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IBM Cloud Private has been supporting the VMWare vSphere Storage provider since version 2.1.0.0. Instructions on how to install IBM Cloud Private with this can be found here in the Knowledge Center. We recently found though that the vSphere Storage Provider from VMWare has a major limitation: it only supports ReadWriteOnce Persistent Volumes. This is fine if you runContinue reading “IBM Cloud Private with vSphere Storage Provider only supports ReadWriteOnce”

While working with a client recently, we found that using the IBM Continuous Delivery service in IBM Cloud has a dependency on https://github.ibm.com/. This Git Hub Enterprise repository is hosted by IBM on the public internet, and is sometimes also referred to as one of the Whitewater services. When running a pipeline job in the Continuous Delivery (CD)Continue reading “IBM Continuous Delivery service has dependency on github.ibm.com”

I do not often elaborate on IBM announcements here on this blog. However a few weeks ago, the IBM Cloud team shared some significant news through this  blog post of the IBM Cloud computing blog. IBM Fellow Jason McGee announced the availability of a managed Kubernetes cluster on bare metal servers in IBM Cloud data centers. This is an enhancement of the IBMContinue reading “IBM introduces managed service for Kubernetes on bare metal servers”

Last week IBM held a conference called Index in San Francisco. This was the first time for this conference, which is squarely aimed at developers. Topics included: AI, Machine Learning & Analytics Next Gen Wed, Mobile & IoT Cloud, Containers & Infrastructure Exploring Blockchain Technologies Real-life Production deployments Go over to the Index conference web site here toContinue reading “First IBM Index conference held in San Francisco”

Just a gentle reminder for users of IBM Cloud offerings. From 1 March 2018 (this Thursday), support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 will be withdrawn in IBM Cloud. You can find more details regarding the exact services involved here. Originally posted on IBM Developer blog “IBM Cloud Best Practices from the Field” by Hendrik vanContinue reading “Withdrawal of support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 in IBM Cloud”

Over the years, myself and some colleagues have been sharing our experience and expertise with PureApplication and Patterns on this developerWorks blog. More recently I found myself working with a number of other IBM Cloud offerings, and felt a strong desire to share my experience with both IBMers and clients. This blog will be a collection ofContinue reading “Welcome to this blog!”