Steve is a Dad, Son, Partner, and PaaS Dust Spreader (aka developer evangelist) with OpenShift. He goes around and shows off all the great work the OpenShift engineers do. He can teach you about PaaS with Java, Python, PostgreSQL MongoDB, and some JavaScript. He has deep subject area expertise in GIS/Spatial, Statistics, and Ecology. He has spoken at over 75 conferences and done over 50 workshops including Monktoberfest, MongoNY, JavaOne, FOSS4G, CiscoLive, Fluent, DevNation, Where2.0, and OSCON. Before OpenShift, Steve was a developer evangelist for LinkedIn, deCarta, and ESRI. Steve has a Ph.D. in Ecology from University of Connecticut. He likes building interesting applications and helping developers create great solutions.

Presentations

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Techniques for Managing Postgresql with Containers

In this talk, we'll explain why you would want to run Postgresql inside containers, provide examples of deployments, demonstrate the open source Crunchy Postgresql Manager project, and provide examples of running Postgresql on Redhat Openshift.  Details include data volume management, server pinning, and Postgresql administration.  Example code is provided on github allowing the audience to experiment and try out Postgresql containers themselves.  This will be a joint presentation between Crunchy Data and Redhat showcasing the latest cloud technologies.

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You've got Microservices...Let's Secure Them

You went ahead a built a whole new set of shiny microservices. While doing this you realize you can no longer rely on you Application Server to handle all the authentication. Oh, and of course one of your teams used Node.JS. How are you going to secure all these endpoints so that the end user doesn't have to authenticate against each one. This talk will be a demonstration of using a centralized authentication service to secure many different microservice architecture. The demos will Project Keycloak but would apply just as well with Stormpath, Ping.Indenty, or similar services.

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