Yesterday i found this tutorial on how to setup WebSphere IHS plugin with Liberty profile.
More information on Generating Plug-ins for Liberty Profile can be found here: Liberty Profile Plugin
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One of the tuning activities is to turn on GZIP compression for HTTP requests.
This tuning can save lots of network traffic and your page will load in a short time.
Just put the lines bellow on the httpd.conf and restart the server
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
#Only the specified MIME types will be compressed.
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atomcat+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/octet-stream
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xsl
# Ensures that images and executable binaries are not compressed
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|exe)$ no-gzip dont-vary
# Ensure that proxies do not deliver the wrong content
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
SetEnvIf Request_URI ^/acce(.*) no-gzip dont-vary
Last month i was nominated as IBM Champion for ICS 2017 and now IBM Champion for Cloud 2017 for the first time.
Thank you to everyone and IBM who nominated me. It’s an honor.
What is an IBM Champion?
“IBM Champions demonstrate both expertise in, and extraordinary support and advocacy for, IBM communities and solutions.”
System requirements
For information about hardware and software compatibility, see the following topics in the documentation:
Instructions
For step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring, see Configuring Verse on a Domino mail server in the Verse On-Premises documentation.
IBM Digital Experience V9.0 offerings provide integration with IBM Cognitive Engagement solutions
and enable hybrid cloud capability to deliver engaging multichannel experiences.
You can purchase an extra license (WebSphere Portal Version 9.0) to integrate WebSphere Portal with Watson Content Hub. The license gives you access to the Asset Picker portlet. Use the portlet to select assets (files, videos, and images) that are stored in the content hub and publish them on your site.
See the announcement letter here
Yesterday IBM announced the IBM 2017 Champions for Collaboration Solutions.
I wasn’t nominated in the past year for ICS but was for Middleware.
I would also like to thank everyone who nominated me for IBM Champion for ICS 2017.
I am honored and happy to return as IBM Champion for ICS
The complete list of IBM Champions for ICS 2017 is here
Bots is a high topic these days and i revisited this kind of application last week.
I created a Translation Bot based on this article from IBM.
This Sametime Bot get the text, send to IBM Watson Translation Service and return the translated text to the user.
public void textReceived(ImEvent e) {
String q = e.getText();
//here we connect to watson and get the translation
LanguageTranslation service = new LanguageTranslation();
service.setUsernameAndPassword("<username>","<password>");
service.setEndPoint("https://gateway.watsonplatform.net/language-translator/api");
List<IdentifiedLanguage> identifiedLanguages = service.identify(e.getText()).execute();
String lang = identifiedLanguages.get(0).getLanguage();
String idiomaPt = "pt";
String idiomaEn = "en";
String idiomait = "it";
if (lang.equals(idiomaPt) | lang.equals(idiomait)) {
TranslationResult result = service.translate(e.getText(),Language.PORTUGUESE,Language.ENGLISH).execute();
e.getIm().sendText(true, result.getFirstTranslation()+".");
} else if (lang.equals(idiomaEn)) {
TranslationResult result = service.translate(e.getText(),Language.ENGLISH,Language.PORTUGUESE).execute();
e.getIm().sendText(true, result.getFirstTranslation()+".");
} else {
e.getIm().sendText(true,"Não consigo traduzir.");
}
System.err.println("Message received from " + e.getIm().getPartner().getName());
}
To run the bot i export the project as an executable JAR and run it on my linux server using the script bellow:
#!/bin/sh
SERVICE_NAME=STBot
PATH_TO_JAR=/etc/init.d/STBotV02.jar
PID_PATH_NAME=/etc/init.d/Stbot-pid
case $1 in
start)
echo "Starting $SERVICE_NAME ..."
if [ ! -f $PID_PATH_NAME ]; then
nohup java -jar $PATH_TO_JAR /tmp 2>> /dev/null >> /dev/null &
echo $! > $PID_PATH_NAME
echo "$SERVICE_NAME started ..."
else
echo "$SERVICE_NAME is already running ..."
fi
;;
stop)
if [ -f $PID_PATH_NAME ]; then
PID=$(cat $PID_PATH_NAME);
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stoping ..."
kill $PID;
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stopped ..."
rm $PID_PATH_NAME
else
echo "$SERVICE_NAME is not running ..."
fi
;;
restart)
if [ -f $PID_PATH_NAME ]; then
PID=$(cat $PID_PATH_NAME);
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stopping ...";
kill $PID;
echo "$SERVICE_NAME stopped ...";
rm $PID_PATH_NAME
echo "$SERVICE_NAME starting ..."
nohup java -jar $PATH_TO_JAR /tmp 2>> /dev/null >> /dev/null &
echo $! > $PID_PATH_NAME
echo "$SERVICE_NAME started ..."
else
echo "$SERVICE_NAME is not running ..."
fi
;;
esac
The general procedure to create a new theme using webdav is:
1 – connect to http://<server>:<port>/wps/mycontenthandler/dav/themelist/
2 – Copy the original theme from IBM to your disk
3 – Modify some files and them upload the files to the file store.
