Thursday 25 January 2018

Football Simulation Engine - written in Node.js

One of my team has put this together, using Node.js: -


Overview

This module was designed to allow the simulation of football (soccer) matches between two teams. It consists of three functions that

• Initiate a match
• complete an iteration / movement
• switch team sides / start second half


He rocks :-)

Wednesday 24 January 2018

IBM Business Process Manager Interactive Installation and Configuration Guide

I was writing to a colleague about planning for an IBM BPM installation, and thought to recommend that he review this: -


This guide takes you through the steps for installing and configuring IBM Business Process Manager (IBM BPM).

If you are migrating business data and applications from a previous version, use the Interactive Migration Guide instead of this guide. The Interactive Migration Guide generates instructions for a complete migration, including installing and configuring the product.

The Interactive Installation and Configuration Guide works best in supported versions of Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mozilla Firefox on Windows. In most instances, the generated output is restricted to supported installation scenarios. However, it might be possible to generate an unsupported set of instructions. For information about supported installation scenarios, go to the IBM Support Portal or use the installation roadmaps.

The Interactive Installation and Configuration Guide uses installation and configuration rules and considerations that are described in other topics. Each of those topics is accessible to screen readers, but the Interactive Installation and Configuration Guide itself is not fully accessible. For fully accessible information, use the installation topics as an alternative to using the Interactive Installation and Configuration Guide.




This is a really good way to generate a nice printable ( or, better still, PDFable ) set of instructions.

Thanks IBM

Tuesday 23 January 2018

IBM Integration Bus - Integration Toolkit on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

This is another of my various tinkering exercises ….

I'm attempting to get the IBM Integration Bus (IIB) 9 Toolkit working on my Mac, against a VM running Red hat Enterprise Linux 7.4.

I'm actually tunnelling X11 via SSH ( via ssh -y wasadmin@hostname )

When I attempt to start the Toolkit: -

/opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/launcher 

I see this: -

MQSI 9.0.0.2
/opt/ibm/mqsi/9.0.0.2

 progressRectString:  2,489,646,12
 messageRectString: 12,443,444,15
Unhandled exception
Type=Segmentation error vmState=0x00040000
J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000004 Signal_Number=0000000b Error_Value=00000000 Signal_Code=00000080
Handler1=F6B5EACA Handler2=F6B0F017 InaccessibleAddress=00000000
EDI=F750FCA4 ESI=F750FB64 EAX=F7510BF0 EBX=ADA45000
ECX=BFD95F61 EDX=F750FA98
EIP=AD958FAE ES=002B DS=002B ESP=F750FA28
EFlags=00010286 CS=0023 SS=002B EBP=F751000C
Module=/lib/libcairo.so.2
Module_base_address=AD905000
Target=2_60_20120809_118929 (Linux 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64)
CPU=x86 (1 logical CPUs) (0x1e7da8000 RAM)
----------- Stack Backtrace -----------
(0xF6B005B0 [libj9prt26.so+0xf5b0])
(0xF6B0FFC2 [libj9prt26.so+0x1efc2])
(0xF6B002A1 [libj9prt26.so+0xf2a1])
(0xF6B00395 [libj9prt26.so+0xf395])
(0xF6AFFEA4 [libj9prt26.so+0xeea4])
(0xF6B0FFC2 [libj9prt26.so+0x1efc2])
(0xF6AFFE13 [libj9prt26.so+0xee13])
(0xF6B5DEF5 [libj9vm26.so+0x14ef5])
(0xF6B0FFC2 [libj9prt26.so+0x1efc2])
(0xF6B5E1FE [libj9vm26.so+0x151fe])
(0xF6B5EB18 [libj9vm26.so+0x15b18])
(0xF6B0F1E5 [libj9prt26.so+0x1e1e5])
__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0 (0xF7784410)
(0x00023280 [<unknown>+0x0])
---------------------------------------
JVMDUMP039I Processing dump event "gpf", detail "" at 2018/01/23 15:49:57 - please wait.
JVMDUMP032I JVM requested System dump using '/opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/core.20180123.154957.90680.0001.dmp' in response to an event
JVMPORT030W /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern setting "|/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp %s %c %p %u %g %t e %P %I %h" specifies that the core dump is to be piped to an external program.  Attempting to rename either core or core.90725.

JVMDUMP010I System dump written to /opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/core.20180123.154957.90680.0001.dmp
JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Java dump using '/opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/javacore.20180123.154957.90680.0002.txt' in response to an event
JVMDUMP010I Java dump written to /opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/javacore.20180123.154957.90680.0002.txt
JVMDUMP032I JVM requested Snap dump using '/opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/Snap.20180123.154957.90680.0003.trc' in response to an event
JVMDUMP010I Snap dump written to /opt/ibm/IntegrationToolkit90/Snap.20180123.154957.90680.0003.trc
JVMDUMP013I Processed dump event "gpf", detail "".

Appreciating that this is almost certainly an unsupported configuration, I was able to solve the problem, using this as inspiration: -


which said, in part: -

Cause

"adwaita-gtk2-theme" (32 and 64 bit) and "adwaita-gtk3-theme" 64 bit libraries were missing.

Resolving the problem

Install the missing libraries "adwaita-gtk2-theme" (32 and 64 bit) and "adwaita-gtk3-theme" 64 bit. Please contact RedHat to obtain the missing libraries.

I installed the missing RPM: -

/usr/bin/yum --noplugins install -y adwaita-gtk2-theme

  adwaita-gtk2-theme.x86_64 0:3.22.2-1.el7                                                                                                                                                               

Complete!

Removed temporary configuration


and now we're good to go.

For the record, I'd previously installed these two RPMs: -

libpng12.so.0
libXtst.so.6


as required by IBM Installation Manager, installing the Toolkit.

IBM BPM 8.6 - Upgrading to CF2017.12

In December, IBM released an update to IBM Business Process Manager 8.6, specifically the Cumulative Fix 2017-12, aka CF2017.12.

This is what it included, in part: -

Update to IBM BPM V8.6 CF2017.12 to experience all the highlights, such as these added abilities and improvements:

IBM BPM
• Simplify user task authoring with inline user tasks
• Model decision logic in the web IBM Process Designer
• Experience enhanced support of coach views for use in IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere
• Gain more insight into IBM BPM process applications
• Benefit from enhanced process application validation support
• Efficiently manage multiple library items in Process Designer
• Revert library items in Process Designer
• Learn how to use IBM App Connect
• Restrict rights to create and update saved searches by using an action policy


Having downloaded the Cumulative Fix a month or so back, I decided to work through the installation.

