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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

Services under the Integrate category


Bluemix provides a set of services under the category of Integrate. These services provide the functionality to securely connect from applications on cloud to applications residing in a trusted or secure environment. To view the set of services available, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the welcome page, as shown in the following screenshot, and click Integrate:

  2. Click the icon highlighted in the following screenshot to go to the catalog of services under the Integrate category:

  3. The services available on Bluemix, which provide the function of integrating cloud and enterprise on-premise resources, are shown in the following screenshot:

    Note

    The services shown in the preceding screenshot are those that are available at the time of writing this book.

Let us next learn how to create an application that will use an on-premise resource, such as a database, and how we can use one of the integration services on Bluemix to help achieve this. In the process of this illustration...