My team and i used this general rule for several projects but recently this kind of procedure failed.
When we copy the files back to the file store we get a permission error at the folder metadata
I raise a PMR and the L3 support will change the documentation with the following:
“Hint: With some WebDAV clients it can happen that you get an error “You need permission to perform this action”.
In this case, you have to explicitly create the root folder of the new theme with the WebDAV client first.
The metadata folder and the metadata.properties file get created automatically with default content.
You can now open the newly created folder and copy the contents of your local folder into the remote folder thus replacing the
generated meta-data.”
Obs: Before i open the PMR i tried several webdav clients, including making a copy using finder on my mac. Every client get the same error.
Prepare the packages for installation
1 – Download the image CIQ7TEN from Passport Advantage this is the Debian install for IBM Notes 9.0.1 and also the FP7 from fix central
2 – Expand the downloaded file using tar -xvf command
3 – Open the package bm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb to be edited using the commands bellow
dpkg-deb -x ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb common
dpkg-deb --control ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb
4 – Edit the control file, inside of the folder DEBIAN and change the Pre-depends section :
Pre-Depends: gdb:i386 | gdb:amd64, coreutils:i386 | coreutils:amd64, unzip:i386 | unzip:amd64, bash:i386 | bash:amd64, procps:i386 | procps:amd64, grep:i386 | grep:amd64, sed:i386 | sed:amd64, libart-2.0-2:i386, libasound2:i386, libatk1.0-0:i386, libavahi-client3:i386, libavahi-common3:i386, libavahi-glib1:i386, libbonobo2-0:i386, libbonoboui2-0:i386, libc6:i386, libcairo2:i386, libcanberra0:i386, libcomerr2:i386, libcups2:i386, libdbus-1-3:i386, libdbus-glib-1-2:i386, libexpat1:i386, libffi6:i386, libfontconfig1:i386, libfreetype6:i386, libgail18:i386, libgcc1:i386, libgconf-2-4:i386, libgcrypt11:i386 | libgcrypt20:i386, libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386, libglib2.0-0:i386, libgnome2-0:i386, libgnomecanvas2-0:i386, libgnome-keyring0:i386, libgnomeui-0:i386, libgnomevfs2-0:i386, libgnutls26:i386 | libgnutls30:i386, libgpg-error0:i386, libgssapi-krb5-2:i386, libgtk2.0-0:i386, libhunspell-1.3-0:i386, libice6:i386, libjpeg62:i386, libk5crypto3:i386, libkeyutils1:i386, libkrb5-3:i386, libkrb5support0:i386, libltdl7:i386, libnspr4:i386, libnspr4-0d:i386, libnss3:i386, libnss3-1d:i386, libogg0:i386, liborbit2:i386, libp11-kit0:i386, libpam0g:i386, libpango1.0-0:i386, libpcre3:i386, libpixman-1-0:i386, libpng12-0:i386, libpopt0:i386, libselinux1:i386, libsm6:i386, libstdc++6:i386, libtasn1-3:i386 | libtasn1-4:i386 | libtasn1-5:i386 | libtasn1-6:i386, libtdb1:i386, libuuid1:i386, libvorbis0a:i386, libvorbisfile3:i386, libx11-6:i386, libxau6:i386, libxcb1:i386, libxcb-render0:i386, libxcb-shm0:i386, libxcomposite1:i386, libxcursor1:i386, libxdamage1:i386, libxdmcp6:i386, libxext6:i386, libxfixes3:i386, libxft2:i386, libxi6:i386, libxinerama1:i386, libxml2:i386, libxrandr2:i386, libxrender1:i386, libxss1:i386, libxt6:i386, libxtst6:i386, zlib1g:i386, unity-gtk2-module:i386, libcanberra-gtk-module:i386, libxss1:i386, gtk2-engines-murrine:i386, p11-kit-modules:i386, libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386, ttf-xfree86-nonfree:i386 | ttf-xfree86-nonfree:amd64, libz1:i386, libgconf2-4:i386, libxkbfile1:i386, libgnome-desktop-2 | libgnome-desktop-2-7 | libgnome-desktop-2-11 | libgnome-desktop-2-17 | libgnome-desktop-3-2 | libgnome-desktop-3-12, libidl-2-0:i386, libpangox-1.0-0:i386, libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386, libasound2-plugins:i386, libgail-common:i386, libatk-adaptor:i386, overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:i386 | overlay-scrollbar-gtk2:amd64
5 – Rebuild the package using the commands:
cp -a DEBIAN common
dpkg -b common ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb
6 – Delete the folders common and DEBIAN
7 – Open the Sametime package for edition:
dpkg-deb -x ibm-sametime-9.0.1.i586.deb common
dpkg-deb --control ibm-sametime-9.0.1.i586.deb
8 – Edit the control file, inside of the folder DEBIAN and change the Pre-depends section :
Pre-Depends: ibm-notes, alsa-base, alsa-utils:i386 | alsa-utils:amd64 , iproute:i386 | iproute2:i386 | iproute:amd64 | iproute2:amd64
9 – Rebuild the package using the commands:
cp -a DEBIAN common
dpkg -b common ibm-sametime-9.0.1.i586.deb
remove common and DEBIAN folders
10 – Optional – Brazilian Portuguese Language:
dpkg-deb -x ibm-notes-core-ptbr-9.0.1.i586.deb common
dpkg-deb --control ibm-notes-core-ptbr-9.0.1.i586.deb
Edit the file control inside the DEBIAN folder and remove the the following line:
Depends: ibm-notes-nl1 (= 9.0.1-20131022.1138)
Rebuild the package
cp -a DEBIAN common
dpkg -b common ibm-notes-core-ptbr-9.0.1.i586.deb
Remove common and DEBIAN folders.
