Windows PowerShell cmdlets to secure PSCredential Objects

I have previously discussed securing credentials using Windows Powershell atPowershell: Securing credentials using the PSCredential class. In this article, I will discuss a number of cmdlets I have created to secure credentials using a Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption key to retrieve the content from a encrypted standard string. As I am using an encryption … More Windows PowerShell cmdlets to secure PSCredential Objects

Creating JetBrains YouTrack issues with Windows PowerShell

YouTrack is a proprietary, commercial browser-based bug tracker, issue tracking system and project management software developed by JetBrains. There is also a REST API provided which allows for various actions to be performed programmatically. In this article I will describe the cmdlets I have created to create issues for projects which leverage the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet … More Creating JetBrains YouTrack issues with Windows PowerShell

Implementing R functionality on Tableau Server

R (https://www.r-project.org/) is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. In this example, I will be installing and configuring R on Ubuntu 14.04 and enabling R functionality with Tableau Server by installing the Rserve library. ​In order to install … More Implementing R functionality on Tableau Server