IBM WebSphere Family on Azure

Microsoft and IBM have partnered to deliver a robust set of solutions to enable the WebSphere product family on Azure. This includes offers targeting Liberty on OpenShift, Liberty on vanilla Kubernetes and traditional WebSphere on virtual machines. This session is a deep dive into these solutions.

The session includes a small but representative demo using Liberty, Docker, Kubernetes, Java /Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, Azure, and some services on the cloud such as database, directory server, and cache.

We will also discuss the longer-term roadmap for WebSphere on Azure.

Transcript

1. IBM WebSphere Family on Azure Reza Rahman Principal Program Manager Java on Azure
2. Agenda 1. WebSphere Product Family on Azure 2. WebSphere Traditional on VMs 3. WebSphere Liberty on AKS 4. WebSphere Liberty on ARO 5. Roadmap
3. © Microsoft Corporation WebSphere Product Family The WebSphere product family runs some of the most mission-critical workloads in the world Full stack Java standards support, database access, security, messaging, clustering, caching, monitoring, logging, administration, tuning WebSphere traditional has well established market penetration in the enterprise WebSphere Liberty next generation cloud native Java runtime from IBM Open Liberty open-source upstream project for WebSphere Liberty Cost-effective IBM support available for Open Liberty Liberty lightweight, modular, highly performant and Kubernetes enabled In addition to Java EE, Liberty supports modern cloud native Java standards such as Jakarta EE, MicroProfile, NoSQL, gRPC IBM Transformation Advisor aids migration from WebSphere traditional to Liberty
4. © Microsoft Corporation Stability and Modernization Mature Technologies Containers/Kubernetes Lightweight/Performant Latest Technologies WebSphere Liberty Modernization Cloud-Native Stability Support Transformation Advisor
5. © Microsoft Corporation WebSphere Product Family on Azure IBM and Microsoft have a robust partnership around the WebSphere product family on Azure Marketplace solutions, VM images, and guidance Open/WebSphere Liberty on ARO/AKS WebSphere traditional on VMs Bring-Your-Own-License Comprehensive offerings, joint roadmap and long-term, multi-year collaboration
6. IBM and Microsoft “The IBM and Microsoft partnership is critical to delivering the capabilities our WebSphere and Liberty customers need as they seek to digitally transform their businesses. The Azure Marketplace offers delivered through this collaboration enable enterprises to rapidly deliver new innovative cloud-native applications on Liberty and lift ‘n’ shift their existing traditional WebSphere and Liberty applications to the cloud. IBM’s mission is to support WebSphere and Liberty customers on their cloud of choice and these offers take away all the heavy-lifting of provisioning best practice environments meaning customers can focus on delivering the applications in support of their business.” - Shane O’Rourke, Program Director, WebSphere/Liberty, Application Modernization and Java, IBM
7. © Microsoft Corporation WebSphere Traditional on VMs Robust, up-to-date Azure Marketplace solutions for WebSphere traditional on Azure Virtual Machines Red Hat Linux, IBM J9, WebSphere traditional Jointly published, maintained and supported by Microsoft and IBM Solutions automate operations such as provisioning virtual networks/storage, installing Linux/Java resources, setting up WebSphere traditional and configuring security with a network security group Easily deploy highly available, fully functional WebSphere Network Deployment cluster with Console enabled and load balancing via IBM HTTP Server or Azure App Gateway Easily deploy single working WebSphere Base instance with Console enabled Eases key database integrations such as IBM Db2, Azure SQL, and Oracle Bring-Your-Own-License, trial license supported to facilitate evaluation
8. © Microsoft Corporation WebSphere Traditional on VMs Architecture
9. © Microsoft Corporation
10. © Microsoft Corporation WebSphere Liberty on AKS WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty certified by IBM and Microsoft to run well on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) via Liberty Operators Azure Marketplace solution for Liberty on AKS Jointly published, maintained and supported by Microsoft and IBM Solution automates operations such as provisioning an AKS cluster, Azure Container Registry (ACR), Application Gateway Ingress Controller (AGIC), Liberty Operators, initial deployed image, sample application New or existing AKS cluster, ACR instance Enables key integrations such as Azure SQL, IBM Db2, Oracle DB, Azure Redis, Azure Active Directory Bring-Your-Own-License, trial license, open-source license Manual step-by-step getting started guide available as an alternative to solution template
11. © Microsoft Corporation Liberty on AKS Architecture
12. © Microsoft Corporation Liberty on AKS Demo
13. © Microsoft Corporation WebSphere Liberty on ARO WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty certified by IBM and Microsoft to run well on Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) via Liberty Operators Azure Marketplace solution for Liberty on ARO Jointly published, maintained and supported by Microsoft and IBM Solution automates operations such as provisioning a virtual network, ARO cluster, Liberty Operators, secure namespace, initial deployed image, sample application New or existing ARO cluster Enables key integrations such as Azure SQL, IBM Db2, Oracle DB, Azure Redis, Azure Active Directory Bring-Your-Own-License, trial license, open-source license Manual step-by-step getting started guide available as an alternative to solution template
14. © Microsoft Corporation Liberty on ARO Architecture
15. © Microsoft Corporation Liberty on ARO Demo
16. Title Description Priority Release Liberty and Azure Redis How-to guide for using Azure Redis as the session cache for Liberty. Medium Q3 2024 Liberty and Entra ID via OpenID Connect How-to guide for integrating Entra ID with WebSphere/Open Liberty via OpenID Connect. Medium Q3 2024 WebSphere on Azure Roadmap
17. © Microsoft Corporation Summary Robust solutions available for Liberty on AKS, Liberty on ARO and WebSphere traditional on VMs Jointly developed and supported by IBM and Microsoft Robust roadmap, your input and feedback welcome During active development, engineering team will provide direct migration assistance to selected customers Please engage us! https://aka.ms/migration-survey
18. Microsoft Confidential – For Internal Use Only © Microsoft Corporation Resources WebSphere Product Family on Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/java/ee/websphere- family Open/WebSphere Liberty on ARO https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa- ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-aiops.20210823-liberty-aro Open/WebSphere Liberty on AKS https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa- ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-aiops.20210924-liberty-aks WebSphere Traditional on VMs https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/ibm-usa- ny-armonk-hq-6275750-ibmcloud-aiops.2021-04-08-twas-cluster
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