Welcome @stoeps.de, the blog of Christoph Stoettner
I work at Vegard IT GmbH as a senior consultant with a focus on collaboration software, Kubernetes, security and automation. I mainly deal with HCL Connections, WebSphere Application Server, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform and Linux.
Sometimes my daily work results in technical talks and blog articles, which you can follow here more or less regularly. You can find the presentations in the main menu under public speaking .
I created a list of tools I use regularly, most of which have been released under an open source license.
In my spare time I read a lot, test all kinds of technical software and gadgets and try to follow about 200 RSS feeds.
Here you can find a collection of them.
This is my private blog, all opinions are my own.
Last created or modified articles
I started reviewing old blog post and replace links, or check if the information is still valid. So here are the last updated articles.
- Highlights as start page hides the Community overview · Updated: 2024-12-04 · Created: 2021-11-18
- HorizontalPodAutoscalers (HPA) with HCL Connections Component Pack · Updated: 2024-12-04 · Created: 2023-05-30
- Disable PDF Export in HCL Connections 8 · Created: 2024-12-02
- Automate screenshots of web pages with Eyewhitness · Created: 2024-11-03
- Toot new blogposts with changedetection.io · Created: 2024-09-13
I had some issues with PDF export functionality in HCL Connections the last weeks.
The server became unresponsive multiple times due to high load from PDF exports. To quickly address the issue, the simplest solution is to disable the PDF export feature by configuring the icxt.pdfexport.access.requiredrole property in the Resource Environment Entries.
This week, I investigated an issue with the advanced profiles search in HCL Connections. I had a system which did not show any results in the advanced search for the department number of Connections profiles.
HCL support tried for three months to reproduce the issue, and the users missed the option to search for their teammates with the advanced profiles search.
In the last blogpost I showed how I use an instance of changedetection.io on a Raspberry Pi to monitor and track changes in a ServiceNow portal.
Meanwhile, I tweaked this a bit more and found a way how I can monitor the RSS Feed of my blog to post a toot on mastodon when I created a new blog post.
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Last week I checked some HCL Connections 8 CRx downloads in Flexnet and recognized these packages available since 2024-06-13:
I showed, in several slides and sessions, how you can use the search-admin role in the search application of HCL Connections for troubleshooting and reviewing some key configurations.
In several environments, my user or other administrative users have this role, just to access the link to /search/serverStatus for example.
Some time back, I stumbled upon a flaw in HCL Connections 7 and 8 that allowed for user enumeration. This flaw could be exploited by anonymous users.
This year marked my inaugural attendance at the Chemnitzer Linuxdays. The experience was fantastic, and I had the pleasure of connecting with numerous intriguing individuals. Chemnitzer Linuxdays stands out as one of the premier events in the Linux and open-source community. With 3,200 attendees this year, participants had the opportunity to engage with a diverse array of topics through 94 talks and hands-on workshops .
Since end of last year, I use Fedora Silverblue or, better Universal Blue on my notebooks for daily work and my personal projects.