Project ISM Upgrade at Singapore 2

This part is continuance of Project ISM Upgrade at Singapore. Well, I have to finish this project around 1,5 months, it makes me quite anxious because not include installation yet and troubleshooting network requirement, Operating System (Solaris), etc. So the outline are: installing operating system, ensure no problem with network, download the ISM software, configuring, fixing bugs (if any), UAT to client.
1. Installing Operating System
Generally, there is no problem when I was installing Solaris System at Dell server. But, need to download several packages needed by IBM software.

Installing and configuring Solaris at server room

2. Ensure no problem with network
Network requirement is very crucial things. Due this is acting as server, so network issue have to be ensured no problem sublimely. So far I checked, there is no problem with network include allocation of IPs, gateway, or even hardware of network (router/switch). Only there is a little bit issue when I tried to ping client from server. At that time, firewall still active so I have to set the firewall at Solaris server. Done, no problem again.

Network infrastructure

Troubleshooting network issue

3. Download ISM Software
To download IBM Internet Service Monitoring we have to account first, means we have to be partner of IBM. We can download here. So far there is no problem when downloading the IBM software.

4. Configuring
This part that I spend long time, almost 1 month. Assisted by Mohib, finally this part done with lots struggles. Customizing, connecting to other IBM product (Omnibus object server), fixing, repairing again, etc. However, this part makes me strong and got precious experience, tight schedule, overtime (back to hotel at 2 a.m). Alhamdulillah :)

Me and Mohib

5. Fixing bugs
There are no significant bugs overall after configuring. Only little bit bug such as java client not installed yet, but everything is under control. So we have to ready to conduct UAT with client.

Fixing bugs

6. UAT
This also new experience for me. Not yet interact to present with foreigner before, I presented UAT with Mr. David who he is a superior of Internet Service division at Singapore Telecom. Despite my English is bad, but I am still able to understand what he said, so conducting UAT is success, Alhamdulillah.

Once my project finished, certainly I also want to enjoy and explore Singapore. The following below are my several moments:

Shopping at Orchard

Mainstream :p

River side

Tampines

Anyway, I couldn't find unique culinary at Singapore. Like an ordinary food in Indonesia, take a look:

Nasi lemak

Breakfast at hotel

Finally, long scramble has been done !!!

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Project ISM Upgrade at Singapore

Around mid of Feb to April 2013 ago, I was assigned by my boss in a new project at Singapore (Singapore Telecom) named ISM (Internet Service Manager). Actually, this project should be done by 2 engineers (me and Feri) but finally only 1 engineer assigned because Feri involved to another project in XL Axiata. Obviously, I feel perturbed because I never go to Singapore in advance don't know the territory of my hotel and office, and etc. Fortunately, management also assigned another project to my colleague Rezky and Dian who they have done several Singapore projects before. So I was quite relieve because I wouldn't worry about hotel, office, freight from airport to hotel, etc.

We took off from Jakarta at Monday morning around 06.00 a.m, so I have to reach Soekarno Hatta airport at least 1 hour before the flight. From my boarding house I used Damri around 04.00 to reach Soekarno Hatta airport. On my way, I saw that the highway seems free of traffic because it's still predawn. Not long afterwards, around 1 hour I have reached the airport, 10 minutes later Rezky came, and Dian as well. After checking, we were going to waiting room and enjoy our breakfast around 30 minutes later we have taken off with Air Asia airways. Approximately 2 hours on our way, we had reached Changi airport. That was my first experience in abroad, after collect our baggage we went to taxi queue soon.

Along our way to reach hotel, the view is good enough. Infrastructure and urban design of Singapore is good. There are lots groves on right and left side, even it is not nature, but made by government. Only 30 minutes in our way, we had reached our hotel which is as our home stay as long as doing and finishing the project.

After check in, we saved our baggage into our each room, then continue to our each office client, where Dian went to Starhub nearby Tanjung Pagar, Rezky went to Singtel at Bedok, me myself went to Singtel as well, but different location with Rezky, Tampines. In other words, We went to same commuter station but different aim.

This is my first experience in using commuter line (subway) at Singapore. Not like in Indonesia, Singapore has a better infrastructure. Let's say for subway service, toilets, and subway on-time no delay. The latest delay I got there around 4 minutes, otherwise in Indonesia I had bad experience regarding delay, more than 1 hour. Furthermore, denizens/passengers presumably more orderly than Indonesian, no scrambling in entering the subway, contrary with in Indonesia. I thought this is due discipline factor.

Eventually, ranging 1 hour I reached Singtel Tampines office, and I called my colleague also as my leader/superior, she is Nireesha. Beside her, there are another colleague with directly related with my work they are Raihan and Mohib.

Raihan - Mohib - me 

Both of Raihan and Mohib are Pakistan's citizen. Nevertheless, Raihan not directly related with my project, but he acted as consultant for determining client's requirement, otherwise Mohib acted as assist of me because his main task is support.

I got lots impression with my 2 colleagues. We went to Masjid together in Jum'at, lunch, and break time to take a cup of tea/coffee. In spite of along my project at Singapore we never go/hanging out together, but I feel they had as my brother.

I have to go back to Indonesia maximum 1 month since I arrived. Because it's prohibited in law if tourist stay there more than 1 month, unless use Permanent Residence (PR) or Employee Pass (EP).

OK I will continue tomorrow regarding my experience at Singapore.

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No fake certificate

Semua pasti dah pada tau kalo kita bisa encrypt email pake mail client seperti Outlook, Thunderbird, Evolution, dll. Tapi kalo encrypt tanpa mail client, emang bisa?! Bisa bos, adalah FireGPG sebuah program tambahan untuk browser berlambang rubah yang sangat terkenal, Mozilla Firefox, yang mempunyai fungsi yang mirip dengan EnigMail milik burung pembawa surat, Mozilla Thunderbird.

FireGPG menggunakan program opensource-nya PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) yaitu GnuPG atau biasa disingkat GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard). Kita ga perlu pake mail client buat mengintegrasikan GPG ini, tapi hanya browser Mozilla Firefox. Hebatnya lagi, FireGPG sudah mengintegrasikan programnya dengan GMail, email dengan tempat yang segede pulau itu, sehingga bisa digunakan untuk encrypted compose di GMail.

Bagi pengguna Linux, diwajibkan menginstall GnuPG sebagai program yang memang dipakai oleh FireGPG ini, cara installnya bisa pake Yast, Yum, Smart, apt-get, slap-get atau ke situsnya
Bagi pengguna Microsoft Windows, program GPG4Win harus didownload terlebih dahulu kemudian di install.

Saya belum pernah pakai GPG4Win, jadi tidak akan dijelaskan disini. Bagi pengguna Linux, silakan download KGpg untuk tampilan gui GPG di KDE, atau Seahorse di Gnome untuk kemudian di set paired key yang akan dipakai untuk encrypt di FireGPG. Bagi yang udah pernah bikin paired-key, bisa langsung dipake.

Setelah itu, silakan buka browser Mozilla Firefox dan download FirePGP. Biasanya setelah instalasi program tambahan, Mozilla Firefox minta bunuh diri, trus minta dihidupkan lagi Lalu, silakan pergi situs GMail, login dan tuliskan surat baru, setelah itu perhatikan di jajaran tombol Send, ada sederet tombol baru khan

Surat yang benar memang seharusnya di cek integritasnya dengan cara Sign, pastikan kita menerima e-mail dari orang yang benar ;) - 99 kali dilihat - Lihat komentar (0

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