The first thing to note is that the CF comes as a .ZIP file, specifically an Installation Manager "Delta" repository.

Compared to the original 8.6 Delta Repo: -

ls -alh /Volumes/DaveHaySSD/Software/BPM86/Fixpacks/

total 9360184
drwxr-xr-x  4 davidhay  staff   136B  5 Jan 15:56 .
drwxr-xr-x  5 davidhay  staff   170B 19 Jan 10:08 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 davidhay  staff   1.9G  5 Jan 09:54 bpm.8600.cf2017.12.delta.repository.zip
-rw-r--r--  1 davidhay  staff   2.5G 26 Sep 13:25 bpm.8600.delta.repository.zip

it's interesting to note that the CF2017.12 Repo is smaller.

In terms of patching BPM, I've gone through the process a number of times now, most recently focusing upon the upgrade from 8.5.5 to 8.5.7 and 8.6.

The very short-hand version of my process follows: -

Starting Position

/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listInstalledPackages

com.ibm.cic.agent_1.8.8000.20171130_1105
com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.5.5000.20140604_1130
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5002.20140408_1947


Patch WAS to 8.5.5.12

/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -input /mnt/ResponseFiles/upgradeWAS85512.rsp -acceptLicense

Updated to com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5012.20170627_1018 in the /opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer directory.
WARNING: Your default Java SDK is Java SE 6. After April 2018, service for Java SE 6 can no longer be provided, which could expose your environment to security risks.

To stay current and reduce the risk of security exposures, update to Java SE 8 using one of the following options:
- Install WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.11 or later with Java SE 8.
- Install the optional IBM WebSphere SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 package to an existing package group that contains WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.
- Migrate to WebSphere Application Server traditional Version 9.

Alternatively, to use Java SE 7, install the optional IBM WebSphere SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 7 or 7.1 package to the package group that contains WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.

Install Java 8

/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -input /mnt/ResponseFiles/installJava8.rsp -acceptLicense

Installed com.ibm.websphere.IBMJAVA.v80_8.0.4005.20170626_0627 to the /opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer directory.

Patch BPM

/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl -input upgradeBPM855_to_86_CF201712.rsp -acceptLicense

Updated to com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.6.201712.20171211_1726 in the /opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer directory.

Ending Position

/opt/ibm/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl listInstalledPackages

com.ibm.cic.agent_1.8.8000.20171130_1105
com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.6.201712.20171211_1726
com.ibm.websphere.IBMJAVA.v80_8.0.4005.20170626_0627
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5012.20170627_1018


Note that this ONLY focuses upon the binaries, there's also a need to: -

(a) Upgrade the BPM database schemae to support 8.6
(b) Update the WAS profiles to use Java 8 rather than Java 6 
(c) Synchronise the WAS cell

However, for me, the key thing is that I can upgrade directly from 8.5.5 to 8.6 CF2017.12, rather than having to install the "base" 8.6 CF2017.09 update ( this is how 8.6 was first shipped in September 2017 ).

From this: -


To install this upgrade, you must have Version 8.5.0.0, Version 8.5.0.1, Version 8.5.0.2, Version 8.5.5.0, Version 8.5.6.0, Version 8.5.6.0 CF01, Version 8.5.6.0 CF02, Version V8.5.7.0, Version 8.5.7 CF2016.06, Version 8.5.7 CF2016.09, Version 8.5.7 CF2016.12, Version 8.5.7 CF2017.03, Version 8.5.7 2017.06, or Version 8.6 of IBM Business Process Manager Express, IBM Business Process Manager Standard, IBM Business Process Manager Advanced, or IBM Business Process Manager Advanced - Process Server, IBM Business Process Manager Express Server, or IBM Business Process Manager Server installed.

Monday 22 January 2018

IBM Integration Bus - Wrangling permissions to the Web UI

Having built an IBM Integration Bus (IIB) 9 environment, with IBM MQ 8, I was trying ( and failing ) to access the Web UI on: -


I was instead seeing: -


The logged-on user ID does not have the required permissions to access data or broker resources in the web user interface. See your broker administrator to set up the required permissions.

I realised that I'd not yet set up a user/password, which I thus did: -

mqsiwebuseradmin IB9NODE -c -u wmbadmin1 -r wmbadmin1 -a wmbadmin1pw

Alas, this failed with: -

BIP1046E: Unable to connect with the queue manager (The user 'wmbadmin' is not authorized to connect to queue manager 'IB9QMGR' (MQ reason code 2035 while trying to connect)). 

The utility encountered a problem while attempting to connect to the queue manager to put a message to the broker's request queue. 

Ensure that the correct connection parameters have been supplied to the utility. Also ensure that the queue manager is running and that the current user is able to access the queues beginning SYSTEM.BROKER. If this error text includes an MQ reason code, look up the meaning behind the error in the Application Programming Reference guide and proceed as appropriate.

and, in the MQ Queue Manager logs: -

tail -f /var/mqm/qmgrs/IB9QMGR/errors/AMQERR01.LOG

...
22/01/18 20:28:37 - Process(67445.35) User(wmbadmin) Program(amqzlaa0)
                    Host(bpm86.uk.ibm.com) Installation(Installation2)
                    VRMF(8.0.0.0) QMgr(IB9QMGR)
                   
AMQ5534: User ID 'wmbadmin' authentication failed

EXPLANATION:
The user ID and password supplied by 'mqsiwebuseradmi' could not be
authenticated.
ACTION:
Ensure that the correct user ID and password are provided by the application.
Ensure that the authentication repository is correctly configured. Look at
previous error messages for any additional information.
----- amqzfuca.c : 4242 -------------------------------------------------------
22/01/18 20:28:37 - Process(67445.35) User(wmbadmin) Program(amqzlaa0)
                    Host(bpm86.uk.ibm.com) Installation(Installation2)
                    VRMF(8.0.0.0) QMgr(IB9QMGR)
                   
AMQ5542: The failed authentication check was caused by the queue manager
CONNAUTH CHCKLOCL(OPTIONAL) configuration.

