Run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Microsoft Azure

In this blog post, we are going to discuss how to Run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty on Microsoft Azure. Modernize and run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty Java applications on Azure Red Hat OpenShift and Azure Kubernetes Service.

Modernize and run WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty Java applications on Azure Red Hat OpenShift and Azure Kubernetes Service.

Looking to modernize your existing Enterprise Java applications and move them to the Microsoft Azure Cloud? Deciding on the approach to develop and deploy your next generation cloud-native application on Azure? Through an ongoing collaboration between IBM and Microsoft around the WebSphere product family, we have created simple guides to help you achieve your business goals.

Check out the guidance to see how easy it is to get started with production-ready deployments utilizing best practices from both IBM and Microsoft.

Why WebSphere Liberty and Open Liberty?

WebSphere Liberty is IBM’s next generation Java runtime optimized for the modernization of mission critical enterprise Java workloads. Open Liberty is the production-ready, free, open-source base for WebSphere Liberty, with support available through the WebSphere Liberty license. Sharing the same core implementation, both offerings are fast, lightweight, modular, and container-friendly cloud-native runtimes with robust support for industry standards such as Java EE, Jakarta EE, and MicroProfile.

Why Azure Red Hat OpenShift and Azure Kubernetes Service?

Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) is a fully managed OpenShift hybrid cloud platform service jointly developed, run, and supported by Microsoft and Red Hat. Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is a fully managed Kubernetes Service run and supported by Microsoft.

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What is OpenJDK? OpenJDk or Open Java Development Kit is a free, open-source framework of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (or Java SE).

With Google not owning the trademarks or control for Kubernetes, it also provided a competitive edge to AWS, Microsoft, IBM etc.

Running Java Microservices in Kubernetes. Microservices tied together with RabbitMQ and Couchbase. The services are reliant on RabbitMQ and Couchbase. I’m going to make the decision to run them inside Kubernetes, making this article more about running things in Kubernetes, than the intricacy and infinite possibilities of running them stand-alone.

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