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MQ
Oct 13, 2025 		MQ Get the last GET and PUT Datetime
Guest Post by Alamelu Nagarajan Chris Phillips

One of my customers was writing a script to detect when the last message was got from an MQ QUEUE.
API CONNECT

Oct 3, 2025 		Replacing a member from Gateway Service
Guest Post by Chris Phillips Eric Fan

When running an APIConnect Gateway outside of Kubernetes it is often required to replace a DataPower VM or physical appliance. These steps listed here what is suggested as the process for completing this.
Me
Sep 20, 2025 		So here we go again - Showtime 10 Blue Butterflies

This weekend is my second dance show weekend where I am performing. My elder daughers have done the last six or seven Showtime events with Blue Butterflies. For what ever reason I volenteered to join last year and I performed March. https://chrisphillips-cminion.github.io/apiconnect/2025/03/15/StageTime.html

BB2 Tech Rehersal BB2 image in costumes

Well here we go again!

Three shows to go!
API CONNECT

Sep 19, 2025 		Parsing multipart/related without gateway script

It is possible to parse an API request that has a multipart/related content type without using gateway script.

The key thing here is having two parses.

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API CONNECT

Sep 19, 2025 		Fixing a GatewayService with an invalid image

When applying an image override for the GatewayService human errors can sneak in. If there is a mistake in the image path causing it to be invalid the StatefulSet under the GatewayService will have two Running pods and a third in an ErrImagePull state. This is only an issue when the GatewayService has spec.updateStrategy.mode is set to automatic which is the default for API Gateways.

small-ocp-gw-0                                                   1/1     Running        0             23m
small-ocp-gw-1                                                   1/1     Running        0             20m
small-ocp-gw-2                                                   0/1     ErrImagePull   0             7s

API CONNECT

Sep 18, 2025 		Enabling the DotDot feature

DataPower has a number of features that can be enabled in API Connect with Gateway extensions. One of these is the DotDot feature that Allow requests that contain .. in the URL. To look at other features that can be enabled take a look here - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/datapower-gateway/10.5.x?topic=commands-allowed-features
API CONNECT

Sep 17, 2025 		Special Builds, how to use the internal OCP Image Registry
Guest Post by Chris Phillips JP Schiller

Occasionally you may need to be given a special build from IBM containing fixes for a KnownIssue before they are shipped in a fixpack or a build which can be used to gather additional diagnostics. This is something I try to avoid but if support require additional diagnostic information it is often required.
API CONNECT

Jun 27, 2025 		API Connect - Long Term Analaytics - Now with Rest Interface

API Connect has added facilities to allow you to analyse longer term data. The reporting facility that shipped in 10.0.8 shows reports from the previous 12 months. This is very useful as it can show quickly

  • How many calls consumer organization has made
  • How many APIs have no subscribers
  • How has the call rate and latency changed for an API over the past several months As well as many other scenarios,

Recently in 10.0.10.0 we have released a rest interface to access this data. - There is a great article here https://community.ibm.com/community/user/blogs/anagha-biju/2025/06/27/access-long-term-analytics-with-summary-apis-in-v1 where you can learn more about this interface

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