Tag: solution architecture

  • OAuth 2.0 and OIDC 1 of 2

    OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC 1.0) are different but highly related protocols and they are often confused. When we talk about IAM (identity and…

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  • Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

    SAML is an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between IdP (identity provider) and service provider. We can compare SAML with LDAP (as…

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  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

    Introduction Originally LDAP only refers to the connectivity protocol to the directory server. This term is being used loosely today and it also refers to…

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  • Introduction to Active Directory (AD)

    Workgroup, homegroup and Windows Domain A workgroup is a group of computers on the same local network. A Windows computer not joined to a domain…

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  • High Availability and Load Balancer

    Overview Fault tolerance and high availability are two architectural characteristics that people often confuse with each other. High availability focuses on minimizing downtime. It guarantees…

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  • Nginx as a reverse proxy for Nifi web UI and Kibana

    Nginx can act as a application neutral proxy. One example is to front Nifi. The nifi default configuration provides an HTTP access point, specified in…

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