Trying to modernize tasks I have to do on cache like change global variables on different servers, different namespaces....

Actually, I have a bash script  doing ssh on each server and running bash  script on each server like this

echo "zn \"namespace\"
s ^Var=1
"|csession ensapp

But this is not clean/modular/. I was thinking about using Ansible - as it is exactly what I need to do all the git pull. But I am not sure how to interact with cache. A shell ansible module - no way as it does not manage state.

SAM - Hacks and Tips for set up and adding metrics from non-IRIS targets

SAM (System Altering and Monitoring) comes with as a 'batteries included' docker-compose container set that is ready to start monitoring IRIS instances with a default dashboard as soon as it starts up. The initial configuration is good to understand SAM functionality and start basic monitoring of your IRIS systems. However, out of the box, there are some setting s that you will need to change when you start to monitor many systems and collect a lot of metric data.

Let's say I want to execute  this cache script (saved as test.txt) from OS terminal:

zn "USER"
write 1
zn "%SYS"
write 2
halt

Executing the following command in a terminal:

csession cache < test.txt

Would yield this output:

$ csession cache < script.txt

Node: gitlab-test, Instance: CACHE

USER>

USER>
1
USER>

%SYS>
2
%SYS>
Job succeeded

Is there a better way to run these scripts?

Currently I have two problems:

1. I have several variables defined in my bash script, what's the best approach to pass them into Caché?

After running an extensive block of daily statistics my IRISTEMP has expanded dramatically.   
But FreeSpace shows 97% unused and FREE space.   
How can I shrink IRISTEMP in runtime without shutdown and manual intervention
(which was the traditional approach)

Is there a way to export and import web application configuration? For example to save it to version control (git) and to import it to other server.

By web application configuration I mean "System -> Security Management -> Web Applications". Sreenshot from it:

I'm almost running out of disk space so I want to move 1 DB to a different hard drive.  
It's a rather simple but lengthy action during a shutdown of IRIS.  
But is this somehow possible under runtime in a stand-alone installation?  
I'm looking for kind of a "local drive failover"  
note: Mirror or Shadow is not an option.  

Does anyone happen to have a sample Configuration (CPF) Merge file that includes Action parameters setting up authentication methods (e.g. Password, Kerberos) for certain Services and Web Applications (e.g. via the ModifyService or Modify/CreateApplication AutheEnabled property)?

Thanks!

Hello,

We have a need to track Database changes over time - down to the SQL level of granularity if possible. Such as: User xyz runs routine ^abc and we get something similar to a changelog that tells us: table A had this value updated, insert, update etc....

Is that possible using IRIS level tools (Audit Log, Journal File, etc...) , is there a way to convert the global sets and kills from the journals into SQL level changes?

I also found a third-party java-based tool named Liquibase , but it seems more oriented to tracking schema and table based changes or pre-defined definitions.

Thanks,

James

Hello community,

Our organization is looking to expand our Coding Standards to be more in alignment with best practices.

I was wondering if the there are developers here that would not mind sharing any existing documents. Our scope would be this document be applicable to new hires learning Cache all the way up the chain.

Thanks in advance,

-SH

@Jeff Fried 

Hi Jeff,

I reviewed the Ensemble 2018 support documentation
https://docs.intersystems.com/latest/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KE…

And I did not find a restriction on the use of Ensemble 2018 installed on Docker with Openshift, but I received information that Intersystems would not support this installation case. That is true?

This would help us with the transition to IRIS as I carry out the migrations.

Thank you very much for your help

Hi, Community!

Say you have a standalone Caché server on Linux (E.g. Ubuntu) (no mirroring) and you have sudo access via ssh.

What is the easiest, safest and simplest way to upgrade Caché to the new release? 

How do you do this?

