MySphere Posts

Published 09/09/2017

Staying logged in when switching URI – WebSphere Portal 8.5

If you migrated from Version 8.0.0.1, the default portal behavior was to log you out when you switched from a protected to unprotected URI. In Version 8.5, the default behavior is to keep you logged in. If you do not want to get logged out, you can enable the Version 8.5 default behavior.

Procedure

  1. Access the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console.
  2. Go to Resources > Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers.
  3. Click WP ConfigService.
  4. Click Custom Properties under the Additional Properties heading.
  5. Locate the logout.user.onpublic property and change the value to false.
  6. Click Apply.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Go to Security > Global security > Web and SIP security > General settings.
  9. Select Use available authentication data when an unprotected URI is accessed.
  10. Click Apply.
  11. Click Save.
  12. If you are using a stand-alone environment, restart the server. If you are using a cluster environment, synchronize the nodes, and then restart the servers.

WebSphere Portal

Published 09/09/2017

500 Free Online Programming & Computer Science Courses

Five years ago, universities like MIT and Stanford first opened up free online courses to the public. Today, more than 700 schools around the world have created thousands of free online courses.

See the list here

Uncategorized

Published 09/09/2017

Collecting data for ITDS: Performance Issues

The majority of general performance problems in ITDS can be attributed to the following two causes:

1) lack of regular DB2 maintenance

2) inefficient ldapsearch operations querying the server repeatedly

Before opening a Service Request for performance issues, please see the following technote and make sure that DB2 maintenance has been performed recently:

http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21263999

For more information read this technote

ldap

ldap performance

Published 08/09/2017

How to resolve synchronization issues after upgrading to IBM Traveler 9.0.1.18 (or higher)

IBM Traveler 9.0.1.18 enabled by default a feature that allows Traveler to “Run as a User” instead of as a server. This feature resolves several long standing issues with accessing the user’s data as the server ID.

The last point above may cause sync issues for mobile users. If the access controls are inadvertently set to values that restrict individual users, but do not restrict the Traveler server, then users that could sync when running as the Traveler server ID might not be able to sync when running as their user ID.

Note that the Traveler administrator can disable the Run as User feature by setting the notes.ini value NTS_USER_SESSION=false on all Traveler servers and restarting the servers. This may be a quick way of restoring sync capability to the few affected mobile users with restrictive access control settings. However, it is not recommended because it is a global setting, so all users will lose the benefits of Run as User when it is disabled.

Read the technote here

Domino TechNote

Published 04/09/2017

How to create a WordPress instance using docker-compose.

Docker containers are like magic.  You can create a wodpress instance in minutes.

Today i create a docker-compose.yml file for a WordPress inance.

Just create the file with the commands bellow and you will get a WordPress site.  You will not loose the customizations because they are saved on the host machine.

Create the folders /wp-content and wp-content/uploads  bellow the folder that contains docker-compose.yml. I test this instance only on my Mac for development.

version: ‘3’

services:
db:
image: mysql:5.7
volumes:
– db_data:/var/lib/mysql
restart: always
environment:
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
MYSQL_DATABASE: wordpress
MYSQL_USER: wordpress
MYSQL_PASSWORD: password

wordpress:
depends_on:
– db
image: wordpress:latest
volumes:
– ./wp-content/uploads:/var/www/html/wp-content/uploads
– ./wp-content:/var/www/html/wp-content
ports:
– “8000:80”
restart: always
environment:
WORDPRESS_DB_HOST: db:3306
WORDPRESS_DB_USER: wordpress
WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD: password
volumes:
db_data:

docker

Published 03/09/2017

Working with Dockerfiles on MS Visual Code

Yesterday i was working with some Dockerfiles and visual code tell about an externsion for Docker.

VS Code understands the structure of Dockerfiles and instructions

For more information go to this link

docker

Published 19/08/2017

Free book from Packt Publishing – Learning Docker

 

This is a good book from packt publishing.  Get your book here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

docker

Published 18/08/2017

Introducing IBM Digital Experience V9 Dockerfile build scripts

In the last month I was researching how to install WebSphere Portal 8.5 in a container (Docker). Due to my commitments couldn’t finish the installation.

Today I found an article that makes the installation WebSphere Portal 9 using a container.

See the full article here

Get the DockerFiles on github -> https://github.com/digexp/ci.docker.websphere-portal

docker WebSphere Portal

Published 16/08/2017

JSLint to validate JavaScript and JSON

In a world full of API’s and JSON this is a nice tool.

JSLint is a JavaScript program that looks for problems in JavaScript programs. It is a code quality tool.

web

Published 14/08/2017

Security Vulnerabilities in Apache FOP and Apache Batik affect IBM WebSphere Portal

XML external entity (XXE) security vulnerabilities in Apache FOP and Apache Batik affect IBM WebSphere Portal.

Apache FOP could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an XML external entity (XXE) error when processing XML data. By using a specially-crafted SVG file. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information or possibly cause a denial of service.

Read the security buletin here

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