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DATAPOWER

High Level Migration Overview to the DataPower X2 Appliance [by R George Inness]
Guest Post by R George Inness

Image taken from ibm.com

Your company has just bought DataPower X2 appliances and you have been assigned to lead the effort to migrate from the current appliances to the new X2s and you are looking for some direction on how to put together a high-level plan. This article will give you an overview on how to plan and execute the migration with some key pointers on what to look for and possible gotchas. It will not be a detailed step by step on how to do the migration.


API CONNECT

API Connect White Paper Update v1.0.8

On the 15th of July, I updated the API Connect WhitePaper to 1.0.8. This can be downloaded from the same location as before, https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/30YERA2R


KUBERNETES

LogEar - Container Log to WebPage

Frequently I get asked “What is the best strategy to enable access to the logs of container pods without giving access to Kubernetes?”. The obvious answer is log forwarding to a central location e.g. Splunk. However because of the cost of platforms like Splunk many organisations choose not to use it in Dev, or at least not straight away.


KUBERNETES

Helm ERROR 'User "system:serviceaccount:kube-system:default" cannot get namespaces in the namespace '"default"'


API CONNECT

Scaling out pods in Kubernetes with DataPower

Kubernetes is a container orchestration system that provides many advantages. In this article I am going to describe how DataPower or any pod can be scaled out with a simple request. There are ways to solve this.


API CONNECT

WebSockets Part 3.1 - Socialising with API Connect - a Better Way

DataPower provides the facility to proxy WebSocket connections. This article is part three of a three part guide consisting of

  • Part 1 - How to create a WebSocket Proxy in DataPower
  • Part 2 - How you can use API Connect to secure your implementation
  • Part 3 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal
  • Part 3.1 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest way to use your websocket

WebSockets Part 3.1  - Socialising with API Connect - a Better Way


API CONNECT

Istio & IBM Cloud Pak for Integration [Video] by Claudio Tag and Tim Quigly
Guest Post by Claudio Tag Tim Quigly


API CONNECT

WebSockets Part 3 - Socialising with API Connect

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DataPower provides the facility to proxy WebSocket connections. This article is part three of a three part guide consisting of

  • Part 1 - How to create a WebSocket Proxy in DataPower
  • Part 2 - How you can use API Connect to secure your implementation
  • Part 3 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest
  • Part 3.1 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest way to use your websocket

Please note this has only been tested with text based WebSockets.


API CONNECT

WebSockets Part 2 - Securing with API Connect

DataPower provides the facility to proxy WebSocket connections. This article is part two of a three part guide consisting of

  • Part 1 - How to create a WebSocket Proxy in DataPower
  • Part 2 - How you can use API Connect to secure your implementation
  • Part 3 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest
  • Part 3.1 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest way to use your websocket

Please note this has only been tested with text based WebSockets.


API CONNECT

WebSockets Part 1 - How to create a WebSocket Proxy in DataPower

DataPower provides the facility to proxy WebSocket connections. This article is part one of a three part guide consisting of

  • Part 1 - How to create a WebSocket Proxy in DataPower
  • Part 2 - How you can use API Connect to secure your implementation
  • Part 3 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest
  • Part 3.1 - How to socialise it via the Developer Portal giving your consumers the easiest way to use your websocket

Please note this has only been tested with text based WebSockets.


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