Secrets management
HashiCorp Vault · PKI · Authentication · Secrets rotation
API Integration · Security · Secrets Management
I work with enterprise integration, API platforms and secrets management. This site is where I document practical notes, troubleshooting steps and lessons from the technologies I use.
HashiCorp Vault · IBM API Connect · DataPower · App Connect · Aspera · Kubernetes · API Security
Latest articles
Notes on implementation, architecture and troubleshooting across the technologies I work with.
Vault
What regular standby and performance standby nodes actually do in a Vault HA cluster, how requests flow, what runs locally, how load balancers should treat them, and where read scaling really comes from.
Aspera
A field-tested walkthrough for installing and configuring IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server 4.4.8 on RHEL or Rocky Linux, including licensing, SSH, FASP ports, transfer users, Node API and first-transfer validation.
Aspera
A practical architecture guide for running IBM Aspera HSTS in active/active mode behind an external load balancer, including FASP session affinity, shared storage, configuration sync, Redis, health checks and failover testing.
Topics
HashiCorp Vault · PKI · Authentication · Secrets rotation
IBM API Connect · DataPower · OAuth · mTLS · API security
App Connect · IBM MQ · Cloud Pak for Integration · Aspera
Kubernetes · Linux · HAProxy
About
I am Hemanth Chinnadandluru, a technology professional with 5+ years of experience across enterprise integration, API management and secrets management. I currently work as a Senior Solution Specialist at Pronteff IT Solutions.
I created this site to organise and share technical notes from what I learn and work with, mainly around HashiCorp Vault, IBM integration technologies, API security and related platforms.
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