Friday, August 25, 2023

Modifying the Netcool Remedy 8 gateway for use with Java JDK 8

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𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 The Netcool Gateway for Remedy 8 version 1.3 was originally written for Java 6, which used the Rhino JavaScript engine....
Friday, August 18, 2023

Updating the bundled Java SDK 8 in WebSphere 8.5.5.x

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There are a couple different ways to install Java with WebSphere. The most common way is to simply use the bundled Java SDK. Even with this,...
Thursday, August 17, 2023

Upgrading from IBM Installation Manager 1.8.x to 1.9.x

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This is a little tricky because both the documentation and the error message you receive when you try to follow the document...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Securing the Netcool EWS Probe

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Background The Netcool Probe for Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS Probe) documentation leads you to create the probe with a very large s...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Configuring the Prometheus JSON Exporter to Parse a JSON Array

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 Background The Prometheus JSON Exporter  allows you to parse arbitrary JSON data into Prometheus metrics. You'll even find some example...
Monday, April 10, 2023

I bet you don't fully understand the power of a CI/CD pipeline

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If your team is delivering something digital, you MUST use a CI/CD pipeline.  I'm sure you've heard of CI/CD (Continuous Integration...
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Sending Kibana (free/open source) Alerts via Webhook Using Fluent-Bit (free)

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Background This is a case where we helped a customer save quite a bit of money by using software they already owned rather than paying a lar...