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FEATURE STORIES ABOUT: 2009 | 2008

•  Database
•  Identity
•  Java Platform
•  Mobility
•  NetBeans IDE
•  Open Storage
•  Scripting
•  Solaris and OpenSolaris Operating Systems
•  Sun Studio Compilers and Tools


DATABASE TOP
 
Case Study: Provisioning MySQL Enterprise Server Using Sun xVM Ops Center v2.0   August 2009
Author Hunter Li offers sample support scripts for provisioning MySQL Enterprise Server and its replication environment.
 
Developing MySQL Database Applications With PHP, Part 4: Using the MySQL Native Driver for PHP, mysqlnd   August 2009
The MySQL native driver for PHP, mysqlnd, is an alternative to the MySQL client library, libmysql, for connecting from PHP to MySQL Server.
 
Running SAP ERP 6.0 With Oracle Database on the Sun Storage 7210 Unified Storage System   July 2009
This quick-start guide shows you how.
 
Deploying Oracle Databases Using NFS on Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage System   July 2009
This quick-start guide shows you how.
 
Developing MySQL Database Applications With PHP Part 2: Using the MySQL Extension, mysql   June 2009
Learn the essential steps involved in installing PHP with MySQL extension mysql.
 
Developing MySQL Database Applications With PHP Part 1: Using the MySQL Improved Extension, mysqli   March 2009
Part 1 of this series of tutorials shows the essential steps involved in installing PHP with the MySQL extension mysqli.
 
TeamDrive Uses the MySQL Pluggable API to Connect People   February 2009
Using the MySQL 5.1 Pluggable API, TeamDrive provides collaboration software, a scalable platform, and services that help users build microsocial networks, virtualize documents to sync personal devices, and connect people.
 
GlassFish and MySQL, Part 2: Building a CRUD Web Application With Data Persistence   January 2009
Learn how to use the NetBeans IDE with GlassFish and MySQL to build a create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) application.

 
For more database articles, see the JavaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL for Solaris sites.
 
IDENTITY TOP
 
Enabling Web Service Security With OpenSSO WSS Agent   September 2009
Learn how to write a web service with JAX-WS, secure it with OpenSSO WSS Agent, and deploy it on Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, GlassFish, and WebSphere.
 
Securing REST Web Services With OAuth   August 2009
Explore an example REST application that uses the open-source protocol OAuth to address security issues.
 
Using OpenSSO To Protect Java EE Applications, Part 1: Setting Up X.509 Client Authentication   April 2009
Learn how to protect your Java EE applications with client certificates in OpenSSO.
 
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons, Part 3: Cross-Domain Single Sign-On   March 2009
In this example, you explore an OpenSSO deployment designed for cross-domain sign-on. Using the Live HTTP Headers and HackBar add-ons for the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser, you can gain insight into OpenSSO interactions and better understand how the system works.
 
Troubleshooting OpenSSO with Firefox Add-Ons, Parts 1 and 2: Single Sign-On and Policy Protection   March 2009
OpenSSO deployments can be complex and difficult to debug. In this article, learn how to troubleshoot your OpenSSO deployments with Firefox add-ons. Part 1 describes configuration and setup; Part 2 takes you through a simple single sign-on and policy protection example.
 
Enabling Virtual Federation With OpenSSO, Part 2: A Tutorial   February 2009
Configure OpenSSO for virtual federation and for secure attributes exchange. Enjoy the benefits of a secure, loosely coupled, and centralized federation solution. Read on for details and an overview of the end-to-end virtual federation process.
 
Perspectives on Quality Assurance for OpenDS   February 2009
OpenDS is Sun's open-source project for developing a next-generation directory service. In this article, QA lead Gary Williams elaborates on the project's testing aspect: opportunities, challenges, guidelines, practices, and measurements.
 
Single Sign-On for SugarCRM: SAML-Based Integration of OpenSSO and simpleSAMLphp   January 2009
With SugarCRM as an example, this article shows you how to enforce SSO in a PHP environment. The process integrates OpenSSO with an application in the LAMP or SAMP stack. Here, simpleSAMLphp acts as the front end for SugarCRM.
 
Enabling Virtual Federation With OpenSSO, Part 1: Introduction   January 2009
What challenges are businesses facing in identity federation? How does OpenSSO's virtual federation capability tackle them so that your identity and federation infrastructure is simple, secure, and standardized? Read this article for the answers.
 