When start docker in VSCode:

C:\Git\ESKLP2\ESKLP>docker-compose build --no-cache
ERROR: The Compose file '.\docker-compose.yml' is invalid because:
Unsupported config option for services.iris: 'init'

Why? Please, help

Hi!
I have installed IRIS 2024.1 in RHEL 9.5, using the following 

sudo ISC_PACKAGE_INSTANCENAME="IRISTEST01" ISC_PACKAGE_INSTALLDIR="/iris" \
ISC_PACKAGE_UNICODE="N"  ISC_PACKAGE_INITIAL_SECURITY="Normal" \
ISC_PACKAGE_INSTALL_INTEGRATEDML="N" ISC_PACKAGE_MGRUSER="irisowner" \
ISC_PACKAGE_MGRGROUP="irismgr" ISC_PACKAGE_USER_PASSWORD="**************"  \
ISC_PACKAGE_IRISUSER="irisusr" ISC_PACKAGE_IRISGROUP="irisgrp" \
ISC_PACKAGE_CSPSYSTEM_PASSWORD="**************" ISC_PACKAGE_WEB_CONFIGURE="Y" \
ISC_PACKAGE_WEB_SERVERTYPE="Apache" ISC_PACKAGE_WEB_APACHE_VERSION="2.

So it appears that this feature is still missing in 2022.1 (https://docs.intersystems.com/iris20221/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls…).

Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas on how to create Namespace Package Mappings on deployment in a 'neat' way during automated deployment?

  I really like the ability to use merge cpf on deployment of our servers, but this one missing action is kind of holding me back.  Appreciate if anyone else has encountered this and how they approached it.

Cheers.

Does anyone have experience with CircleCI or really any automation tool using %UnitTest?

I have built my app and ran my unit test in a Docker container automated by CircleCI.  However, after many of the tests failed I see:

How do you halt out of the IRIS session and return an exit code to the shell?

I have a script in my repo that I pass into IRIS after CircleCI does the code checkout

iris session IRIS < inFile

Am I trying to approach this the wrong way?  Should I be writing test output to a file or something?

We are currently implementing the Data Innovations Instrument Manager product.  In setting up our backup process we are wanting to use Veam snapshots. The application runs in a Caché 2016.1/Windows Server 2016 instance.  We are running an HA primary/secondary/arbiter config. The statement below is from DI.  I am curious to see what others that have implemented the DI Instrument Manager in the same or similar config have in place for backup.

"DI recommends is recommending that we not perform snapshots, but if you do choose to do so, here is some important information to consider.

Is there a way to do something like $SYSTEM.OBJ.ExportAllClassesIndividual() for the routines?

I'd like to export all routines in single files

I want to start this project and wants to know the best practices, you guys using to arrange the project. I have done lot of mvc projects and API's in c#. But Intersystems is new to me. Please give me some suggestions like how can I Arrange the objects. Like for eg. Where can I store the productions objects like services,process and operations. will that be like under each resouces folder name? and what are the base classes, and how can I store them? basically please give me some idea about how Can I arrange them . 

Thank you 

Sai

Hi Everyone,

I've been working on deploying an IRIS for Health environment in EKS. There is a video session in the InterSystems learning portal about this feature but I have not succeeded in finding the proper documentation and resources to use this in my Kubernetes cluster.

Has this been deprecated/discontinued? Any idea where can I find the resources? Should I stick to StatefulSets instead of using the IrisCluster resource type provided by this operator?

I deployed the IRIS container on my Mac M1 Docker Desktop Kubernetes cluster:

I limited the container 1.5Gb memory:

In the "merge.cpf" file I constrained IRIS memory usage aspects:

Now I load-test the container by multiple installing  and uninstalling the %ZPM package:

• install ZPM (zpm-installer.routine and execution):

Hi, Community!

Consider I have ResourceA which is used by role RoleA in dev environment and want to deploy it with the solution on a target system.

Would you please share the best practices to make it?

Thank you in advance!

Folks, 

I am looking to migrate a few legacy debt collection applications built using InterSystems Cache to AWS. Does anyone here have any experience, ideas and best practices on migrating Cache products to the public cloud?

Regards

Sudarshan

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