Layers of snow representing three n8n Docker Scripts

n8n Docker Scripts

December 29, 2025 Lothar Schulz 0

n8n Docker Scripts including 3 scripts:
1) setup.sh – Creates volume and starts n8n container.
2) monitoring.sh – Views and follows container logs.
3) teardown.sh – Stops container and optionally removes image/volume.

GitHub SSH Authorization with SAML SSO for Forked Repositories

November 16, 2025 Lothar Schulz 0

A troubleshooting story about an intriguing GitHub issue: a developer could clone a GitHub repository successfully, however failed to push updates to it.
I explain in detail the cause is GitHub’s permission model for forked repositories within organizations that enforce SAML SSO.
The solution is simple in hindsight: authorize your SSH key for use with SAML SSO for GitHub organizations that require that.

When Newlines Matter: Troubleshooting a Snowflake Connector Pod Crash

October 13, 2025 Lothar Schulz 0

An issue with our Snowflake connector for PostgreSQL revealed how a simple formatting oversight—missing newline characters in a private key file—can bring down an entire service. This post walks through the debugging process that uncovered why our Kubernetes pod was stuck in CrashLoopBackOff, traces the root cause back to Azure Key Vault, and shares preventive measures to help you avoid similar cryptographic formatting issues in your deployments.