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.
Link collection
I save links I want to read later or store because they are interesting in Shaarli .
Shaarli delivers a nice overview of links on daily , weekly and monthly basis. Or you check the Tag cloud when you’re interested in special topics.
I try to add some description to each link, so I don’t need to create the linkdump posts.
Why is the domain name stoeps?
This is a very old story and it started in school. Stoeps was just my nickname and I have kept it ever since.
Contact
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Copyright
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- All content created by me, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License unless noted otherwise
Credits
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Last Articles
I use chezmoi
for my dotfiles. To find out why and how to get started, check out my talk
from Chemnitzer Linuxtage 2025
.
Within chezmoi, you can use the file .chezmoiexternal.toml to download archives or git repositories during updates. This is particularly useful for managing external dependencies. Let me walk you through some common use cases.
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I haven’t touched the Connections scripts for a long time, but I recently made some minor updates to fix compatibility issues with newer versions and added small scripts to speed up configuration. I also got the documentation script running from the menu.
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Most of the LDAP connections from IBM WebSphere Application Server are configured with TLS. So you need to have the root certificate in the WebSphere truststore to connect.
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For HCL Connections 8 CR9, it is mandatory to update MongoDB to version 7. During my first migrations, I encountered some issues and would like to provide workarounds and additional troubleshooting tips to help others with this process.
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In late 2023, I started exploring immutable operating systems, specifically Fedora Silverblue and Bluefin . If you’re curious about why I made this switch and want more technical details, check out my Froscon Talk on ‘Next-Gen Desktops’ or watch the video presentation below.
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I attended Chemnitzer Linuxtage 2025 from Friday, March 21st to Sunday, March 23rd. It was my second time at the event, and I enjoyed it even more than last year. This time, approximately 3,500 people attended in person, with up to 250 parallel viewers joining the live streaming of lectures. You can find more details in the official blog post .
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