Working with LDAP and Active Directory

Dariusz Suchojad

March 10, 2019

A feature new in Zato 3.1 is the ability to connect to LDAP servers, including Active Directory instances, and this article covers basic administration as programming tasks involved in their usage from Python code.

Topics: LDAP, Active Directory

SFTP connections

Dariusz Suchojad

March 4, 2019

Zato has had support for FTP/FTPS since its inception. In Zato 3.1+, SFTP is also an option to consider for file transfer and this post offers an introduction to the functionality.

Topics: SFTP

Two-factor authentication in web-admin

Dariusz Suchojad

February 25, 2019

This post provides steps needed to enable and make use of TOTP two-factor authentication in Zato web-admin - the method is compatible with the most popular apps such as Google Authenticator, Authy or FreeOTP.

Topics: 2FA, SSO

Deploying 700 services a second with one CPU

Dariusz Suchojad

February 18, 2019

As of today, everyone building Zato from source will notice a significant decrease in time needed for servers to start and stop - it is now possible for an entire server to boot up to a fully functional state in less than two seconds and to shut down in half a second.

Topics: Tip

Zato: A successful Python 3 migration story

Dariusz Suchojad

February 11, 2019

Now that Python 3 support is available as a preview for developers, this post summarizes the effort that went into making sure that Zato works smoothly using both Python 2.7 and 3.x.

Topics: Tip

Step-by-step: How to work with IBM MQ in Zato and Python, part 1

Dariusz Suchojad

February 1, 2019

This is part one of a mini-series about working with IBM MQ as a Zato and Python user. This installment will cover installation and configuration whereas the next one will delve into programming tasks.

Topics: IBM MQ

Publish/subscribe logging options

Dariusz Suchojad

January 28, 2019

Zato publish/subscribe message queues and topics offer several ways to gain insight into the inner workings of all the components taking part in message delivery and this article presents an overview of the mechanisms available.

Topics: Publish Subscribe

Introducing Zato public API services

Dariusz Suchojad

December 5, 2018

This article offers a high-level overview of the public services that Zato offers to users wishing to manage their environments in an API-driven manner in addition to web-admin and enmasse tools.

Topics: Tip

Making API servers start up faster

Dariusz Suchojad

November 16, 2018

This post describes a couple of new techniques that Zato 3.0 employs to make API servers start up faster.

Topics: Tip

zato-apitest 1.12 - API testing for humans

Dariusz Suchojad

October 28, 2018

Version 1.12 of zato-apitest 1.12 has just been released. This version simplifies installation requirements and adds compatibility with PostgreSQL 10+ databases.

Topics: API Testing