EXPLANATION:
The user ID 'wmbadmin' and its password were checked because the queue manager
connection authority (CONNAUTH) configuration refers to an authentication
information (AUTHINFO) object named 'SYSTEM.DEFAULT.AUTHINFO.IDPWOS' with
CHCKLOCL(OPTIONAL). 

This message accompanies a previous error to clarify the reason for the user ID
and password check.
ACTION:
Refer to the previous error for more information. 

Ensure that a password is specified by the client application and that the
password is correct for the user ID. The authentication configuration of the
queue manager connection determines the user ID repository. For example, the
local operating system user database or an LDAP server. 

If the CHCKCLNT setting is OPTIONAL, the authentication check can be avoided by
not passing a user ID across the channel. For example, by omitting the MQCSP
structure from the client MQCONNX API call. 

To avoid the authentication check, you can amend the authentication
configuration of the queue manager connection, but you should generally not
allow unauthenticated remote access.
———————————————————————————————————————


I've seen, and reported upon, this before: -


I validated the CHCKCLNT setting: -

runmqsc IB9QMGR

display qmgr connauth

   QMNAME(IB9QMGR)                      
   CONNAUTH(SYSTEM.DEFAULT.AUTHINFO.IDPWOS)


display AUTHINFO(SYSTEM.DEFAULT.AUTHINFO.IDPWOS)

   AUTHINFO(SYSTEM.DEFAULT.AUTHINFO.IDPWOS)
   AUTHTYPE(IDPWOS)                        ADOPTCTX(NO)
   DESCR( )                                CHCKCLNT(REQDADM)
   CHCKLOCL(OPTIONAL)                      FAILDLAY(1)
   ALTDATE(2018-01-22)                     ALTTIME(20.26.21)


and then updated it: -

ALTER AUTHINFO(SYSTEM.DEFAULT.AUTHINFO.IDPWOS) AUTHTYPE(IDPWOS) CHCKCLNT(REQDADM) CHCKLOCL(NONE)    

REFRESH SECURITY TYPE(CONNAUTH)

This time around, the mqsiwebuseradmin command worked as expected: -

mqsiwebuseradmin IB9NODE -c -u wmbadmin1 -r wmbadmin1 -a wmbadmin1pw

BIP8071I: Successful command completion.

and I was able to access the Web UI: -


which is nice :-)

BIP4516S: Failed to find all the required WebSphere MQ java classes. Class 'com.ibm.mq.MQException' not found in CLASSPATH

I saw this today: -

BIP4516S: Failed to find all the required WebSphere MQ java classes. Class 'com.ibm.mq.MQException' not found in CLASSPATH '/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mqjms.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/connector.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.pcf.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.jmqi.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.headers.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.commonservices.jar:/opt/ibm/mqm/java/lib/com.ibm.mq.jms.Nojndi.jar:/opt/ibm/mqsi/9.0.0.2/messages:/opt/ibm/mqsi/9.0.0.2/classes:/opt/ibm/mqsi/9.0.0.2/classes/ConfigManagerProxy.jar:/opt/ibm/mqsi/9.0.0.2/classes/brokerutil.jar:/var/mqsi/common/wsrr'. 

Not all the WebSphere MQ jars are installed on this machine. Message Broker requires that WebSphere MQ for Java is installed to work correctly. 

Make sure that all the correct WebSphere MQ components are installed and that the CLASSPATH correctly contains the WebSphere MQ jar files.


when attempting to drive IBM Integration Bus (IIB) 9: -

mqsilist 

Whilst I had installed IBM MQ 8: -

/mnt/IIB9/mqlicense.sh -accept
rpm -ivh --prefix /opt/ibm/mqm /mnt/IIB9/MQSeriesRuntime-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm
rpm -ivh --prefix /opt/ibm/mqm /mnt/IIB9/MQSeriesServer-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm 


I'd forgotten to install the requisite Java runtime: -

rpm -ivh --prefix /opt/ibm/mqm /mnt/IIB9/MQSeriesJRE-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm 
rpm -ivh --prefix /opt/ibm/mqm /mnt/IIB9/MQSeriesJava-8.0.0-0.x86_64.rpm 


Can you say "Doh" ?

IBM BPM Upgrade - String to Boolean - What's going wrong ?

I've been seeing this repeatedly over the past few weeks, as I test various combinations of upgrades, from IBM BPM 8.5.5 to 8.5.7 or 8.6: -


with the corresponding exception in SystemOut.log: -

[04/01/18 20:27:18:401 GMT] 000001a6 BPDInstanceDA E   CWLLG0323E: An exception occurred in saveSearchableValues, reason:java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String incompatible with java.lang.Boolean.
                                 java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.String incompatible with java.lang.Boolean

In brief, this occurs when I do the following: -
  • Install IBM BPM 8.5.5
  • Start the Deployment Environment
  • Log into Process Portal
  • Start a new instance of the sample Standard HR Open New Position Process Application, and complete ONE task
  • Shut down BPM 8.5.5
  • Upgrade to 8.5.7 or 8.6 ( including the mandatory DBUpgrade task )
  • Start the Deployment Environment
  • Log into Process Portal
  • Attempt to resume/complete the second task of the Standard HR Open New Position process
For the record, this occurs whether I perform an in-place upgrade ( where one installs the 8.5.7 or 8.6 Delta Fixpack on top of 8.5.5 ) or a side-by-side upgrade ( where one uses an export of the original 8.5.5 Deployment Environment configuration and a cloned copy of the BPM databases to build a new 8.5.7 or 8.6 target environment ).

I checked the source 8.5.5 environment, and noted that the original Business Object parameter was a Boolean: -


but that it magically became a String in 8.6: -


After much faffing about, and thanks to the support of an awesome world-wide technical team, I realised the error of my ways.

The problem occurs because I'm running my tests using a Process Center ( development/deployment environment ) rather than a Process Server ( run-time environment ).

In brief, this occurs because the original Process Application ( PA ) on the source 8.5.5 Process Center was based upon the so-called Tip, which is the first "cut" of the application, rather than a snapshot ( which is taken before an application is deployed into a target Process Server, whether for test or production ).

When I upgraded my Process Center from 8.5.5 to 8.5.7 or 8.6, the Tip has changed ( because IBM created a new version of the Standard HR Open New Position Process Application ), and we now face the issue where the Business Object in the original Tip was using one data type ( String ) whereas the Business Object in the new Tip is using a different data type ( Boolean ).

