Helm is the package manager for Kubernetes. With Helm you can very easily deploy applications, tools and databases like MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Wordpress and Apache Spark into your own Kubernetes clusters. Below is a brief description how to use Helm for the IBM Cloud Container service. (more…)

Eclipse MicroProfile is an open source project to optimize Enterprise Java for microservices architectures. MicroProfile based applications can be deployed to Kubernetes. This article describes how to build microservices via the Microservice Builder and how to deploy them to Bluemix. (more…)

Eclipse MicroProfile is an open source project to optimize Enterprise Java for microservices architectures. MicroProfile based applications can be deployed to Kubernetes. This article describes how to deploy a sample application to IBM Cloud private. (more…)

Last month IBM announced the general availability of Watson Machine Learning which can be used by data scientists to create models and it can be used by developers to run predictions from their applications. Below is a simple sample walkthrough. (more…)

Last week I attended Hack.IAA, a hackathon with a focus on Artifical Intelligence and Car-2-X Communication organized by DigitalLife@Daimler. 60 students had 24 hours to come up with new business models and innovative solutions. IBM provided access to the IBM Cloud and Watson and helped participants with technical questions. I had great discussions with the students and enjoyed the event. (more…)

During my workouts I enjoy watching tech talks to learn about new technologies and trends. I've created a YouTube playlist with some of my favorite tech talks. (more…)

Cloud-native applications have a lot of advantages compared to monolithic architectures such as scalability and elasticity. Cloud-native platforms typically also provide services that developers can use without having to worry about infrastructure. These advantages are available in public clouds and now also in some private clouds which is important for companies with high data security and privacy requirements. (more…)

Recently I gave an one hour webinar to help developers to prepare for a hackathon related to IBM Watson IoT. I demonstrated Node-RED and coded live some sample flows. (more…)

The Bluemix Vulnerability Advisor checks the security status of container images before deployments as well as the status of running containers. For example it can detect weak passwords, whether SSH is installed or whether images have known vulnerabilities. (more…)

As a Bluemix developer you typically need to use several CLIs (command line interfaces). There is a specific CLI for Bluemix with multiple plugins to manage Bluemix applications and services. Additionally you can use third party CLIs like Docker, Kubernetes and Cloud Foundry against Bluemix. (more…)