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Learning IBM Bluemix

By : Sreelatha Sankaranarayanan
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Learning IBM Bluemix

By: Sreelatha Sankaranarayanan

Overview of this book

IBM Bluemix is an open standard platform for building, running, and managing applications on the cloud. With Bluemix, developers can build innovative applications using various compute options and value added services , developers can also manage the application lifecycle using the platform provided DevOps services. Learning IBM Bluemix will take you on a journey from the basics of IBM Bluemix to working with the platform to developing and deploying of modern applications. The sample application use cases employed in the book will introduce you to the transformative nexus of cloud, mobile, and security, all enabled through capabilities provided out-of-the-box by IBM Bluemix. By the end of the book, you will have understood the benefits and use cases for IBM Bluemix, and will possess the skills to further explore the platform and thus develop, deploy, and secure your own innovative, new-age applications.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning IBM Bluemix
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Building and Deploying Your First Application on IBM Bluemix

Cloud Foundry command line utility


Bluemix is a PaaS platform, which is based on open standards. Bluemix at its core is Cloud Foundry, which is an open source community-based project of open standards-based platform as-a-service offering.

Note

To know more about Cloud Foundry, you can go to https://www.cloudfoundry.org/learn/features/ .

Cloud Foundry command line utility (cf cli) is an interface for the user to interact and work with the Cloud Foundry platform, since Bluemix at its heart is Cloud Foundry, the cf cli can be used to work with the Bluemix platform.

Installing the Cloud Foundry command-line utility

You can step through the following procedure to install the cf cli on your workstation or desktop:

  1. Go to https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cli#downloads to download the latest version of cf cli installable for your operating system.

    cf cli installable is available for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows operating systems. For updates on versions and support for operating systems, please make...