BPM can't handle this - we don't have a snapshot, we only have the Tip, and yet the Business Objects are vastly different.

That's why the exception occurs.

When I redid my tests, upgrading an 8.5.5 Process Server to 8.6, with the same situation as before i.e. a running instance of the Standard HR Open New Position process, with an outstanding task, all works as one would expect.

So that's all good then …..

Friday 19 January 2018

IBM BPM - Tinkering with Process Application Exports and Imports

In the context of an IBM BPM migration document, I'm just making a few notes about the export of a BPM Process Application snapshot from a Process Center, ready for an offline deployment to a different ( and unconnected ) Process Server.

Which is nice :-)

On the source Process Center

Connect to the AppCluster SOAP Endpoint

/opt/ibm/WebSphereProfiles/Dmgr01/bin/wsadmin.sh -lang jython -port 8880 -user wasadmin -password passw0rd

WASX7209I: Connected to process "AppClusterMember1" on node Node1 using SOAP connector;  The type of process is: ManagedProcess
WASX7031I: For help, enter: "print Help.help()"

List Available Process Applications

print AdminTask.BPMListProcessApplications()

Containers: 
Name: System Data
Acronym: TWSYS
Description: IBM BPM System Data
Toolkit: true

Name: System Governance
Acronym: TWSYSG
Description: IBM BPM Governance Data and Services
Toolkit: true

Name: Coaches
Acronym: SYSC
Description: IBM BPM System Coaches
Toolkit: true

Name: Content Management
Acronym: SYSCM
Description: IBM BPM Content Management Data, Services and Coach views.
Toolkit: true

Name: Dashboards
Acronym: SYSD
Description: IBM BPM System Dashboards
Toolkit: true

Name: SAP Guided Workflow
Acronym: SGW
Description: Toolkit of SAP Guided Workflow
Toolkit: true

Name: Process Portal
Acronym: TWP
Description: 
Toolkit: false

Name: Saved Search Admin
Acronym: SSA
Description: Dashboard for creating and managing Saved Searches
Toolkit: false

Name: Hiring Sample
Acronym: HSS
Description: Hiring Sample
Toolkit: false

Name: Hiring Sample Advanced
Acronym: HSAV1
Description: 
Toolkit: false

Name: Procurement Sample
Acronym: STPPS1
Description: 
Toolkit: false

Drill into the details of the target PA

print AdminTask.BPMShowProcessApplication('[-containerAcronym HSS]')

Name: Hiring Sample
Acronym: HSS
Description: Hiring Sample
Toolkit: false
Tracks:

Track Name: Main
Track Acronym: Main
Default: true

Tip: 
Created On: 2018-01-19 16:29:26.083
Created By: User.9
State: State[Inactive]
Capability: Capability[Standard]
No of running instances: 0

List of Snapshots: 
Name: Standard Hiring Sample v8550
Acronym: SHSV855
Created On: 2018-01-19 16:29:26.083
Created By: User.9
Is Default: false
State: State[Inactive]
Capability: Capability[Standard]
No of running instances: 0


List the Process Servers ( the subsequent command requires a server name, even if it's an unconnected Process Server )

print AdminTask.BPMListServers()

Servers:
Name: DMH
URL: jnp://XXXXX:XXXX

Create an Offline Package, ready for export

AdminTask.BPMCreateOfflinePackage('[-containerAcronym HSS -containerSnapshotAcronym SHSV855 -containerTrackAcronym Main -serverName DMH]')

'BPMCreateOfflinePackage passed.'

Export the Process Application snapshot

AdminTask.BPMExtractOfflinePackage('[-containerAcronym HSS -containerSnapshotAcronym SHSV855 -containerTrackAcronym Main -serverName DMH -outputFile /mnt/Apps/StandardHiringSamplev8550.zip]')

'BPMExtractOfflinePackage passed.'

Validate the export

ls -al

total 5368
drwxr-xr-x   4 davidhay  staff      136 19 Jan 17:46 .
drwxr-xr-x  22 davidhay  staff      748  9 Jan 16:36 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 davidhay  staff  1243529  3 Nov 19:22 BAMTST_V4.zip
-rw-r--r--   1 davidhay  staff  1501656 19 Jan 17:46 StandardHiringSamplev8550.zip

On the target Process Server

Connect to the AppCluster SOAP Endpoint

/opt/ibm/WebSphereProfiles/Dmgr01/bin/wsadmin.sh -lang jython -port 8880 -user wasadmin -password passw0rd

WASX7209I: Connected to process "AppClusterMember1" on node Node1 using SOAP connector;  The type of process is: ManagedProcess
WASX7031I: For help, enter: "print Help.help()"

AdminTask.BPMInstallOfflinePackage('[-inputFile /mnt/Apps/StandardHiringSamplev8550.zip]')

'BPMInstallOfflinePackage passed.'

List Available Process Applications

print AdminTask.BPMListProcessApplications()

Containers: 
Name: System Data
Acronym: TWSYS
Description: IBM BPM System Data
Toolkit: true

Name: System Governance
Acronym: TWSYSG
Description: IBM BPM Governance Data and Services
Toolkit: true

Name: Coaches
Acronym: SYSC
Description: IBM BPM System Coaches
Toolkit: true

Name: Content Management
Acronym: SYSCM
Description: IBM BPM Content Management Data, Services and Coach views.
Toolkit: true

Name: Dashboards
Acronym: SYSD
Description: IBM BPM System Dashboards
Toolkit: true

Name: SAP Guided Workflow
Acronym: SGW
Description: Toolkit of SAP Guided Workflow
Toolkit: true

Name: Process Portal
Acronym: TWP
Description: 
Toolkit: false

Name: Saved Search Admin
Acronym: SSA
Description: Dashboard for creating and managing Saved Searches
Toolkit: false

Name: Hiring Sample
Acronym: HSS
Description: 
Toolkit: false


print AdminTask.BPMShowProcessApplication('[-containerAcronym HSS]')

Name: Hiring Sample
Acronym: HSS
Description: 
Toolkit: false
Tracks:

List of Snapshots: 
Name: Standard Hiring Sample v8550
Acronym: SHSV855
Created On: 2018-01-19 20:44:18.822
Created By: User.1
Is Default: true
State: State[Active]
Capability: Capability[Standard]
No of running instances: 0

In addition, validatory messages can be seen in AppCluster SystemOut.log e.g.

