Category: Application Development

  • Things to Know in July 2024

    Here are some things around IBM Power Systems and Red Hat OpenShift you should know about: Newly Supported Open Source Containers on IBM Power The IBM Power team has updated the list of containers they build with support for ppc64le. The list is kept at https://community.ibm.com/community/user/powerdeveloper/blogs/priya-seth/2023/04/05/open-source-containers-for-power-in-icr The updates are: system-logger v1.19.0 podman pull icr.io/ppc64le-oss/system-logger-ppc64le:v1.14.0 July…

  • Crane has new features for container experts

  • End of April Information 2024

    The new information for the end of April is: The IBM Linux on Power team released more images to their IBM Container Registry (ICR) here are the new ones: milvus v2.3.3 docker pull icr.io/ppc64le-oss/milvus-ppc64le:v2.3.3 April 2, 2024 rust 1.66.1 docker pull icr.io/ppc64le-oss/rust-ppc64le:1.66.1 April 2, 2024 opensearch 2.12.0 docker pull icr.io/ppc64le-oss/opensearch-ppc64le:2.12.0 April 16, 2024 https://community.ibm.com/community/user/powerdeveloper/blogs/priya-seth/2023/04/05/open-source-containers-for-power-in-icr

  • April 2024 Updates

    Here are some updates for April 2024. FYI: I was made aware of kubernetes-sigs/kube-scheduler-simulator and the release simulator/v0.2.0. That’s why we are developing a simulator for kube-scheduler — you can try out the behavior of the scheduler while checking which plugin made what decision for which Node. https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kube-scheduler-simulator/tree/simulator/v0.2.0 Added a new fix for imagestream set…

  • Replay: Getting started with Multi-Arch Compute workloads with your Red Hat OpenShift cluster

    I presented on: The Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform runs on IBM Power systems, offering a secure and reliable foundation for modernizing applications and running containerized workloads. Multi-Arch Compute for OpenShift Container Platform lets you use a pair of compute architectures, such as ppc64le and amd64, within a single cluster. This exciting feature opens new…

  • Multi-Architecture Compute: Managing User Provisioned Infrastructure Load Balancers with Post-Installation workers

    From https://community.ibm.com/community/user/powerdeveloper/blogs/paul-bastide/2024/03/21/multi-architecture-compute-managing-user-provision?CommunityKey=daf9dca2-95e4-4b2c-8722-03cd2275ab63 Multi-Arch Compute for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Power systems lets one use a pair of compute architectures, such as, ppc64le and amd64, within a single cluster. This feature opens new possibilities for versatility and optimization for composite solutions that span multiple architectures. The cluster owner is able to add an…

  • March 2024 – Let the coolness begin

    Here are some incredible updates/links I ran across. How to Setup a Rust Project to Leverage MMA Optimizations on IBM Power10 Systems This post teaches you how to setup a Rust project with MMA optimizations on IBM Power10 systems using rocketce and shows a simple howto. https://community.ibm.com/community/user/powerdeveloper/blogs/daniel-schenker/2024/03/07/how-to-setup-a-rust-project-to-leverage-mma-optimi OpenShift: Add Intel Worker to Power Control Plane…

  • February 2024 Updates

    Here are some updates for February 2024 Open Source Container images for Power now available in IBM Container Registry The Power team has added a new image: envoy 1.29.0 podman pull icr.io/ppc64le-oss/envoy-ppc64le:1.29.0 Feb 7, 2024 https://community.ibm.com/community/user/powerdeveloper/blogs/priya-seth/2023/04/05/open-source-containers-for-power-in-icr Kube-burner is a Kubernetes performance and scale test orchestration toolset. It provides multi-faceted functionality, the most important of which…

  • kube ns delete stuck in terminating

    Per https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/cloud-private/3.2.0?topic=console-namespace-is-stuck-in-terminating-state, you can delete the Namespace stuck in the Terminating Phase. Recipe 1. Grab the namespace json 2. Edit tmp.json to remove the finalizer 3. Start the proxy 4. Delete the namespace

  • Setting up an IBM PowerVS Workspace to a IBM Cloud VPC

    As part of the Red Hat OpenShift Multi-Arch Compute effort, I’ve been working on Power and Intel Compute architecture pairs: This article helps setup an IBM Cloud VPC with IBM Power Virtual Server, you can follow this recipe: You now have a VPC and a Power Workspace connected. The next step is to setup the Security Groups to…