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Implementing AppFog

By : Matthew Nohr, Isaac Rabinovitch
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Implementing AppFog

By: Matthew Nohr, Isaac Rabinovitch

Overview of this book

AppFog is the leading platform-as-a-service provider of PHP, Ruby, Node.js, and Java solutions. It is used by developers worldwide to deploy tens of thousands of applications. AppFog delivers a reliable, scalable, and fast platform for deploying applications in the cloud.This book is a hands-on guide that will walk you through creating and deploying applications to the cloud using AppFog, which will allow you to get your application deployed without the hassle of setting up servers.This book demonstrates how to use the AppFog service to build an application and have it running in the Cloud. It will walk you through the initial AppFog setup process and explain how to create your first application in minutes.You will also discover how to use services such as databases to make your applications more powerful. You will also learn how to create applications from scratch.You will find out everything you need to know to get an application running in the cloud for the first time.

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Table of Contents (13 chapters)
Implementing AppFog
Implementing AppFog
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting Started with AppFog
Getting Started with AppFog
About AppFog
Creating an account
Creating and deploying a preconfigured application
Using the application control panel
Summary
2
Using the Command-line Tool
Using the Command-line Tool
Installing the AppFog Gem
Logging in
Getting application statuses
Downloading the application
Fixing the application for Ruby 1.8.7
Running the application
Modifying the application
Updating the running application
Summary
3
Configuring Services
Configuring Services
Creating a database console application
Configuring the database console
Creating and attaching a MySQL service
Creating and populating a database table
Binding a service to an application
Using the database in the application
Making changes to app.rb
Changes to views/index.erb
Changing Gemfile
Summary
4
Creating an Application from Scratch
Creating an Application from Scratch
Creating an application
Testing the application
Publishing to AppFog
Command-line options
Testing the published application
Managing the published application
Summary
5
Command-line Reference
Command-line Reference
Finding help
Getting account information
Creating and updating an application
Gathering application information
Managing your application
Using services
Creating aliases
Summary
Installing the AppFog Gem
Installing the AppFog Gem
Installing on Macintosh
Installing on CentOS
Installing on Ubuntu
Installing on Windows
Using the Ruby Version Manager
Index
Index

Using services

Use the command line to create and manage services such as remote databases.

Command

Description

af services

Lists available and configured services for your account.

af create-service [service]

Creates a new service. You will be prompted for the type (if not passed as parameter) and name of the service.

af delete-service [servicename]

Removes a service. If you do not provide a service name, you will be presented with a list of all of your services.

af bind-service [servicename] [appname]

Associates a service with an application.

af unbind-service [servicename] [appname]

Removes the association of a service with an application.

af clone-services [sourceapp] [destingationapp]

Clones all the services from one app to another one.

af tunnel

Creates a tunnel to a remote service. For example, this is useful to query your remote databases. Using this command requires the caldecott gem.

Often it will be easier to create services from the AppFog web console. However...

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