SOA Suite monitoring – Using Metric Extensions in Enterprise Manage Cloud Control by MichelSchildmeijer

As a follow up to my 2 minute Tech Tip taken by @BobRhubart about SOA Suite monitoring I’d like to give you some more context than that fuzzy performance of me during Oracle Open World 2016.

Monitoring your SOA Suite is a tough job because of the complexity of the environment. Usually Adminstrators stick to some CPU, memory, disk and basic WebLogic Monitoring, some have monitoring in place for some more advanced stuff such as JVM, JMS, JDBC, but when it comes to "Who monitors the Error Hospital on Business Faults?" or "Who is looking after SOA housekeeping?", than no one knows what i’m talking about.

And, in many cases, the necessary SOA Management pack hasn’t been licensed, or switched on to make use of all the nice features you can get out of this pack. This pack transforms your local Fusion Middleware Console into an EM dashboard, can monitor the Error Hospital, trace on Instance flows and even monitor the Dehydration Store Performance the SOA Suite repository. So, who needs the local Fusion Middleware Console(EM)?

Impression of the screens in Enterprise Manager Cloud Control

However, if you are not licensed to use the SOA Suite management pack, than you are not permitted to use al these nice features.

As I told in the video, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud control has a feature called metric extensions. These are extensions if collected metrics which are delivered in a certain pack are not sufficient enough or maybe are not there at all. I did some research for a customer who used the SOA Suite but had no management pack for it. Read the complete article here & watch the video here.

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A Docker image for the Oracle Integration Cloud (ICS) Execution Agent by Jeroen Ninck Blok

!! This Docker container is of early beta quality !!

This project provides the sources to build a Docker image for the Execution Agent of the Oracle Integration Cloud. The main setup file must be downloaded manually before the image can be build.

During the creation of the Docker image to the main setup file is executed and will download additional setup files. Because of this the build process will take quite some time.

The Docker image is based upon Oracle Linux 6.8 and will install sudo, tar and unzip. The software will run as user oracle, which can execute commands as user root through sudo without a password! Get the Docker image here. Want to try Container Cloud Service to deploy the Docker image?

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Cloud Adapter SDK by Jeroen Ninck Blok

Introduction

I visited the Oracle FMW Summercamp in Lissabon last year and I really wanted to build a Cloud Adapter using the Oracle Cloud Adapter SDK. During the Summercamp I already started, but after I ran into some errors I quit. Now I am starting again.

I want to build a Cloud Adapter for MongoDB. Perhaps Oracle or another party may also build one, but this is for my personal experience and after doing an e-learning and associate certification for MongoDB (which was really challenging!) I want to try it out for myself.

This is the first part of a small series of blogs regarding my effort and will cover the installation proces. Niall Commiskey already has a great blog post about installing the Cloud Adapters, however I ran into several problems so I decided to write a post of my own describing my installation steps. I will use Windows 10 and PowerShell (my favourite Windows shell!) for these blogs. All sources can be found on GitHub.

Parts:

• Part 1: Installation
• Part 2: Functionality
• Part 3: Building the wizard
• Part 4: Actually inserting documents

Just a small warning: Always keep track of Oracle license information and the Oracle certification matrix!

Installation

I already have JDeveloper SOA Suite 12.1.3 QuickStart installed without a developer domain. Now the following files need to be downloaden from Oracle:

• ofm_adapters_application_generic_12.1.3.0.0_disk1_1of2.zip
• ofm_adapters_application_generic_12.1.3.0.0_disk1_2of2.zip
• fmw_12.1.3.0.1_cloud_adapters_Disk1_1of1.zip

Read the complete article here.

The latest Cloud Adapter SDK training material and tooling is published at the Community Workspace here (membership required)

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Video: When to Use Oracle SOA Cloud Service by Robert van Mölken

Decisions, decisions. Can’t figure out whether to go with Oracle SOA Cloud Service or Integration Cloud Service? No worries! Oracle ACE Robert van Mölken helps you sort it out in this informative 2 Minute Tech Tip. Watch the video here.

Additional Resources

SOA Cloud Service in a Nutshell [Article]

Help! What Integration Solution is Best for Me?

Choosing the Right Integration PaaS | Robert van Mölken [Video]

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Can you deliver a useful technical tip in two minutes or less? Prove it! Contact bob.rhubart@oracle.com

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API Management – Why it matters! by Sven Bernhardt

Digital transformation is on its way and the industry is required to adopt new concepts and techniques, like the Internet of things (IoT), Cloud and Enterprise Mobility. As a matter of that, new business models arise, which need to be evaluated by companies to not lose market shares and stay in touch with the competitors.
Gartner’s vision of Bi-modal IT seems to become more and more the reality, which besides all chances, also brings a lot of challenges companies have to deal with. One essential topic for implementing the ideas of Bi-modal IT is API Management – at least from our point of view. In addition, it is also a key enabler to define a solid strategy, in order to meet the challenges with respect to digital transformation.

Get the presentation here.

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