Session from May 19, 2020 IBM User Group Days Many enterprise customers are starting to move applications and workloads to public cloud like AWS or Azure. This is becoming more prevalent for both new and existing FileNet customers. Deploying FileNet Content Services in public cloud requires different architecture, technology (like Docker containers & Kubernetes / OpenShift), and knowledge in order to meet security, compliance, performance, non-functional requirements (NFR) and other internal requirements. In this session, you will learn the best practices and lessons learned for deploying and/or migrating FileNet to public cloud using containers to meet your company's public cloud security and process requirements. Video on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVgRo4Xfs2pT_FiOCla1jtA

1. Best Practices and Lessons
Learned for IBM FileNet in
the Cloud
Speaker: Tilo Sönnichsen, VersaFile
Virtual User Group Days 2020
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email: tilos@versafile.com
IBM Subject Matter Expert:
Kevin Trinh (via Chat)

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Agenda
Moving your FileNet workload to public or private cloud?
Planning on using containers?
If YES, you are in the right session.
Today, we will focus on best practices and lessons we
learned from the field for deploying and/or migrating
FileNet to cloud using containers.
Part One
Why FileNet Containers
Containers Vs Traditional
Deployment Options
Part Two
Customer Story
Containers Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Cloud Best Practices & Lessons Learned
Part Three
Q&A
Wrap Up
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Creating Value from Content
Continuous Delivery (CD) support model
▪ Fixes for latest 2 updates (5.5.x)
▪ IBM Release new update ~ every 6m
Simple and fast deployment, upgrade, rollback, scale
Easy to move on premise or cloud or mix
Important:
• Certain components not yet containerized (e.g. Datacap, IBM Content
Collector, Business Automation Workflow, …)
Why FileNet Containers

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Creating Value from Content
Containerized
• Container Orchestration
• CNCF certified Kubernetes [k8s]
• Red Hat OpenShift (OCP)
• LDAP: AD and others
• DB: Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, (soon PostgreSQL)
FileNet Deployment Options: Containers vs Traditional
Containerized Traditional
(non-containerized)
Traditional (non-containerized)
• OS: Win, Linux, AIX
• App Server: WebSphere (WAS), WebLogic (WL)
• LDAP: AD and others
• DB: Oracle, DB2, MS SQL
• Various automation options (e.g. Puppet, script)

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Creating Value from Content
Deploy via
• Helm or YAML config files (no longer supported)
• Operators
Example: IBM FileNet Content Platform Engine (CPE) Container contains:
• Container ~ 700 MB (include 250 MB CPE ear file)
• Red Hat Universal base image [UBI]
• WebSphere Liberty (WLP) & IBM Java Runtime (JRE)
Limitations / Support
• Connection Method: WSI (Web Services Interoperability) only, No EJB (Enterprise
JavaBeans)
• IBM Content Navigator (ICN) Task Manager (Box share, IER Sweep, …)
• No IBM Virtual Member Manager (VMM) support
FileNet Container: Deployment Details

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Creating Value from Content
On Premise Datacenter
Win / RHEL / AIX
Deployment Options: On Premise Traditional

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Creating Value from Content
On Premise Datacenter
Win / RHEL / AIX / k8s
Deployment Options: Traditional & Container On Premise

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Creating Value from Content
IaaS Provider
Win / RHEL / AIX
On Premise Datacenter
Win / RHEL / AIX
Deployment Options: IaaS + On Premise (aka Hybrid Cloud)

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Creating Value from Content
IaaS Provider
Win / RHEL / AIX
On Premise Datacenter
Win / RHEL / AIX
Deployment Options: All IaaS

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Creating Value from Content
PaaS/IaaS Provider
Win / RHEL / k8s
On Premise Datacenter
Win / RHEL / AIX
Deployment Options: PaaS + IaaS Mix (Containers)

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Customer:
Large Multi-Campus University
(Phase I)
Overview:
▪ 700 users
▪ 6,000 documents/day
▪ Finance Department
▪ Accounts Payable Solution (IBM Case Phase II)
▪ Integrated with PeopleSoft Financials
▪ Phase II expansion to Registrars Office
▪ New FileNet system with Datacap
▪ Managed by VersaFile on AWS
▪ Existing customer AWS infrastructure
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Customer
Infrastructure
Overview
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▪ Start with PoC / PoT
▪ Elect supported Container orchestration
▪ CNCF certified Kubernetes (k8s)
▪ Red Hat OpenShift (OCP)
▪ Who owns the Container layer
▪ Understand support/release cycle of runtime
▪ even on managed k8s with Managed Worker
Nodes like EKS/AKS some work required
▪ Understand the implication of “bundled”
▪ OS , App Server, Vulnerabilities mitigation
▪ Review IBM FileNet Container Limitation
▪ different CP4A vs FNCM Containers
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Move to Containers:
Best Practice &
Lessons Learned

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▪ Who “owns” the cloud?
▪ The cloud is not static
▪ Aim for Containerization
▪ Authentication and Authorization
▪ LDAP
▪ Consider SAML
▪ DB must support XA Transaction
▪ Plan for DR/Backup & Restore
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Move to Cloud:
Best Practice &
Lessons Learned

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This is the Future.
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Reach out if you want to talk more:
Tilo Sönnichsen
tilos@versafile.com
www.versafile.com
Videos:
VersaFile Services Group