In this article I will show how to utilise Splunk's Http Event Collector (HEC) feature to index customised log events via a Spring boot application and a log4j2 appender. Splunk provides the common Universal Forwarder utility to push log automatically from servers to index but this technique will make your application capable of logging into Splunk directly without having a properly configured server infrastructure in place. Check out the github project location for further details ...Read More

Last week I was trying to find a solution to write a blog which can be written quickly, rendered faster and can be read with reasonable ease. I was evaluating multiple off the shelf products like Wordpress, Zoomla, Drupal whether they can provide all three features I was looking for – while they are extremely popular as well as provide a pretty rich and easy to use UI but all of those being server side technology they will relying a lot on web hosting elements and based on nature of scaling ...Read More

I am taking this opportunity to provide some programming options for a popular topic of REST (REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer. When a RESTful API is called, the server will transfer to the client a representation of the state of the requested resource) API (Application Programming Interface) for those who wish to use a micro service based modular application. In this article I am going to use 'JavaScript' (JS) as my preferred language, and I will show how to develop a custom 'RESTful' ...Read More

One of our collegues gave overwhelming feedback of some wonders of Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. So one Saturday morning in summer of 2008 we boarded the South Western bound train to Weymouth. The major challenge was to explain the ticket master where to get down for 'Lulworth'. After my several attempts she failed to understand what I said and I had to write it down for her (A genuine communication problem that too in Great Britain). ...Read More

Ganapatipule is a small village on the Konkan coast with a series of beautiful beaches. Even after staying more than 10 years in Mumbai and hearing a lot about this magnificent place we have never been to Ganapatipule till the winter of 2009. Extending the weekend by a day we planned for a short trip and booked an overnight bus from Borivali. About 375 km south of Mumbai it took the entire night of half sleep half awake in an air conditioned coach to reach Ratnagiri. From Ratnagiri train station ...Read More

Cape Town - arguably the most visited tourist attraction in South Africa was next in our destination list from Johannesburg. The second largest city in the country and is the capital of the Western Cape Province, as well as Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. After a 2 hour flight we arrived Cape Town in the morning of 1st of December 2008 and picked up our rental car from SIXT. The car was the same Nissan Tida like last time with the only variation in color (RED). ...Read More

Chocolate is something that everyone can't get enough of it. I love it and so does our kid. In order to avoid commercial chocolate which comes with artificial ingredients, sugars, waxes and preservatives here is a an easy home made recipe to help you and your family to enjoy the tast of a delicious chocolate in a most healthy and affordable way. Time to Prepare - 2 hours 30 mins, Servings - Serves 6, Calorie Level - Medium. Equipment - Double boiler (if you don't have one) ...Read More

This Granny Smith apple pie is exactly what you picture when you hear the words 'apple pie' The crust is buttery with a crackly sugar topping, and the filling is full of sweet-tart, juicy apples. Granny Smith apples are great for pies because they hold their shape well while baking, are easy to find in grocery stores, and give the filling an unmistakable sweet-tart flavor. In fact, pie-making may be the best use for Granny Smiths. If you can't find the bright green apple or if you prefer your filling to be sweeter ...Read More

For our son's birthday this year we thought about trying to make food which he will like - in our culture most of the times birthdays are family event not always all about the birthday person. So I took an opportunity to learn and make some new items from bakery to celebrate the occassion. One of the items I decided to make is apple empanadas and finally it was the msot delicious and tasty items in the party. If only you could smell this apple empanada filling through the screen right now. ...Read More