[19/01/18 20:44:16:768 GMT] 00000195 PALAdminComma I PALAdminCommands processServerOfflineDeploy Entering
[19/01/18 20:44:18:192 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3547I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The snapshot with ID Snapshot.aaa569e9-a57a-4684-b357-34237e4e49ea is being installed. The following toolkits are being installed: []
[19/01/18 20:44:18:212 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3533I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The snapshot is being imported.
[19/01/18 20:44:24:178 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3534I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The snapshot was successfully imported.
[19/01/18 20:44:24:178 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3536I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The installation service for the snapshot is being started.
[19/01/18 20:44:24:197 GMT] 0000019a JMSClassifica W   XJMS0021E: Unable to map destination and bus to workclass. Aborting the xd classification filter for the current request. Request context information is com.ibm.ws.xd.jms.proxy.impl.AsynchJMSServiceContextImpl@5700490c<bus=BPM.De1.Bus,destination=PortalWebMessagingTopicSpace.AppCluster>.
[19/01/18 20:44:24:231 GMT] 0000019b JMSClassifica W   XJMS0021E: Unable to map destination and bus to workclass. Aborting the xd classification filter for the current request. Request context information is com.ibm.ws.xd.jms.proxy.impl.AsynchJMSServiceContextImpl@c5fba99b<bus=BPM.De1.Bus,destination=cacheTopicDestination.AppCluster>.
[19/01/18 20:44:24:236 GMT] 0000019c JMSClassifica W   XJMS0021E: Unable to map destination and bus to workclass. Aborting the xd classification filter for the current request. Request context information is com.ibm.ws.xd.jms.proxy.impl.AsynchJMSServiceContextImpl@557e4439<bus=BPM.De1.Bus,destination=TWServerTopicDestination.AppCluster>.
[19/01/18 20:44:25:285 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3537I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The installation service for the snapshot finished successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:25:286 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3539I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The data for the snapshot is being migrated.
[19/01/18 20:44:25:408 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3540I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The data for the snapshot was migrated successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:25:409 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3541I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The instances of the snapshot are being migrated.
[19/01/18 20:44:25:436 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3542I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The instances of the snapshot were migrated successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:30:683 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3545I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The tracking definitions for the snapshot were updated successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:30:710 GMT] 00000195 wle_eventmgr  I   CWLLG3550I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The scheduled UCAs for the snapshot are being activated.
[19/01/18 20:44:30:880 GMT] 00000195 wle_eventmgr  I   CWLLG3551I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The scheduled UCAs for the snapshot were activated successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:30:884 GMT] 00000195 wle_eventmgr  I   CWLLG3550I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The scheduled UCAs for the snapshot are being activated.
[19/01/18 20:44:30:884 GMT] 00000195 wle_eventmgr  I   CWLLG3551I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The scheduled UCAs for the snapshot were activated successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:31:205 GMT] 00000195 wle           I   CWLLG3548I: Process Application: Hiring Sample, Snapshot: Standard Hiring Sample v8550 : The snapshot was installed successfully.
[19/01/18 20:44:31:243 GMT] 00000195 PALAdminComma I PALAdminCommands processServerOfflineDeploy Exiting




Thursday 18 January 2018

Docker on Linux - Scripting the removal of images

I'm again going through the process to deploy IBM Cloud Private (ICP) on Ubuntu.

However, I forgot to check the available disk space …..

So, when I ran this command: -

tar xf /tmp/ibm-cloud-private-x86_64-2.1.0.1.tar.gz -O | sudo docker load

to expand the ICP tarball and load the corresponding Docker images, I ended up with: -

97f41382ba74: Loading layer [==================================================>]  4.727MB/4.727MB
Loaded image: ibmcom/vulnerability-annotator:20171011
9f17712cba0b: Loading layer [========================>                          ]  61.28MB/126.6MB
Error processing tar file(exit status 1): write /usr/lib/python2.7/pydoc_data/topics.py: no space left on device


df -kmh

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           393M  6.2M  387M   2% /run
/dev/sda1        46G   29G   15G  67% /
tmpfs           2.0G  196K  2.0G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           393M   52K  393M   1% /run/user/1000

To mitigate this, I wanted to quickly remove the Docker images, and re-do from start.

