In CCv2 backend is running on multiple nodes which means that requests from our JS Storefront(Spartacus, React or any other) can hit different nodes each time if we do not configure session affinity(sticky session). Once session affinity is achieved same server behind API endpoint will be used for all subsesquent…

In CCv2 there is a centralized logging mechanism: Kibana. Kibana is visualization platform working with Elasticsearch which provides UI to work with logs. Log retention currently is 100GB or 30 days for development environments and 100GB or 90 days for staging or production. Longer term log storage is available through…

It happens very often in CCV2 after deployment with Rolling Update mode(zero downtime) that files in Hot Folder are getting stuck(not processed). After deployments, we need to make sure that Cloud Hot Folders are not running in different node than backgroundProcessing node. Let me share with you how we can check and fix the issue. First, we need to login into /HAC…

From yesterday(15.09.2022) our builds in CCv2 are failing because of recent changes from SAP in the builder logic. Error: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.lang.CharSequence.toString()" because "charSequence" is null at com.google.common.hash.AbstractHasher.putString(AbstractHasher.java:55) at com.google.common.hash.AbstractHashFunction.hashString(AbstractHashFunction.java:44) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.hash.generator.HashGeneratorUtils.getHashForString(HashGeneratorUtils.java:46) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.hash.generator.DockerImageHashGenerator.getBaseImageHash(DockerImageHashGenerator.java:45) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.hash.generator.JsAppsImagesHashGenerator.putImageSpecificHashData(JsAppsImagesHashGenerator.java:49) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.hash.generator.DockerImageHashGenerator.generateHash(DockerImageHashGenerator.java:38) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.ProjectDockerImage.generateHashCode(ProjectDockerImage.java:143) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.ProjectDockerImage.getHash(ProjectDockerImage.java:48) at de.hybris.ccv2.image.ProjectDockerImage.isAvailableInTargetRegistry(ProjectDockerImage.java:64)…

Every store needs to send emails for order approval, registration, password reset and so on. Email sending is the one of the major and longest process in SAP Commerce(Hybris). In this article i will try to explain how to: Send email; Send email with attachments; Send email to multiple addresses. Sending email in SAP Commerce(Hybris) …

Configuration Properties SAP Commerce(Hybris) provides a flexible way to manage properties in our projects. It relies on three essential configuration files: project.properties file in the platform: it is located in ${HYBRIS_BIN_DIR}/platform and it contains the default global properties(settings) for the whole Hybris platform. It is not recommended(not good) to edit this file. …

Aspect-oriented programming(AOP) is a programming paradigm which breaks down program logic into distinct parts so-called concerns. The key unit of modularity in OOP is the class, whereas in AOP the unit of modularity is the aspect. Aspects enable the implementation of crosscutting concerns such as- transaction, logging, not central to…

Hot Folder is one of the best way to import and feed data into Hybris. It serves as staging area which is continuously monitored and when files are copied or dropped into it, they are automatically processed. It is based on Spring integration framework. Why we use Hot folder? …

Interceptors are called when we perform an operation on a particular object/model. They can be called at different lifecycles of ModelService object.