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IBM API Connect - "Unexpected token ILLEGAL"
So I'm continuing my voyage of discovery with IBM API Connect, and had followed this tutorial to create a simple API using Loopback: -Building a simple public API on API ConnectAnnoyingly, when I came...
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IBM API Connect - Now a Happy Bunny - Was Notworking, Now Networking
As per the past few posts, I've been learning my way around IBM API Connect, and had it nearly working - until about 15 minutes ago when it ALL started working.Without getting too deep into the What...
View ArticleJava to DB2 via TLS 1.2 - A new one on me
So I've been helping a friend debug and resolve a problem whereby his Java 7 code wasn't connecting to a DB2 database via a TLS 1.2 connection.To validate this, I setup a DB2 instance to support TLS...
View ArticleUsing Sed and Aw to munge JSON
One of my friends had a requirement to pull apart from JSON data, stripping out specific "columns" of data, ideally using standard Unix/Linux commands, again ideally in one single command.This is with...
View ArticleIBM Bluemix, Cloud Foundry and IBM Containers - fatal error: unexpected...
Whilst tinkering with IBM Bluemix, using the underlying Cloud Foundry (CF) and IBM Containers (IC) capabilities, I was looking to update the IC plugin: -cf ic updateYou are using version 0.8.934 of the...
View ArticleGosh and Darn it - Kubernetes, kubectl, macOS and IBM Bluemix
So I'm continuing my Voyage O' Discovery with IBM Containers, Bluemix, Kubernetes etc. on my Mac, following tutorials such as this: -Setting up the CLI and API to deploy and manage clusters in IBM...
View ArticleIBM DB2 Express on IBM Containers - PAM says "No"
I'm still journeying the river of discovery with IBM Containers on IBM Bluemix, and was attempting to start / use a DB2 Express image: -docker run --name db2 -p 50000:50000 -e...
View ArticleDoh, IBM DB2 on the IBM Container Service on IBM Bluemix, remember...
Having got DB2 running on the IBM Container Service on IBM Bluemix: -IBM DB2 Express on IBM Containers - PAM says "No"I was a little perturbed when my Java code failed to work, when connecting from my...
View ArticleKubernetes and IBM Bluemix: How to deploy, manage, and secure your...
A rather useful series of blog posts: -Kubernetes and IBM Bluemix: How to deploy, manage, and secure your container-based workloads - Part 1Kubernetes and IBM Bluemix: How to deploy, manage, and secure...
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IBM HTTP Server and HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)
I was asked about this earlier today.IBM HTTP Server (IHS), being based upon Apache, can do most whatever Apache itself can do.This means that HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) *can* be enabled in...
View ArticleIntroducing IBM Business Process Manager 8.6 and there's more
IBM Business Process Manager V8.6 delivers product simplifications to utilize its full power more easily and provide greater flexibility and new capabilitiesIBM Robotic Process Automation with...
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IBM BPM and Oracle - another interesting problem
Earlier this week, I was working with a client to grow their BPM development environment from two to four nodes, meaning that the Deployment Environment effectively doubled in size.We achieved this by...
View ArticleTinkering with IBM Containers on IBM Bluemix - Like Docker really ...
As per previous posts, I have been tinkering with IBM Containers (IC) on IBM Bluemix, and am starting to bring things together in my mind, in terms of positioning IC vs. Kubernetes vs. Docker.One of...
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Intro to App Development with Swift by Apple Education
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View ArticleBook Review - What Am I Reading ?
These are on my to-do list for reading: -Kubernetes Microservices with DockerRails, Angular, Postgres, and Bootstrap, Second Editionas part of my ongoing regular commitment to the British Computer...
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Node-RED on IBM Bluemix - Deleting Wires
So this caused me grief for a brief period, until I turned to Google :-)I am editing a flow in Node-RED on IBM Bluemix and wanted to delete a connection ( line ) between two nodes, as illustrated...
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IBM API Connect - new newness
From here: -What's new for this releasewhich is MERELY a subset of what's changed.So go and have a look …And/or download the update from IBM Fix Central here.
View ArticleIBM Redbook - Developing Node.js Applications on IBM Bluemix
Developing Node.js Applications on IBM BluemixThis IBM® Redbooks® publication explains how to create various applications based on Node.js and run them on IBM Bluemix®. In this book, you will do the...
View ArticleNew Technology Demonstration: BPM Analytics
This from my IBM colleague, Allan Chan: -…A new BPM Analytics technology demonstration is available to use with the latest IBM Business Process Manager. The latest version works with V8.5.7.0 CF201706...
View ArticleSecure Identity Propagation Using WS-Trust, SAML2, and WS-Security
I'm reading this: -Secure Identity Propagation Using WS-Trust, SAML2, and WS-Security [PDF]in the context of Single Sign-on (SSO), via this: -SAML 2.0 VS. JWT: UNDERSTANDING FEDERATED IDENTITY AND SAML...
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