Renewing a certificate for IBM WebSphere or Apache Tomcat is a relatively straightforward process. There are, however, some subtle differences between renewing and installing a fresh certificate that I would like to document here primarily so I make it easier…
At the end of 2021, many companies were faced with the log4j security vulnerabilities. This was a worldwide security that has caused a lot of problems. For users of IBM Maximo, their Maximo environments were not affected, however WebSphere was…
Whenever there is a problem in Maximo and you describe it to one of your co-workers the first thing they say to you is "what do the logs say?" Logs are the first place to look when you have a…
Ever tried to connect your Maximo system with an external secured URL? By default, WebSphere is designed not to trust secured external URLs. It will only allow the connection if an administrator specifically instructs WebSphere to do so by importing…
There may come a time when you need to change the hostname of your IBM Maximo WebSphere Application Server. This could be due to migrating the configuration to another machine, changing domain/subnet information, or copying a virtual machine for development…
I've received a lot of questions lately about integrating Maximo with Office 365 for email notification purposes. Let's take a moment to review the steps necessary to configure this for your organization. Considerations: You will need to provide Maximo with…
I won't get into a lengthy discussion about why you should use SSL to secure browser traffic. I'll simply offer that your Maximo environment, especially if the environment can be accessed over the public internet, should be secured. Here are…
You've taken the step of securing your Maximo environment by implementing SSL in your WebSphere environment. However, just because you’ve implemented the SSL configurations doesn't mean users must use them. How do you force users to append that little "S"…