Open Liberty Override Configuration

Open Liberty can be easily configured using the server.xml file in it’s config directory. If you’re running your servers in…

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Configuring Open Liberty Datasources via Kubernetes Secrets

In Open Liberty, configuration of datasource credentials is typically done in the server.xml file. If we use containers and container…

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Zero-Downtime Rolling Updates With Istio

The first part of this article series explained how to achieve real zero-downtime updates in Kubernetes clusters. We specifically tackled…

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Zero-Downtime Rolling Updates With Kubernetes

The software world moves faster than ever. In order to stay competitive, new software versions need to be rolled out…

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Instrumenting Porcupine With Prometheus & Grafana

Adam Bien’s Porcupine library makes it easy to configure dedicated executor services that act as application bulkheads. I’ve created an…

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JSON-B Asymmetrical Property Binding

The JSON-B specification defines binding annotations such as @JsonbProperty or @JsonbTransient to declaratively map Java objects to JSON, and back.…

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Istio’s Networking API Explained

Istio version 1.0 comes with a networking API that comprises a lot of features and covers a variety of scenarios.…

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MicroProfile’s Role in the Age of Jakarta EE

Since it’s creation, MicroProfile has gained a lot of traction and produced a variety of specifications. Originally, it was created…

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Git commit fixup and autosquash

Git commit fixup and autosquash are helpful features when you want to “fix” changes from a single commit in your…

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