Federated Single Sign-On for Salesforce in OpenSSO   January 2009
Implement federated SSO for Salesforce CRM software with an open-standards-based approach, featuring OpenSSO as the identity provider. Preserve the confidentiality of user login credentials as you eliminate the need for multiple logins.
 
Protecting Java EE Applications With OpenSSO Policy Agents, Part 2: Same-Domain SSO   January 2009
Learn how to configure OpenSSO so that certain resources on your secured application are publicly accessible -- with no authentication required.

 
For more identity-related articles, see the identity management page.
 
JAVA PLATFORM TOP
 
For articles about the Java Platform, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Micro Edition, as well as about the JavaFX family of products, see java.sun.com.
 
MOBILITY TOP

 
Mobility articles are published on java.sun.com.
 
NETBEANS IDE TOP

 
For more articles and tutorials, see the NetBeans IDE site.
 
OPEN STORAGE TOP

 
See Sun's center for Open Storage developers for more articles and blog postings.
 
SCRIPTING TOP
 
Writing Your First Ruby-on-Rails Web Application   February 2009
Use NetBeans IDE 6.5 and GlassFish v3 Prelude to create a Ruby-on-Rails web application in OpenSolaris 2008.11 -- without typing a single line of code.

 
For more scripting-related publications, see Web Developer Scripting News and the Scripting Resource Center.
 
SOLARIS AND OPENSOLARIS OPERATING SYSTEMS TOP
 
Monitoring Performance Counters for UltraSPARC T2 Plus External Coherency Hub Architecture   September 2009
You can use the busstat command in the Solaris 10 OS to monitor performance counters for the UltraSPARC T2 Plus External Coherency Hub on the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server.
 
Solaris Application Memory Management   July 2009
Learn how to configure the bundled DHCP server provided in the Solaris OS or the SUNWdhcs package for the OpenSolaris OS.
 
Configuring the DHCP Server for the Solaris OS or OpenSolaris OS   July 2009
Learn how to configure the bundled DHCP server provided in the Solaris OS or the SUNWdhcs package for the OpenSolaris OS.
 
Managing Boot Environments With OpenSolaris Package Manager   March 2009
Learn how to manipulate BEs for convenience and transparency; update software in a BE; clone, create, or delete BEs; and set a BE as default.
 
Application Scaling on CMT and Multicore Systems   March 2009
Modern systems architectures are making increasing use of chip multithreading (CMT) and multiple cores per socket to increase available computing power using minimal space, power, and cooling. Learn how to enable legacy applications to scale on CMT and multicore architectures, and it proposes virtual environments as the quickest path to scalability.
 
Perspectives on Quality Assurance for OpenDS   March 2009
OpenDS is Sun's open-source project for developing a next-generation directory service. In this article, QA lead Gary Williams elaborates on the project's testing aspect: opportunities, challenges, guidelines, practices, and measurements.
 
SCSI DISK FMA Project, Part 4: SD Fault Injection   March 2009
This article describes a useful tool for programmers to use for testing the sd driver.
 
SCSI DISK FMA Project, Part 3: FMA Behavior of Retired Faulted SCSI Disks   February 2009
Getting an FMA fault on a Solaris system? Here's what you can do.
 
SCSI DISK FMA Project, Part 3: FMA Behavior of Retired Faulted SCSI Disks   February 2009
Getting an FMA fault on a Solaris system? Here's what you can do.
 
SCSI DISK FMA Project, Part 2: Analyzing SCSI FMA Ereports   January 2009
Learn how to use existing tools to analyze a structured FMA ereport log instead of searching syslog.
 
SCSI Device Drivers as FMA Telemetry Detectors   January 2009
Learn about the "device-as-detector" concept and get a brief introduction to the SCSI DISK FMA project.
 
Using the Solaris DTrace Utility With Open MPI Applications   January 2009
The Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) utility with Open MPI lets you use DTrace in live production systems to understand the behavior of the systems and track down issues.

 
For more publications, see the Solaris Developer Center and OpenSolaris sites.
 
SUN STUDIO COMPILERS AND TOOLS TOP
 
Profiling MPI Applications   February 2009
This article describes the profiling of Message Passing Interface (MPI) applications with the Sun Studio Performance Tools. It starts with an overview of MPI performance data, explains how to profile MPI applications, shows examples from the analysis of performance data, and finishes with a discussion of supported MPI implementations.

 
For more publications, see the Sun Studio index page.