When you define a role in a pattern type, you can associate to this role a number of operations you would like to launch once the pattern is deployed. These operations will be available from the ‘Manage’ panel under the operation tab. Continue reading
Did you know? An Eclipse Plugin exists for developing IWD/SCAS/PureApp pattern-type.
In the new PDK (version 1.0.3) there is a plugin that allows you to create new structure for plugin, OSGI Component, Node parts, parts and and roles… Continue reading
Pattern-type (Part 5): Scaling in/out based on your own monitoring collector with SmartCloud Application Services
From the Pattern-type (Part 4): Adding your own monitoring collector to a pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Services, we learned how to add a collector to a pattern-type in order to monitor the deployed services. It was a simple collector counting the number of files in a directory. What I propose in this article is to explain how to leverage this collector to add scaling in/out rules based on the metrics provided by this collector. Continue reading
Did you know? SmartCloud Application Services is now in pilot phase
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Pattern-type (Part 4): Adding your own monitoring collector to a pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Services
In the previous articles, I explained own to creates pattern-type for a single server, a master-slave and also how to add static scalability to a pattern-type. Now, if we want to have a dynamic scalability, a scalability which react on a monitoring feature, we have to be able to collect information from the server and this exactly what I will explain in this article. Continue reading
Pattern-type (Part 3): Adding Static scalability to a pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Services
In our ongoing journey on the pattern-type elaboration on the SmartCloud Application Services, I explained how to create a simple pattern-type, how to create a master-slave pattern-type, now I will show how to add a static scalability in the master-slave pattern-type. Of Course, this functionality also existing on the PureApplications and IWD. Continue reading
Pattern-type (Part 2): Create step-by-step a Master-Slave pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Workload Services
After having created the “Create step-by-step a simple pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Workload Services” article, I challenged myself to create a Master-Slave pattern-type. The main difference consist of creating a link between both servers from the Master to the Slave, and retrieve some information from the Slave (ie: IP address) to configure the Master. Continue reading
Pattern-type (Part 1): Create step-by-step a simple pattern-type with SmartCloud Application Workload Services
After reading this article ‘Create and customize virtual application patterns‘ and as being an IT Architect, my first question was ‘How difficult it is to create a pattern type?’. So, I started for my first pattern type ever with a very simple scenario ‘A standalone server’ and try to build a pattern type for it. I know this scenario is very simplistic but it helps to understand the different concepts behind the pattern-type. Other articles will follow with more complex scenarios. I recommend each beginner to start with such scenario as it will teach you the basic concepts, the deployment process, the troubleshooting possibility… Continue reading
Portability between IBM SmartCloud Application Services and other IBMPureSystems/IWD is a reality!
I will demonstrate in this video how to port a virtual application pattern created in IBM SmartCloud Application Services (currently in pilot) to the IBM PureApplication System or IBM Workload Deployer. Continue reading
How to integrate an existing database in a virtual application pattern.
I will demonstrate in this video how to integrate an existing database in a virtual application pattern using IBM SmartCloud Application Services, currently in pilot. This functionality is also available on the IBM PureApplication System. Continue reading