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Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees

By : Nicolas De loof
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Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees

By: Nicolas De loof

Overview of this book

CloudBees offers a Platform as a Service (PaaS) to build, run, manage web applications, and support the entire application lifecycle right from development to deployment.The development and deployment of web- and mobile-based Java applications are the basic services that CloudBees has to offer. With these services you can efficiently build and enhance applications, and connect them to existing networks and systems. Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees introduces you to the concept of Platform as a Service. It talks about the services in detail that developers can leverage in order to build, manage, and deploy their applications with ease onto the cloud. You will learn the intricacies of the CloudBees ecosystem and how it can be extended to match your specific requirements. Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees will get you started with the concepts of PaaS and why it is considered better than other forms of services. You will then learn to create and manage your account, understand the CloudBees ecosystem, and subscribe to the wide array of services available. After this, you will use the clickStart feature that will enable you to set up, run, and host your application on the cloud. You will also venture out into the development phase by understanding Jenkins and how it would help you to build, maintain, and integrate your project build. You will then learn how to use the RUN@CLOUD platform to host your application, and you will also delve into cloud concepts, and understand the architectural constraints and how to monitor the application. Finally, you will deep dive into the extensive capabilities of using clickStack to create or customize your own stack.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Cloud Development and Deployment with CloudBees
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Getting the code


Let's now edit the generated ClickStart application to customize it according to our needs. The first thing to do is to get the source code to amend it with our own stuff.

We assume you have a Git client installed on your computer or use an appropriate IDE integration.

Note

ClickStart always uses Git for repositories. The CloudBees forge also supports subversion, and maybe you prefer another SCM, such as Mercurial. There is no enforcement to use Git, and you can switch to your favorite SCM just by changing the Jenkins job SCM configuration. CloudBees just doesn't provide this option in ClickStart. If you don't want to use Git, you'll need to export the skeleton project and commit code into your own repository.

The ClickStart wizard gives us the forge repository URL. Pick it up and use it to clone your project. To use SSH, you need to have a key generated and registered on the CloudBees user settings page as discussed earlier. If you don't have one, you can use HTTPS with your...