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How to deploy an Open Liberty InstantOn app to OpenShift Local
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This guide steps you through the process to deploy a simple Open Liberty InstantOn app to OpenShift Local running on your PC. I have completed this guide on my desktop PC plus my laptop so hopefully all works. Let me know if you…
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WebSphere Liberty and the value of WebSphere Hybrid Edition
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I have worked with WebSphere Application Server (WAS) for the better part of 15 years. My experience with WAS has generally been fantastic, great up time, great performance, few if any failures to speak of, a truly rock-solid workhorse. However,…
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How to solve problems with your Kafka connector
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This post contains errors you may encounter while using an IBM Event Streams Kafka connector. An appropriate solution is provided. Problems Problem Problem ClassNotFoundException ClassNotFoundException Problem description You may encounter a ClassNotFoundException when you run your IBM Event Streams Kafka…
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Easily connect from your Kafka connector to MQ using TLS
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This post guides you through the steps to easily connect from your Kafka connector to an IBM MQ queue manager using a TLS-secured connection. The post is primarily for a first-time user like me. However, an experienced user can still…
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New to IBM Event Streams. The Kafka MQ Connector.
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IBM has produced high quality documentation around IBM Event Streams, more specifically around MQ connectors, the focus of this post. If you are new to IBM Event Streams, it will take some time and effort to get going. It did…
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How to set the MQ SSL CipherSpec in Java program
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New developers to IBM MQ often have challenges specifying the MQ SSL CipherSpec in a java program. This can be particularly challenging if you are developing using Oracle HotSpot java only to later run using IBM J9 java – or…
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How to correctly add the serviceAccountName/securityContext
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This post covers another one of the frustrating problems I had during my initial foray into Open Liberty InstantOn. Clearly this issue related to my knowledge, or lack thereof, of how to properly configure the OpenShift deployment yaml file when…
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