The need for an environment to put software applications into service is a concept that is contemporary with the history of software development. While the software dimension of the business changes, there are also changes and improvements in technology, CI/CD practices, usage scenarios, and operational expectations — the environmental practices that allow the software to serve.
In this article, we will discuss our experiences with the seamless migration of Spring Boot (version 2.5.6) microservice applications from Oracle WebLogic to the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. Also, the practices to ease and ensure the parallel running of applications in both platforms will be discussed.