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How to run bash scripts in Mule ESB

By | September 29, 2015

Intro I wanted to figure out how to run bash scripts in Mule ESB so my first point of call? Google. Google returned a few useful results. Primarily: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13039604/running-shell-scripts-from-mule-esb and http://mule.1045714.n5.nabble.com/Can-I-run-a-shell-script-from-Mule-Jython-td2658688.html Being new to this I couldn’t make out much but 2 things stuck out. Groovy and “ls”.excute(). Armed with these 2 clues, I tried… Read More »

What to do when IBM Cast Iron is non responsive?

By | September 15, 2015

If the IBM Websphere Cast Iron Web Management Console becomes non responsive, then the command line will be your best friend. SSH into the appliance using Putty if in windows or the standard terminal in Linux and run the various system commands from the link to the docs below. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGR73_7.0.0/com.ibm.wci.cli.doc/CLI_system_commands.html?lang=en Useful commands: system clean running… Read More »

How to get Mule ESB going on a Raspberry Pi 2

By | September 10, 2015

I was interested in putting Mule ESB on my Raspberry Pi 2 but couldn’t find any detailed notes around how to do this. It was this article which sparked my interest (http://blogs.mulesoft.com/biz/news/raspberry-pi-gets-an-api/) but this talked about a product called “Anypoint Edge” which I couldn’t find any information on. There were some notes on this post: http://forums.mulesoft.com/questions/989/raspberry-i.html… Read More »

How to test a Mule project in AWS

By | September 2, 2015

So you finally have Mule ESB installed in AWS EC2. How do you test and verify it? What you can do is upload a project and try it out. Overview: Upload a sample project via scp to AWS. Modify the security rules in AWS Test helloworld application First, you should know how to deploy apps… Read More »

IBM Websphere Cast Iron v7.5.0.0 is out. What’s New?

By | August 30, 2015

IBM Websphere Cast Iron version 7.5.0.0 was released at the end of July 2015. It was a major jump form 7.0 to 7.5   Along with the general “contains Platform enhancements and serviceability improvements to strengthen infrastructure and improve platform robustness and user experience.” which is pretty generic, it seems like the only other improvements… Read More »

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How to install Mule in AWS

By | August 28, 2015

This was an interesting challenge and one where I couldn’t find step by step instructions on Google or the Mulesoft website. So I ended up trying this myself and hope this is useful for others. Prerequisite: – Access to AWS EC2 environment. Step 1: Create a new instance Launch a new Ubuntu instance. Choose at… Read More »