Prepare Ubuntu to install IBM Notes 9.0.1 FP7
Install Synaptic. We need to install some packages
sudo apt-get install synaptic
Start Synaptic and go to Settings -> Repositories -> Other software
Add the following URI for the repository:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse
Close Synaptic. It will ask to reload the repositories and maybe you get the index reporitory error, you can ignore it.
run on terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libart-2.0-2:i386 libasound2:i386 libatk1.0-0:i386 libavahi-client3:i386 libavahi-common3:i386 libavahi-glib1:i386 libbonobo2-0:i386 libbonoboui2-0:i386 libc6:i386 libcairo2:i386 libcanberra0:i386 libcomerr2:i386 libcups2:i386 libdbus-1-3:i386 libdbus-glib-1-2:i386 libexpat1:i386 libffi6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 libfreetype6:i386 libgail18:i386 libgcc1:i386 libgconf-2-4:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0:i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libgnome2-0:i386 libgnomecanvas2-0:i386 libgnome-keyring0:i386 libgnomeui-0:i386 libgnomevfs2-0:i386 libgpg-error0:i386 libgssapi-krb5-2:i386 libgtk2.0-0:i386 libhunspell-1.3-0:i386 libice6:i386 libjpeg62:i386 libk5crypto3:i386 libkeyutils1:i386 libkrb5-3:i386 libkrb5support0:i386 libltdl7:i386 libnspr4:i386 libnspr4-0d:i386 libnss3:i386 libnss3-1d:i386 libogg0:i386 liborbit2:i386 libp11-kit0:i386 libpam0g:i386 libpango1.0-0:i386 libpcre3:i386 libpixman-1-0:i386 libpng12-0:i386 libpopt0:i386 libselinux1:i386 libsm6:i386 libstdc++6:i386 libtasn1-6:i386 libtdb1:i386 libuuid1:i386 libvorbis0a:i386 libvorbisfile3:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386 libxcb-render0:i386 libxcb-shm0:i386 libxcomposite1:i386 libxcursor1:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxft2:i386 libxi6:i386 libxinerama1:i386 libxml2:i386 libxrandr2:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxss1:i386 libxt6:i386 libxtst6:i386 zlib1g:i386 unity-gtk2-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libxss1:i386 gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 p11-kit-modules:i386 libp11-kit-gnome-keyring:i386 ttf-xfree86-nonfree gdb iproute2 libgconf2-4:i386 libxkbfile1:i386 lib32ncurses5 lib32z1 libidl-2-0:i386 libpangox-1.0-0:i386 libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 libasound2-plugins:i386 libgail-common:i386 overlay-scrollbar-gtk2 libgnome-desktop-3-12:i386 libatk-adaptor:i386 libgcrypt20:i386 libgnutls30:i386
Install IBM Notes 9.0.1
dpkg -i ibm-notes-9.0.1.i586.deb
dpkg -i ibm-sametime-9.0.1.i586.deb
For Brazilian Portuguese only:
dpkg -i ibm-notes-core-ptbr-9.0.1.i586.deb
After you install and configure the IBM Notes 9.0.1 close the client and install the FP7 using the command:
dpkg -i ibm_notes_fixpack-9.0.1.i586.deb
Many thanks to Felipe Paixão. He works hard to make this setup guide.
Barry and Uffe will review the latest updates on IBM Notes and Domino as well as IBM Verse On-premises and related Cloud solutions. They will discuss the future directions and support for IBM Notes and Domino and the deliverables over the next 12 to 18 months as IBM transitions to using Feature Packs for delivering future enhancements. Plus, Martin Donnelly will discuss IBM’s plans for XPages enhancements.
There will be time for questions and answers at the end of their presentation.
November 3rd – 10:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Eastern U.S. time. Register here