This is what I have: -

docker images

REPOSITORY                                  TAG                 IMAGE ID            CREATED             SIZE
ibmcom/icp-catalog-ui                       2.1.0.1             24cf2215580a        4 weeks ago         116MB
ibmcom/kubernetes                           v1.8.3-ee           924aee0d6910        5 weeks ago         513MB
ibmcom/icp-datastore                        2.1.0.1             1575ed9083e6        5 weeks ago         1.72GB
ibmcom/icp-platform-ui                      2.1.0.1             25e8146b6fac        5 weeks ago         153MB
ibmcom/iam-policy-decision                  2.1.0.1             ac23eb27e760        5 weeks ago         576MB
ibmcom/iam-token-service                    2.1.0.1             4da681e7e542        5 weeks ago         891MB
ibmcom/unified-router                       2.1.0.1             caf82a5f8a00        5 weeks ago         50.1MB
ibmcom/icp-platform-api                     2.1.0.1             9529dd6d9349        5 weeks ago         142MB
ibmcom/icp-identity-provider                2.1.0.1             7a8784ad58fc        5 weeks ago         164MB
ibmcom/icp-image-manager                    2.1.0.1             c05a213a80e1        5 weeks ago         25.6MB
ibmcom/icp-router                           2.1.0.1             1e2c1cc654b6        5 weeks ago         46.5MB
ibmcom/icp-platform-auth                    2.1.0.1             96e70190d588        5 weeks ago         498MB
ibmcom/icp-identity-manager                 2.1.0.1             54db055b2b1c        5 weeks ago         185MB
ibmcom/icp-helm-api                         2.1.0.1             b72c1d4155b8        5 weeks ago         139MB
ibmcom/icp-helm-repo                        2.1.0.1             2cb2b0c0ca02        5 weeks ago         98.5MB
ibmcom/metering-data-manager                2.1.0.1             01fc6bf87198        6 weeks ago         72.6MB
ibmcom/metering-server                      2.1.0.1             3401a1fe1a65        7 weeks ago         630MB
ibmcom/metering-ui                          2.1.0.1             216ae682db59        7 weeks ago         425MB
ibmcom/metering-reader                      2.1.0.1             56354bef6b82        7 weeks ago         166MB
ibmcom/usncrawler                           20171128            7f9ab5354091        7 weeks ago         481MB
ibmcom/live-crawler                         20171128            5dd18f1681db        7 weeks ago         715MB
ibmcom/sas-mgmt                             20171113            9801e6747666        7 weeks ago         519MB
ibmcom/sas-api                              20171113            750679c0c313        7 weeks ago         519MB
ibmcom/reg-crawler                          20171122            4d1991b4d0af        7 weeks ago         716MB
ibmcom/gluster                              3.12.1              0a644a8465a6        7 weeks ago         347MB
ibmcom/metrics-crawler                      20171122            f25802bd7454        8 weeks ago         715MB
ibmcom/service-catalog-service-catalog      v0.1.2              566a76042660        2 months ago        105MB
ibmcom/livescan-proxy                       20171011            1f28dd781b9a        3 months ago        418MB
ibmcom/rootkit-annotator                    20171011            e0d54f8afa6a        3 months ago        413MB
ibmcom/password-annotator                   20171011            13cbea171a66        3 months ago        1.19GB
ibmcom/compliance-annotator                 20171011            9a6812e9f19f        3 months ago        1.27GB
ibmcom/vulnerability-annotator              20171011            bca818bb6d43        3 months ago        1.26GB
ibmcom/config-parser                        20171011            b69068191cc9        3 months ago        1.22GB
ibmcom/generic-indexer                      20171011            9a03a4f3cc64        3 months ago        785MB
ibmcom/config-indexer                       20171011            6f388d467108        3 months ago        785MB
ibmcom/elasticsearch                        2.4.1-20171011      7317af2ea391        3 months ago        537MB
ibmcom/indices-cleaner                      0.2                 5e092b17e223        3 months ago        210MB
ibmcom/icp-initcontainer                    1.0.0               76da55c8019d        4 months ago        3.97MB
ibmcom/ucarp                                1.5.2               d6f29a895ed9        4 months ago        7.67MB
ibmcom/tiller                               v2.6.0              47011b53bf14        4 months ago        48.6MB
ibmcom/calico-policy-controller             v0.7.0              60d797585fc5        5 months ago        21.9MB
ibmcom/service-catalog-apiserver            v0.0.15             3a30f3472e44        5 months ago        196MB
ibmcom/service-catalog-controller-manager   v0.0.15             708755fff078        5 months ago        193MB
ibmcom/kube-state-metrics                   v1.0.0              8bbbe7eb4704        5 months ago        43.9MB
ibmcom/calico-node                          v2.4.1              7643422fdf0f        5 months ago        277MB
ibmcom/grafana                              4.4.3               49e2eb4da222        5 months ago        287MB
ibmcom/curl                                 3.6                 f73fee23ac74        5 months ago        5.35MB
ibmcom/coredns                              010                 27e7aa6e71ce        5 months ago        43.5MB
ibmcom/kibana                               5.5.1               7bf53f710f44        5 months ago        629MB
ibmcom/filebeat                             5.5.1               af80995a4fcf        5 months ago        271MB
ibmcom/logstash                             5.5.1               e8f5c2ec30f2        5 months ago        577MB
ibmcom/elasticsearch                        5.5.1               74ef44f69db6        5 months ago        544MB
ibmcom/heketi                               5                   5851537645df        5 months ago        343MB
ibmcom/alertmanager                         v0.8.0              901c70144da4        6 months ago        17.7MB
ibmcom/heapster                             v1.4.0              749531a6d2cf        6 months ago        73.4MB
ibmcom/k8s-dns-sidecar                      1.14.4              38bac66034a6        6 months ago        41.8MB
ibmcom/k8s-dns-kube-dns                     1.14.4              a8e00546bcf3        6 months ago        49.4MB
ibmcom/k8s-dns-dnsmasq-nanny                1.14.4              f7f45b9cb733        6 months ago        41.4MB
ibmcom/prometheus                           v1.7.1              4da113bb6ae3        7 months ago        74.5MB
ibmcom/etcd                                 v3.1.5              3f6d64a8fae8        8 months ago        152MB
ibmcom/node-exporter                        v0.14.0             bb4a6b774658        10 months ago       18.9MB
ibmcom/kafka                                0.10.0.1            223037679e4f        10 months ago       260MB
ibmcom/k8szk                                v2                  2fd25e05d6e2        13 months ago       284MB
ibmcom/configmap-reload                     v0.1                b70d7dba98e6        17 months ago       4.78MB
ibmcom/mariadb                              10.1.16             3b5159f610ed        18 months ago       392MB
ibmcom/registry                             2                   8ff6a4aae657        19 months ago       172MB
ibmcom/pause                                3.0                 99e59f495ffa        20 months ago       747kB

Sadly, there's no command such as: -

docker rmi —all

or similar.

So I did this: -

docker rmi `docker images | awk '{print $3}'`

which is just as good :-)

And now we're back to normal

df -kmh

Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev            1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs           393M  6.2M  387M   2% /run
/dev/sda1        46G   13G   31G  30% /
tmpfs           2.0G  196K  2.0G   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs           5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs           2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           393M   52K  393M   1% /run/user/1000


Having moved the ICP tarball onto a different box ( NFS server ), I'm trying again ….

tar xf /mnt/ibm-cloud-private-x86_64-2.1.0.1.tar.gz -O | sudo docker load 

Monday 15 January 2018

ADML0004E: An exception occurred when attempting to expand variable ${IBMSCMX} com.ibm.wsspi.runtime.variable.UndefinedVariableException: Undefined variable IBMSCMX

