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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

Chapter 3. Extending an Application and Configuring for Continuous Delivery Using DevOps Services

Ready to dive a little deeper into understanding the Bluemix platform? Yes? Great! Let us get started by looking at what you will get to learn in this chapter. In this chapter, you will learn how to compose an extensible application by using services from the Bluemix catalog; we will take you through this using a sample application. We will also learn what continuous delivery is and how would you should be configuring your application to achieve continuous delivery using the DevOps services provided on the Bluemix platform. You will also learn how to extend this application easily to incorporate more functional capabilities.

In this chapter, we will be covering the following topics:

  • DevOps services and the delivery pipeline

  • Configuring the delivery pipeline for your application

  • Configuring continuous delivery for your application

  • Extending the application