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API CONNECT

Nov 30, 2020 		API Gateway what's the difference - V5c, Native and V5e

API Connect has seen a number of changes in its API Gateway in the last few years. This article will go through the current gateways how they compare and what the elusive V5e is.
CommonServices
Nov 23, 2020 		Out Of Memory (OOMKilled) CertMan, secret watcher and ingress on install of Common Services

While installing IBM common services (a preq for CP4I) we hit an issue were some of the pods were terminating because of memory or CPU limits. This article will show how to increase these limits.
API CONNECT

Nov 11, 2020 		How does the API Connect RI Monitor?

Rick Moorhouse has done a great post on how his team monitors our API Connect RI Offering. The API Connect RI offering is our managed offering where you pay just for your transactions and then we build, manage and monitor the API Connect estate for you.

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Oct 28, 2020 		Applying API Governance Part 4 – API 'Governance as Code' for a Decentralized world

Things ‘Everybody Knows’ about governance:

  • Governance is important.
  • Governance provides controls.
  • Governance enforces consistency.
  • Governance appears to reduce the velocity of development.
  • Governance does not provide value but it does reduce unplanned expense.
Networks
Oct 19, 2020 		Network Overview video

As I find content around the internet I try to share it here, mainly so I can find it again in the future. I just watched this great video from Network Chuck that covers L2/L3 multi site networking configuration.
API CONNECT

Oct 14, 2020 		UI intermittently fails to load Large Product lists, Application List, Consumer Org lists or Analytics

With some advanced and unusual network configurations (that I do not understand) API Connect has intermittent issues with OVAs. The impact of this situation is that the UI appears to hang or fail to load analytics, product list or application lists.
API CONNECT

Oct 7, 2020 		API Connect v10 WhitePaper 1.4 released

Just a quick note to say I have released version 1.4 of the API Connect v10.x Whitepaper. The changes are relatively minor, regarding the simplifying of the quorum explanation and changes to the recommended storage section.
API CONNECT

Sep 28, 2020 		Applying API Governance Part 3 – Linting

This is part three of a series on how to apply governance in API Connect. Governance is sometimes considered a taboo topic because when people imagine governance, they see red tape that stifles progress. If governance is designed properly it can provide a single approach for all parts of the project with minimal impact on the development rate.

Linting is the process of validating files prior to deployment to catch the low hanging fruit. With APIs we would expect to link the OpenAPI Specification both syntactically as well as allowing for custom validation to be run to ensure governance standards are met.

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