Henrik Loeser

Cloud January 19, 2023

Deploy Resources and Toolchains with Terraform

3 min read - The journey to modernize our delivery pipeline continues. Learn how we moved to a Tekton CI/CD pipeline that is deployed using Schematics-managed Terraform (Toolchain as Code). The IBM Cloud solution tutorial Apply end-to-end security to a cloud application, like many,…

Automation December 19, 2022

IBM Cloud Solution Tutorials: 2022 in Review

6 min read - A look back at the year 2022 by the team creating the IBM Cloud Solution Tutorials. Similar to 2021’s review post, it’s once again the time of year to take some time and look at the work done, new experiences…

Cloud October 21, 2022

Share Resources Across Your IBM Cloud Accounts

3 min read - IBM Cloud supports resource sharing between accounts. In this blog post, we discuss use cases and get you started with our new tutorial. An innumerable number of services are offered on the Internet. If you’re like me, you probably own…

Cloud August 17, 2022

Cloud Security: Identify Inactive Identities

7 min read - How to utilize the IBM Cloud IAM Identity Services API to clean up inactive API keys and service IDs for improved account security. If you have a good overview of all the service IDs and API keys in your IBM…

Security July 27, 2022

Towards Zero Trust with Context-Based Restrictions

3 min read - Use context-based restrictions in IBM Cloud to define and enforce access restrictions based on properties from where the access request originated. Last year, IBM Cloud introduced context-based restrictions (CBRs). Context-based restrictions provide the ability to define and enforce access restrictions…

Cloud April 21, 2022

From Cloud Foundry to Code Engine: Cloud Security and Compliance Considerations

4 min read - How to organize security and compliance when migrating from IBM Cloud Foundry to IBM Cloud Code Engine. Over the past year, I have moved most of my deployed solutions from IBM Cloud Foundry to IBM Cloud Code Engine. I shared…

Cloud April 13, 2022

New Tutorial: Deploy a Static Website with Serverless Backend

2 min read - How to use IBM Cloud Code Engine to create a backend API for dynamic content in your static website hosted on IBM Cloud Object Storage. Static websites are great for performance and security. Their architectural model is sometimes referred to…

Cloud March 28, 2022

IBM Cloud Code Engine: Build, Deployment and Scaling Aspects

6 min read - Part 2: Best practices for migrating your Cloud Foundry app to IBM Cloud Code Engine. This is the second part of a series of blog posts covering the migration of apps from IBM Cloud Foundry to IBM Cloud Code Engine.…

Cloud March 15, 2022

From Cloud Foundry to Code Engine: Service Bindings and Code

5 min read - Part 1: Best practices for migrating your Cloud Foundry app to IBM Cloud Code Engine. Last year, I blogged about lessons learned from migrating a Cloud Foundry app to IBM Cloud Code Engine. Since then, IBM Cloud Code Engine evolved…

Open source February 3, 2022

Ready for the Job: Twitterbot Recoded

3 min read - Lessons learned from converting an IBM Cloud Code Engine app to a job. Last year, I blogged about how to set up scheduled tasks on IBM Cloud with cron-like jobs. In that article, I discussed an app hosted on IBM…

Automation January 31, 2022

Bulk Creation of Users in IBM Cloud App ID

5 min read - Easily create a list of users for your workshop or hackathon and keep it secure. In my last blog post, “Secure Onboarding for Your Workshops or Hackathons,” I discussed how to set up an IBM Cloud App ID instance and…

Security January 27, 2022

Secure Onboarding for Your Workshops and Hackathons

5 min read - Terraform, IBM Cloud App ID and IAM rules for simple, quick and secure project onboarding. If you are like me, you sometimes run short-lived projects like workshops or hackathons. For these types of projects, you usually need to bring many…