Let’s install SQL Server in a free Kubernetes cluster on IBM Cloud. Kubernetes installation Installing Kubernetes on IBM Cloud is free. Simply search for Kubernetes, select the Kubernetes service or use this link), and create a free cluster in the desired resource group. After 5-10 minutes, the cluster should be created. To test the connection to the cluster, select the Kubernetes cluster and then click Actions > Connect via CLI. The command we are looking for is the second one. ...

Last week I was toying with IBM Cloud tranzient servers, and got to setting a webhook url to be notified if the server needs to be reclaimed. In case the name doesn’t tells you anything, Transient Virtual Servers is the IBM Cloud equivalent to AWS Spot Instances. Creating a tranzient servers is easy enough trhough IBM Cloud portal, setting the webhook URL is not. It’s available only through API here In order to use SoftLayer, we need to generate a key. ...

In this article, we continue the trend from the previous article here and we will explore a few ways of creating a Docker image for a Quarkus app. Minimal install docker file Now with Quarkus, there are two ways of compiling a application: the normal java way and the native way. Quarkus native images and Java application packages have some significant differences. Java application packages contain a compiled bytecode that requires the JVM to run, while Quarkus native images are pre-compiled and optimized for a specific platform (in this example Linux), resulting in a smaller size and faster startup time. ...

Deploying a Java SpringBoot application to Docker and Kubernetes involves building a container image that bundles the application with its dependencies and environment. There are two methods of building a container image: Spring Cloud Native Buildpacks and Dockerfile. Dockerfile Dockerfile is the oldest and most common way to build container images. It is a text file that contains a series of instructions to compile the source code and assemble the layers of a container image. Dockerfile gives you full control and flexibility over how your image is built, but it also comes with some drawbacks. ...

The Challenge: Using a config.yml Parameter in a JavaScript File Lately, I found myself in a predicament. I wanted to use a config.yml parameter in a JavaScript file, and apparently, it’s not that easy since most .js files are static as far as Hugo is concerned. Why would you like to do that? Well, let’s say you have a separate JavaScript file for Google Analytics that needs to be loaded at page start/end, but you don’t want to hardcode the Google Analytics ID. ...

The easy way of Proclib concatenation in z/OS is to use the command $dproclib in master console (or in SDSF prefixed with /). The response is something like this for ADCD: RESPONSE=S0W1 $HASP319 PROCLIB(PROC00) $HASP319 PROCLIB(PROC00) STATIC LIBRARY, $HASP319 DD(1)=(DSNAME=USER.Z24C.PROCLIB, $HASP319 VOLSER=C4CFG1,UNIT=SYSALLDA), $HASP319 DD(2)=(DSNAME=FEU.Z24C.PROCLIB, $HASP319 VOLSER=C4CFG1,UNIT=SYSALLDA), $HASP319 DD(3)=(DSNAME=ADCD.Z24C.PROCLIB, $HASP319 VOLSER=C4SYS1,UNIT=SYSALLDA), $HASP319 DD(4)=(DSNAME=SYS1.PROCLIB, $HASP319 VOLSER=C4RES1,UNIT=SYSALLDA) Documentation and links Display a PROCLIB concatenation - https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.3.0?topic=section-d-proclibxxxxxxxx-display-proclib-concatenation

This is the first part of a series of blog posts about embedding ReactJS front-end app with Go REST API back-end. Let’s start first by creating a REST API in GO and Gin - a web framework for APIs written in GO. Requirements To get started, you need to install Go and Gin on your machine. You can follow the official instructions for installing Go here: https://golang.org/doc/install. REST API Implementation First, let’s initialize the application module with: ...

In the previous articles here I used IBM Cloud Code Engine do deploy a Quarkus REST web service, but on Java 11. Now it’s the time to use Java 17. First, let’s update pom.xml to Java 17: <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source> <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target> Then create a new file in the root of the project with the name .buildenv and set the content: BP_JVM_VERSION=17 There are more variables to be set in the documentation. Then, commit, push the change to GIT, and rebuild the image and deploy it to IBM Cloud. ...

Let’s say that the build proccess is successfull, but the deploy is not. As a result, the IBM Cloud portal is not very helpfull. The error is Revision failed You may wonder why ? Well, the IBM Cloud portal is not all that helpful in this regard. In order to investigate, you need to install and configure IBM Cloud console - or use the one from IBM Cloud portal. ...

This is a guide about deploying a Quarkus REST service in IBM Cloud Code Engine Create a simple Quarkus REST service First we create a sample Quarkus maven project : mvn io.quarkus.platform:quarkus-maven-plugin:2.15.3.Final:create \ -DprojectGroupId=org.acme \ -DprojectArtifactId=rest-json-quickstart \ -Dextensions='resteasy-reactive-jackson' \ -DnoCode cd rest-json-quickstart First, let’s create a Fruit domain model : package org.acme.rest.json; public class Fruit { public String name; public String description; public Fruit() { } public Fruit(String name, String description) { this.name = name; this.description = description; } } Next, let’s create the REST API for it: ...