REST
Ping and NMAP as REST API
I came across this idea while working on problem statement, where requirement was to run ping and nmap checks on devices and hosts from a jump server. Best way to offer nmap and ping check without getting users on jump server was to offer ping and nmap in some form of web service. To do […]
Write your first REST API using Python Flask
Since years programming concepts have been evolving with new ideas and improvements. Idea of API, Application Programming Interface, came out to build integration between applications/software/platforms. It has simplified integration between totally different applications and platforms. In early days (even now), APIs were in form of client APIs. Software developers/organizations offer client software component which is […]
EFK stack – versatile and very capable analytics platform
So far I was happily using ELK stack to feed syslog messages into Elasticsearch. In ELK stack I had used Logstash to aggregate syslogs and feed them into elasticsearch. Recently, I came across fluentd and found it quite interesting and flexible. Using fluentd with Elasticsearch and Kibana I have now build a EFK stack. EFK […]
How to interact with influxdb using REST calls
Influxdb is open source database which is predominantly used for time series data collection . I have been using influxdb on my raspberry pi to store data from IoT sensors at home. So far I was using python influxdb module to pump in data. Recently I wanted to find some clientless solution to manage data […]