Having installed BPM 8.6 CF2017-12, as part of my ongoing testing of IBM BPM 8.5.5 to 8.6 side-by-side upgrades, I started seeing: -
Continuing with unexpanded genericJvmArguments '-Xscmx120m -Xgcpolicy:gencon -Xjit:iprofilerMemoryConsumptionLimit=67108864 ${IBMSCMX} ${IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON} ${IBMJITPMC}'
ADML0004E: An exception occurred when attempting to expand variable ${IBMSCMX} com.ibm.wsspi.runtime.variable.UndefinedVariableException: Undefined variable IBMSCMX
ADML0004E: An exception occurred when attempting to expand variable ${IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON} com.ibm.wsspi.runtime.variable.UndefinedVariableException: Undefined variable IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON
ADML0004E: An exception occurred when attempting to expand variable ${IBMJITPMC} com.ibm.wsspi.runtime.variable.UndefinedVariableException: Undefined variable IBMJITPMC
This manifested itself whenever I ran a Java process such as startManager.sh or startNode.sh or DBUpgrade.sh
For the record, this is what I had installed: -
com.ibm.cic.agent_1.8.8000.20171130_1105
com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.6.201712.20171211_1726
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5012.20170627_1018
8.5.5.12-WS-WASND-IFPI82630_8.5.5012.20170718_1447
As part of my testing, I'm using the Deployment Environment exported from a BPM 8.5.5 environment as input into the 8.6 DE creation: -
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/BPMConfig.sh -create -de ~/BPM855DE/De1.properties
Interestingly, this was NOT a problem when I had the base 8.6 binary ( com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85_8.6.0.20170918_1207 ) installed.
In essence, the problem was that WAS was looking for three variables: -
IBMJITPMC
IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON
IBMSCMX
none of which existed within the WAS cell configuration.
I "cheated" by adding the following three lines to the resources.xml : -
vi /opt/ibm/WebSphereProfiles/Dmgr01/config/cells/PCCell1/nodes/Dmgr/variables.xml
vi /opt/ibm/WebSphereProfiles/Dmgr01/config/cells/PCCell1/nodes/Node1/variables.xml
appending: -
<entries xmi:id="VariableSubstitutionEntry_1515008456894" symbolicName="IBMJITPMC" value="-Xjit:iprofilerMemoryConsumptionLimit=67108864"/>
<entries xmi:id="VariableSubstitutionEntry_1515008456717" symbolicName="IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON" value="-Xgcpolicy:gencon"/>
<entries xmi:id="VariableSubstitutionEntry_1515008456476" symbolicName="IBMSCMX" value="-Xscmx120m"/>
in both cases.
However, that felt too much like a "hack" so I dug further.
Looking back at the De1.properties file that I'd generated from the 8.5.5 environment: -
/opt/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/BPMConfig.sh -export -profile Dmgr01 -de De1 -outputDir ~/BPM855DE
I noticed this: -
##################
# JVM properties #
##################
# Do not modify this value. If running on z/OS, the name of the process definition these settings are for. On non-z/OS platforms, this value should be empty.
bpm.dmgr.jvmSettings.1.name=
bpm.dmgr.jvmSettings.1.jvmArgs=${IBMSCMX} ${IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON} ${IBMJITPMC}
bpm.dmgr.jvmSettings.1.initialHeapSize=768
bpm.dmgr.jvmSettings.1.maximumHeapSize=2048
bpm.dmgr.jvmSettings.1.verboseModeGarbageCollection=false
##################
# JVM properties #
##################
# Do not modify this value. If running on z/OS, the name of the process definition these settings are for. On non-z/OS platforms, this value should be empty.
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.1.jvmSettings.1.name=
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.1.jvmSettings.1.jvmArgs=${IBMSCMX} ${IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON} ${IBMJITPMC}
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.1.jvmSettings.1.initialHeapSize=
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.1.jvmSettings.1.maximumHeapSize=
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.1.jvmSettings.1.verboseModeGarbageCollection=false
##################
# JVM properties #
##################
# Do not modify this value. If running on z/OS, the name of the process definition these settings are for. On non-z/OS platforms, this value should be empty.
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.2.jvmSettings.1.name=
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.2.jvmSettings.1.jvmArgs=${IBMSCMX} ${IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON} ${IBMJITPMC} -Dsun.net.http.allowRestrictedHeaders=true
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.2.jvmSettings.1.initialHeapSize=768
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.2.jvmSettings.1.maximumHeapSize=2048
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.2.jvmSettings.1.verboseModeGarbageCollection=false
##################
# JVM properties #
##################
# Do not modify this value. If running on z/OS, the name of the process definition these settings are for. On non-z/OS platforms, this value should be empty.
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.3.jvmSettings.1.name=
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.3.jvmSettings.1.jvmArgs=${IBMSCMX} ${IBMGCPOLICY_GENCON} ${IBMJITPMC}
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.3.jvmSettings.1.initialHeapSize=768
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.3.jvmSettings.1.maximumHeapSize=2048
bpm.de.node.1.clusterMember.3.jvmSettings.1.verboseModeGarbageCollection=false
In other words, the variables had been generated by the -export process.
For some reason, these didn't cause a problem for the September 2017 release of 8.6, BUT did cause a problem with the December 2017 release.
I'm not 100% sure why.
However, the mitigation was to remove the references in the De1.properties, and re-do the DE creation process.

*UPDATE* Having checked with a colleague in IBM, this is a known issue, which should be mitigated in the CF2018-03 Cumulative Fix. In the meantime, the circumvention is to manually amend the exported DE configuration, and remove references to the IBMSCMX, IBMGBPOLICY_GENCON and IBMJITPMC variables is the way to go.

If in doubt, please raise a PMR with IBM Support *UPDATE*

Thursday 4 January 2018

IBM BPM 8.6 - Performance Dashboard - Who Knew ?

So I've been tinkering with BPM 8.6 since it was first released in September.

And yet I've just discovered this: -

Performance > Performance Dashboard

View statistics (both real time and historical) that are relevant for BPM database performance and performance indicators that influence the performance of your BPM system. Get housekeeping tips for improving performance and generate wsadmin commands for snapshot cleanup. To get started, click Load Data.


within the Process Admin UI: -






etc.

which is AWESOME

Wednesday 3 January 2018

VMware - Driving it from the command-line

I blogged about this a while back: -

but I've rediscovered the VMware CLI.

