[Info-vax] Any stronger versions of the LMF planned ?, was: Re: LMF Licence Generator Code

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/8/2021 7:50 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 8/8/21 4:42 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 8/7/2021 8:24 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 8/7/21 7:40 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 8/7/2021 6:42 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>>>> On 8/7/21 5:56 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> - it does not integrate with newer system that it need to
>>>>>>    integrate with
>>>>>
>>>>> With the exception of Dave's system (I actually know very little
>>>>> about VMS BASIC) I can think of no legacy system that can not be
>>>>> integrated into a modern system.  I have had no problems doing web
>>>>> programming with COBOL.
>>>>
>>>> Anything can be somewhat integrated using various hacks.
>>>
>>> I needed no hacks to get COBOL running on the web.  It's a mindset
>>> problem, not a technical one.
>>
>> Literally nay programming language can be used to write
>> a CGI script.
>>
>> But there is a very long way from the 1995 CGI scripts
>> to modern web solutions.
>>
>> Did you Cobol web app support:
>> - session sharing across cluster
>> - OAuth integration
>> - LDAP integraion
>> - verification of client certificate
>> - Redis or memcached for cache
>> - exposing status / load info to load balancer
>> - reporting stats and health check to IBM Tivoli / CA Unicenter / Zabbix
>> - reporting to Prometheus
>> - HTTP/2 push
>> - web sockets
>> - switching to in-cloud managed service for database
>> - having accept request header determine response format
>> ?
>>
> 
> No, but then, neither did the PHP program I was replacing.  :-)

That may be the case.

But PHP would have supported a lot of that out of the box.

# session sharing across cluster

Supported.

(implementation is not that great as it relies on shared storage,
but it is there, and those with a need to be more
scalable can use Redis or memcached)

# OAuth integration

Extension exist.

# LDAP integraion

Supported.

(need to be anebaled at build though)

# verification of client certificate

There are ways to get the info checked and passed
by web server to PHP in $_SERVER variable.

# Redis or memcached for cache

Extensions exist.

# exposing status / load info to load balancer

Not sure.

# reporting stats and health check to IBM Tivoli / CA Unicenter / Zabbix

Supported.

# reporting to Prometheus

Client lib exist.

# HTTP/2 push

Libraries exist.

# web sockets

Library exist.

# switching to in-cloud managed service for database

If using PDO good chance that it will work.

# having accept request header determine response format

Great XML and JSON support but unlike Java and .NET an
actual if statement is needed.

Arne