I recently had a customer that wanted me to build a multi-node sharded cluster using MongoDB. Simple enough. However, they also wanted it integrated with Active Directory for authentication & autorization, and wanted to use Kerberos for password-less login. This was a bit more complicated, and doesn't seem super-well documented in any one single location. … Continue reading MongoDB, Active Directory, and Kerberos
In this post, we're going to cover adding a standalone instance of SQL Server 2017 on Linux to an Active Directory Domain, so that we can use Windows authentication. We'll mostly be following documentation provided by Microsoft, with just a few deviations. I see this as being one of the more common use-cases for customers … Continue reading Setting up Windows Authentication on SQL Server 2017 Linux
In the last year, I have presented quite a bit on SQL Server 2017 running on Linux - both publicly, and for customers. In almost every instance, I have been asked about what SQL Server features are supported while running on Linux, which is certainly important to understand before you go down the path of … Continue reading SQL Server 2017 Feature Support on Linux
This weekend I gave a presentation on SQL Server on Linux (and some Docker) at SQL Saturday #721, in Raleigh, North Carolina - and WOW what a great event! I have spoken at several SQL Saturdays in the past, including Mexico City - but this marks the first one that I have done where I … Continue reading SQL Saturday #721 in Raleigh, NC
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