On my Ubuntu box, I'm using VMrun: -

vmrun list

Total running VMs: 3
/home/hayd/vmware/icpboot/icpboot.vmx
/home/hayd/vmware/icpproxy/icpproxy.vmx
/home/hayd/vmware/icpworker/icpworker.vmx


and: -

vmrun suspend /home/hayd/vmware/icpproxy/icpproxy.vmx
vmrun suspend /home/hayd/vmware/icpworker/icpworker.vmx
vmrun suspend /home/hayd/vmware/icpboot/icpboot.vmx

and then on the Mac, I'm doing this: -

vmrun start "/Users/davidhay/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/BPM855.vmwarevm/BPM855.vmx"

and: -

vmrun stop "/Users/davidhay/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/BPM855.vmwarevm/BPM855.vmx"

and: -

vmrun clone "/Users/davidhay/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/BPM855.vmwarevm/BPM855.vmx" "/Users/davidhay/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/BPM86.vmwarevm/BPM86.vmx" full

and: -

vmrun start "/Users/davidhay/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/BPM86.vmwarevm/BPM86.vmx"

which is, as ever, always nice

Tuesday 2 January 2018

IBM DataPower Gateway on IBM Cloud Private - Can you say "Doofus" ?

Following my earlier post: -

I'm having MORE fun with the IBM DataPower Gateway (IDG) pattern on IBM Cloud Private (ICP).

Having finally managed to instantiate my container ( I had to drop the resources.requests.cpu and resources.requests.memory values down, as I'm running on a relatively small estate, with a single Worker node with 1 CPU and 8 GB RAM ) : -


I waited for the container to start ( there's quite a bit going on, including the bit where the Worker node has to pulled the IDG Docker image ).

Once it was running, I followed the guidance to get back the endpoint details: -

export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services davidhay-ibm-datapower-dev)
export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
echo https://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT


and hit the endpoint

and……

got the IBM website.

So I appeared to be proxying IBM.COM, which was somewhat worrying.

I cleaned my configuration, and tried again, and then saw this: -


Yes, you've guessed it, the default behaviour ( within the Helm chart ) is to act as a Web Application Proxy for …. IBM.COM :-)

There's even a clue: -


in the Helm chart.

So I deployed another Helm chart, to spin up a container instance of WebSphere Liberty Profile, deployed the Ferret app to it: -

docker ps -a|grep -i websphere-liberty

1a9a6536444e        websphere-liberty   "/opt/ibm/docker/doc…"   20 minutes ago      Up 20 minutes                           k8s_ibm-websphere-liberty_davehaywlp-ibm-websphere-689cfdbb6c-ffq75_default_a8e5ac8e-efdb-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0

docker exec -i -t 1a9a6536444e /bin/bash

docker cp ferret-1.2.war 1a9a6536444e://opt/ibm/wlp/usr/servers/defaultServer/dropins

docker logs 1a9a6536444e -f

[AUDIT   ] CWWKF0011I: The server defaultServer is ready to run a smarter planet.
[AUDIT   ] CWWKT0016I: Web application available (default_host): http://davehaywlp-ibm-websphere-689cfdbb6c-ffq75:9080/ferret/
[AUDIT   ] CWWKZ0001I: Application ferret-1.2 started in 1.448 seconds.


and confirmed that I could hit Ferret via the normal ICP proxy: -

https://192.168.1.200:31585/ferret/

and, finally, redeployed my DataPower container, but this time specifying the WLP URL: -


I used the same approach to get the proxied endpoint of the DataPower URL: -

export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services davehaywlp-ibm-websphere)
export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace default -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
echo https://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT



and was then able to hit the Ferret servlet, via the IDG Web Application Proxy: -


So I've got DataPower running as a Web Application Proxy against Liberty, which is nice :-)

Finally, for reference, if I understand it correctly, I've got four additional containers running on my Worker node: -

docker ps -a

CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
b46395546542        ibmcom/datapower    "/bin/drouter"           35 minutes ago      Up 35 minutes                           k8s_ibm-datapower-dev_davehayidg-ibm-datapower-dev-585554d78c-pzbcj_default_211ade0c-efe0-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
7a81a4f421ab        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 35 minutes ago      Up 35 minutes                           k8s_POD_davehayidg-ibm-datapower-dev-585554d78c-pzbcj_default_211ade0c-efe0-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
1a9a6536444e        websphere-liberty   "/opt/ibm/docker/doc…"   About an hour ago   Up About an hour                        k8s_ibm-websphere-liberty_davehaywlp-ibm-websphere-689cfdbb6c-ffq75_default_a8e5ac8e-efdb-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
0e8f9dbb49b9        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 About an hour ago   Up About an hour                        k8s_POD_davehaywlp-ibm-websphere-689cfdbb6c-ffq75_default_a8e5ac8e-efdb-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
a77aee47c7fb        bb4a6b774658        "/bin/node_exporter …"   3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_nodeexporter_monitoring-prometheus-nodeexporter-amd64-x5268_kube-system_ce4afa9c-ecc7-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
4494b0042b5d        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_POD_monitoring-prometheus-nodeexporter-amd64-x5268_kube-system_ce4afa9c-ecc7-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
4ef59603592a        56354bef6b82        "/bin/sh -c /startup…"   3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_metering-reader-amd64_metering-reader-amd64-qf472_kube-system_8697c507-ecc7-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
852b06a7a54c        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_POD_metering-reader-amd64-qf472_kube-system_8697c507-ecc7-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
261e111c20c2        af80995a4fcf        "filebeat -e"            3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_filebeat_filebeat-ds-amd64-x5bsp_kube-system_6e494fa5-ecc7-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
40767f0230db        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_POD_filebeat-ds-amd64-x5bsp_kube-system_6e494fa5-ecc7-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
fee15f1d965a        88ca805c8ddd        "/install-cni.sh"        3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_install-cni_calico-node-amd64-2d2hk_kube-system_95bdffaa-ecc6-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
2b89043639c3        7643422fdf0f        "start_runit"            3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_calico-node-amd64_calico-node-amd64-2d2hk_kube-system_95bdffaa-ecc6-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
2fbc29422aa7        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_POD_calico-node-amd64-2d2hk_kube-system_95bdffaa-ecc6-11e7-93d6-000c29651885_0
dac6368cc3f9        924aee0d6910        "/hyperkube proxy --…"   3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_proxy_k8s-proxy-192.168.1.201_kube-system_8312bd0a1d5cee59daf19f2df2bdf2fe_0
631f76b15478        ibmcom/pause:3.0    "/pause"                 3 days ago          Up 3 days                               k8s_POD_k8s-proxy-192.168.1.201_kube-system_8312bd0a1d5cee59daf19f2df2bdf2fe_0

via the two Helm releases: -




 



Visual Studio Code - Wow 🙀

Why did I not know that I can merely hit [cmd] [p]  to bring up a search box allowing me to search my project e.g. a repo cloned from GitHub...