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OPENSHIFT

OpenShift enabling the Image Registry route and pushing image.

When installing OpenShift 4.3+ there is no default route created for the image registry. Therefore we are unable to load in images from outside of the cluster.


API CONNECT

Calling DB2's Rest interface from API Connect
Guest Post by Lars Fanebost

Lars Fanebost put together this awesome guide on calling DB2 from inside of API connect. This is taken from https://github.com/lfanebost/api-connect-exposing-db-data-pub/


API CONNECT

Custom Client ID and Client Secret values

From API Connect V5 and onwards users have been able to customise the Client ID and Client Secret values on applications. But this is a rarely known gem. This article will explains the API calls required to do this.


API CONNECT

Vanity URLs in APIConnect v2018 and onwards

API Connect v2018 has the ability to configure vanity Urls for the API Endpoints . Vanity URLs allow the api developer/administrator to change how the endpoint is rendered in the API Connect Developer portal. This is useful if you wish to go via a CDN or there is a requirement for each catalog having a different URL subdomain.



Enable TLS for ACE HTTPS calls
Guest Post by Mannie Kagan

When making calls from ACE to https endpoints the trust store must contain the certificate for the target endpoint. In ACE this is done by creating a secret and reference it in the help chart. This article provides instructions on how to do this.


API CONNECT

User Defined Policies / Custom Policies in API Connect 2018 (MQ invoke Example)

User Defined Policies (aka Custom Policies) allow a customer to provide a bespoke piece of function as a policy in the API Designer Pallet. In this example I will explain the different pieces that need to be constructed to build an MQ Invoke Policy.


API CONNECT

DataPower Quorums with two DataPowers

Ways to handle the DataPower quorum when there is only enough Licenses for two DataPowers.

THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED - https://chrisphillips-cminion.github.io/apiconnect/2022/10/19/APIC-DataPowerQuorum2Node0.html


API CONNECT

Chatbot with Twilio via API Connect

Chatbots have been a current fashionable project to work on right now. An API Gateway is critical to help take the load off the main business application as well as providing a way to implement multiple Chatbot intermediaries without rewriting the business logic.

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API CONNECT

API Connect - Switching the DataPower Peering Primary

In the event that a DataPower quorum is lost the remaining DataPowers can be forced into a working quorum.


API CONNECT

API Connect - Deploying Components to specific Nodes

API Connect has four components, there is a requirement to deploy the DataPower Gateway to their own worker nodes in Kubernetes.


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