IBM on Docker - My Next Thing

I'm looking at a new piece of discovery and self-development, so I'll be digging into Chef, Puppet, UrbanCode Deploy *AND* Docker 

So this will be required reading: -

WebSphere under Docker: from Development to Production

TL;DR You can now take your Docker images for WebSphere Application Server Full and Liberty Profile into production and get support. We've provided some resources to build production Liberty images and made them available on WASdev GitHub.

Integrate Docker in your IBM Operational Decision Manager environment

IBM® Operational Decision Manager (ODM) application developers who are new to Docker might consider adding Docker to their development process. This tutorial shows how to build a Docker image for an IBM ODM Rule Execution Server and Decision Center that run on a WebSphere Liberty server. You also learn how to run the Rule Execution Server and Decision Center in a container from the Docker image. This content is part of the IBM Business Process Management Journal.

Watch this space

Gah, updating Windows 7

I keep hitting this one.

I've just installed a "new" Windows 7 VM, and was getting annoyed with the lack of Windows Updates.

This nailed it for me: -

Installing and searching for updates is slow and high CPU usage occurs in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

which led me to this: -

Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB3102810)

Job's a good 'un

IBM Redbooks | Deliver Modern UI for IBM BPM with the Coach Framework and Other Approaches

The IBM® Coach Framework is a key component of IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) that enables custom user interfaces (UI) to be easily embedded within business process solutions. Developer tools enable process authors to rapidly create a compelling user experience that can be delivered to desktop and mobile devices. The IBM Process Portal used by business operations to access, execute and manage their tasks is entirely coach-based and can easily be configured and styled. The corporate look and feel can be defined using a graphical theme editor and applied consistently across all process applications. The process federation capability enables business users to access and execute all their tasks using a single UI without being aware of the implementation or origin. Learn how to embed coach-based UI in other web applications, develop BPM UI using alternative UI technology, and create mobile apps for off-line working.

This IBM Redbooks® publication focuses on the capabilities that Coach Framework delivers with IBM BPM version 8.5.7, but much of what is shared in these pages continues to be of value as IBM evolves coaches in the future. This book has been produced to help you fully benefit from the power of the Coach Framework.

Deliver Modern UI for IBM BPM with the Coach Framework and Other Approaches

IBM BPM Security Hardening - use a web server

This from my IBM colleague, Jens Engelke, is definitely worth reading, bookmarking AND following :-)

IBM BPM Security Hardening - use a web server

This post is part of the IBM BPM Security Hardening series.

The first rule of secure communications here is that no end user should ever reach a BPM application server directly. While earlier versions of IBM BPM required end users (at least developers using Process Designer) to access a BPM server via multiple protocols. There was HTTP traffic, EJB traffic and JMS traffic. This is no longer the case as of IBM BPM V8.5.0.1 and later. HTTPS is the only required protocol so all traffic can pass through a web server in a demilitarized zone – matching the first rule in the WebSphere Application Server hardening guide.

Active Directory Certificate Services - "The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline" - or the world's best error message

I saw this: -

Active Directory Certificate Services denied request 10 because The revocation function was unable to check revocation because the revocation server was offline. 0x80092013 (-2146885613).  The request was for CN=bpm856.uk.ibm.com, DC=uk, DC=ibm, DC=com.  Additional information: Error Constructing or Publishing Certificate

 earlier, whilst trying to issue a SSL certificate using AD Certificate Services: -

certreq -submit -attrib "CertificateTemplate:Webserver"  bpm856.uk.ibm.com_ihs.req bpm856.uk.ibm.com_ihs.cer

As ever, the solution was simple - I merely had to "turn it off and on again"

IBM Design Thinking - the Who/What/Wow factor

I was Slacking ( that's a verb now ! ) with a friend earlier about IBM Design Thinking, and referenced the Who/What/Wow

sourced from the IBM Design Thinking site, which is definitely worth a look-see.

Keyboard shortcuts in IBM Notes - revisited

Re-using one of my posts from 2008 !!

Control Key, Me Control - Anyone want a mouse ???

in case I ever forget …..

In IBM Notes on Mac OS X, press [cmd][shift][l] to bring up this: -

Note that the list is scrollable, and there's a fair few shortcuts there :-)