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API CONNECT

May 18, 2021 		Customising the names of the components in the CloudPak Switcher.

When installing IBM Cloud Packs 2021.x you get the option of having a dashboard for each namespace. This dashboard allows all CloudPaks in the same namespace to share a single pain of glass for various information.
API CONNECT

May 17, 2021 		Loading DataPower DPMon in Nmon NMONVisualizer

DataPower contains a file called DPmon that stores nmon information. This is extremely useful for investigating resource constraints
API CONNECT

May 12, 2021 		Exposing a developer portal through a non default hostname.

When deploying API Connect with a Developer portal you specify the end point that end users must to connect to the developer portal. However some deployments require a subset of the developer portal sites to be accesible from a different hostname.
CP4I
Apr 27, 2021 		Cloud Pak for Integration fails to deploy the platform navigator

When customers deploy CP4I Platform Navigator for CP4I 2021.1 in ROKS it is not uncommon to see the following situation.

NAME                          READY   STATUS             RESTARTS   AGE
create-secrets-job-qfh6h      0/1     Completed          0          9h
zen-metastoredb-0             0/1     CrashLoopBackOff   116        9h
zen-metastoredb-1             0/1     CrashLoopBackOff   116        9h
zen-metastoredb-2             0/1     CrashLoopBackOff   116        9h
zen-metastoredb-certs-m7gf4   0/1     Completed          0          9h
zen-metastoredb-init-jv4nq    1/1     Running            0          9h

API CONNECT

Apr 26, 2021 		Reverse Proxy API Connect - Nginx

I got asked recently how to build a reverse proxy for API Conect. I had a few minutes free so I researched this and knocked it up.
API CONNECT

Apr 22, 2021 		Validating the Gateway Peering status

API Connect Gateways create a number of peering objeccts to ensure that everything is in sync between the cluster nodes.

GatewayPeerStatus
API CONNECT

Mar 10, 2021 		Logging in via the CLI when using an OIDC registry in IBM Cloud

API Connect has a managed service offering call API Connect Reserved Instance. This uses the OIDC user registry provided by IBM Cloud to provide access.
Trello
Mar 10, 2021 		Filtering in Trello

Trello is a tool for tracking workflow. You create a series of cards that you move between boards. Each card can be assigned an person and/or a label.
API CONNECT

Feb 25, 2021 		API Connect 2018 - Gateway Extension

Anyone on API Connect 2018 I recommend you move to v10. But if you are unable to and need to apply some configuration to DataPower you can apply configs like below.
API CONNECT

Feb 25, 2021 		API Connect Reserved Instance - configure IAM

More and more people are signing up to IBM API Connect Reserved Instance. IBM API Connect Reserved Instance allows you to have all the benefits of API Connect while IBM manages the infrastructure so you can just bring your developers and publish APIs. Also you can bring in additional Gateway Services from a different location or from your Data Center to be managed by API Connect in RI.

One of the common questions I am asked is how do we configure complex user topologies to allow only subsets of users to each role.

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