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Introduction RPM (RPM Package Manager) is a popular utility for installing software on Unix-like systems, particularly Red Hat Linux. The name RPM variously refers to the .rpm file format. I t is an open packaging system available for anyone to use. It allows users to take source code for new software and package it into source and binary form such that binaries can be easily installed and tracked and source can be rebuilt easily. It also maintains a database of all packages and their files that can be used for verifying packages and querying for information about files and/or packages. Design Goals RPM provides the capability to install an entire application with a single command, to track the files it put on the system, and to remove those files by using another single command. Make it easy to get packages on and off the system. Make it easy to verify a package was installed correctly. Make it easy for the package builder. Make it start with original s...

This tutorial shows you the basic of Oauth. We have created a Java Web Application that authenticates the user to salesforce via Oauth 2.0 and then we have performed few CRUD operation via the new API. Setup: SSL enabled Tomcat Server as we have deployed our Web Application on tomcat. Click here for instruction on How to enable SSL on apache Tomcat 7.0 Salesforce Remote Access Application. Click here for instruction on How to create Remote Access Application on Salesforce? Download the application from here and change the name to Services. Run the Project: Check out the project from the above URL, import into the eclipse and Run as a Server. Navigate your browser to https://localhost:8443/Services . You will see the following page: Click on the link and it will take you the salesforce page for Authentication : Once you are login into salesforce, It will ask you to allow the Oauth_Apps to access your data: ...

Before I'll start with how to create Remote Access Application. First let me explain what is actually Remote Access Application. What is Remote Access Application? A remote access Application is an application external to salesforce that uses the Oauth protocol to verify both the salesforce user and the external data. All remote access applications have been integrated with salesforce, such that they can access a subset of your salesforce data once you explicitly grant each application permission. How to create Remote Access Application? To create an Remote application, You must have your developer account, If you don’t have it then You can create it from here . Step to create your First Remote Access Application: Login to salesforce.com then click Your Name |Create | Apps and click on “new” button. Check below screenshot :     When you click on new button, you will see a page like this: Enter the name of the Application. This i...