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2017
DevOps: Using UrbanCode
Deploy to Migrate to
WebSphere Application
Server Version 9
Matthew Alexander
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3. Introduction to
UrbanCode Deploy
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4. IBM UrbanCode Deploy is a tool for automating application deployments through
your environments. It is designed to facilitate rapid feedback and continuous
delivery in agile development while providing the audit trails, versioning and
approvals needed in production.
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What is UrbanCode Deploy?

5. Multi-Tier Application Models Easy to use Process Designer
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Benefits of UrbanCode Deploy

6. Deploy to Public, Private,
and Hybrid Cloud
Inventory to Track What is
Where
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Benefits of UrbanCode Deploy

7. Quality Gates and Approvals Plugins & Integrations
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Benefits of UrbanCode Deploy

8. Using UrbanCode Deploy
with WebSphere
Application Server
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9. - Provides steps to assist with
installing WebSphere
- Includes an example
application showing a standard
installation of WAS Network
Deployment
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WAS Install Plug-in

10. - Manages WebSphere
configurations as code
- Allows versioning and
comparison of configuration
- Allows configurations to be
deployed across environments
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WAS Configure Plug-in

11. - Includes steps for deploying
application files
- Includes steps to perform
administrative tasks
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WAS Deploy Plug-in

12. The three plug-ins work in concert for continuous delivery
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Continuous Delivery

13. A Closer Look at the
WAS Configure Plug-in
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14. - Minimal history of configuration
changes
- Manual comparison of
configuration values across
environments
- Automated deployments may
require manual resources to
update configuration
- Application configuration
complexity outgrows human
ability to manage
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Challenges with Managing WAS Configurations

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WAS Configure Plugin – High Level Flow
Artifact Library
Application
EAREAR
WARWAR
DBDB
WAS
Config
Templates
Exemplar
WAS Cell
Plugin
Import
configuration
WAS Configuration Template Creation
+ Templates
Assembled
PROD
QA
DEV
Deploy and promote application and
configuration across environments
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16. - JSON format
- May be managed as component version artifacts in UrbanCode Deploy
- May be managed at different scopes (Cell, Node, Server, Cluster)
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Configuration Data

17. - One time process to create
baseline configuration
- Steps are provided to assist in
creating templates
- Sample processes are provided
to create templates and
components
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Template Creation

18. - Is executed against an existing
WebSphere environment
- Retrieves configuration from
WebSphere
- Stores the configuration data in
one JSON file
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Configuration Discovery Step

19. - Takes a configuration data file
and splits it into multiple data
files representing different
WebSphere scopes
- Configuration files will be
created for the Cell, Nodes,
Servers, and Clusters
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Extract Configuration Data Step

20. - Replaces environment specific
values in the configuration data
with tokens
- Steps exist to templatize Cell,
Node, Server, and Cluster
configuration data
- Users have the option to
replace additional values with
tokens
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Templatize Configuration Data Steps

21. - Tokenization allows configuration data to be environment independent
- Tokens are replaced with specified values before applying configuration data
- Additional values may be tokenized
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Templatized Configuration Data

22. - Create Configuration Snippet
step extracts entries from
configuration data
- Allows for access control to
who may change which
configuration
- Snippets may be templatized
further
- Snippets may be merged with
base configuration files at apply
time
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Breaking Down Configuration Data Further

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Configuration Data as Component Artifacts

24. - The Resource Tree inside
UrbanCode Deploy shows a
representation of your WAS
topology
- UrbanCode Deploy is able to
discover and display the
topology
- Components are added to the
resource tree under the
resources they manage
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Resource Tree

25. Different versions of components may be applied to different environments
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Deploying Components

26. - Versions of configuration data
may be compared to discover
differences
- Configuration data may be
compared to the actual
configuration on WebSphere, to
detect configuration drift
- Automated processes may be
created to alert users of
configuration drift
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Comparing Configurations

27. Challenge: Migrating
Configuraitons Across
WAS Versions Using
UrbanCode Deploy
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28. - Needed to migrate from WAS 7
to WAS 8.5.5
- Stopping WebSphere was not
acceptable
- Struggled for over a year to
complete the migration
- Desired to use UrbanCode
Deploy as a migration tool
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An IBM Client’s Challenge

29. Migrate Files
(resource adapters,
certificates)
Install UCD Agents and
Discover WebSphere
Topologies
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Approach

30. Discover Configuration Data
from Source, Templatize,
Create Components
Add Components to
Resource Tree
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Approach

31. Create and Set up an
UrbanCode Deploy
Application
Deploy the Configuration
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Approach

32. - The client was able to
successfully migrate their WAS
configuration using UrbanCode
Deploy
- The client then proceeded to
migrate applications
- The client will continue to use
UrbanCode Deploy to manage
WebSphere
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Result

33. - Files, such as resource adapter
.rar files, must be installed on
the target environment
- Configuration data may contain
file system paths which differ
across environments
- The User Defined Tokenization
field of the templatize steps
may be used to update values
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Considerations

34. Why Use UrbanCode
Deploy to Migrate WAS
Versions?
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35. - Keep your current WAS
environment running
- Perform migration in a timely
manner
- After migration, may continue
using UrbanCode Deploy to
manage WAS in a DevOps
scenario
- If performing migration using
WAS tools, may still use
UrbanCode Deploy to compare
before/after configuration
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Benefits

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Where does UrbanCode Deploy fit in?

37. Move to the Cloud
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38. The migration approach may be
used to move to the cloud
- Capture Configuration Data
- Install WAS on the Cloud
- Apply Configuration Data
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Lift and Shift to the Cloud

39. Resources
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40. - WAS Install:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/plugin/websphere-
application-server-install/
- WAS Configure:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/plugin/websphere-
application-server-configure/
- WAS Deploy:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/plugin/websphere-
application-server-deployment/
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UrbanCode Deploy WAS Plug-ins

41. - Migration Documentation:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/docs/migrating-websphere-
application-server-versions-ibm-
urbancode-deploy-2/
- Example Processes:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/plugindoc/ibmucd/ibm-
configure/1-2/example-
processes/
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WAS Configure Plug-in

42. - Webinar:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/docs/may-17-webinar-
deploying-to-and-configuring-
websphere-application-server-
with-urbancode-deploy/
- Usage:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/plugindoc/ibmucd/ibm-
configure/1-2/usage/
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WAS Configure Plug-in

43. - DeveloperWorks: http://www-
03.ibm.com/software/products/en
/ucdep
- UrbanCode’s WebSphere
microsite:
https://developer.ibm.com/urbanc
ode/products/urbancode-
deploy/features/managing-ibm-
websphere-application-server/
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UrbanCode

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