.switchTo(). parentFrame() technique has been included in make frame navigating much easier. WebElement.getSize() and WebElement.getLocation() are now replaced with a single method WebElement.getRect().

Apple did not produce an Update 38 for the Mac, they maxed out at Update 37. On Windows, the Java runtime may or may not be pre-installed, the decision is left approximately the hardware maker. A Java variation 6 runtime was pre-installed by Apple on OS X Leopard as well as Snow Leopard, but starting with Lion, Apple stopped pre-installing Java. Java 6 can be mounted on Lion as well as Hill Lion, but it will certainly not run applets.

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You code as soon as, and the JVM does all the operate in making certain your amazing brand-new programme runs efficiently on any type of platform, whether Windows, Mac, Linux or Android mobile. Java is one of the most prominent shows language in use given that it's the only language that works across all computer system systems without requiring to be recompiled each. Obtain opleiding tester to 4,000+ top Udemy courses anytime, anywhere.

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JavaScript can be used to do monotonous things like creating animation in HTML. In short, when it comes to how each programming language is used, Java is typically used for all server-side development, while creating client-side scripts for tasks such as JS validation and interactivity is reserved for.

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