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OpenShift 4: Automatic LDAP group synchronization

If you need to use LDAP for authentication in OpenShift 4, the documentation is pretty clear and everything works nicely [1].

But if you need to grant privileges based on LDAP groups [2], the situation gets complicated.
The synchronization from [2] works ok but you need to run it manually. I was searching for an automated solution and I have found a definition [3] which works for OpenShift 3.x so I updated it work with OpenShift 4 and here it is [4]:

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CometBlue teardown

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Testing chinese FRAMs

I’m planning to use FM24CL16 EEPROMs in some projects. These are simple I2C EEPROMs but based on FRAM technology so they should last 10^14 of writes while typical 24Cxx chips only last one million. They are much cheaper on aliexpress than at my local distributor so I ordered 5pcs from this seller for about 40 cents each. Since my local distributor sells them 5 times more expensive I was a little bit suspicious if these are legit parts so I decided to test them.

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Playing with CAN bus

I got inspired by comma.ai – it’s a HW device which will drive your car, pretty much like Tesla does but for a fraction of it’s price. For this, it needs to connect to CAN bus of your car. My current car cannot be driven by wire but it has some simple CAN buses so I decided to have a little play with one of them, just to explore the technology. Continue reading Playing with CAN bus