We host linux servers in AWS both in and outside of a VPC setup. We
don't use the hardware VPN connection as we started with all of our
servers outside of a VPC. We use stunnel to create connections between
the servers in the cloud and a server in house. We don't directly
connect to the IBM i, but that is strictly related to speed/cost issues.
I've never been able to get what I would consider a fast enough process
to connect from a linux server to the IBM i. The best option available
the last time I tested was using the DB2 Connector that IBM sells. It
was much faster than all the other options, but the cost was
prohibitive. For exchanges where some time delay (usually under 20
seconds) is acceptable we use a messaging interface. Linux server
creates messages that are transferred to a relay in house that drops the
message on the IFS. A program on the IBM i takes that message and
processes it. We do the reverse for updates to the linux servers. For
time sensitive requests, we maintain a web service powered by php hosted
on the IBM i. The linux server posts the request and gets its answer
immediately.
If you come up with something that works reasonably fast, be sure to
post your results here.
Kevin Bucknum
Senior Programmer Analyst
MEDDATA/MEDTRON
Tel: 985-893-2550
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From: WEB400 [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Holm,
Paul
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2016 12:22 PM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WEB400] AWS Cloud to local IBM i Experience?
All,
I'm looking for any experience or insight. We are looking at the
possibility of a deploying AWS "cloud" / hybrid applications that are
able to access database records from a IBM i DB2 database inside a
corporate network.
Again for clarity, this would be Java or PHP running on a AWS server
where the code is reading data that is on a non AWS DB2 machine inside a
corporation's network. We would want the option to present web pages to
the public as an alternative.
From the following page, it seems like they do support this with VPC?
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/UserGuide/VPC_Introduction.h
tml
Anyone doing this approach? How easy/hard was the setup? Any insight?
Thanks in advance, Paul
www.planetjavainc.com
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