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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 4. Leveraging On-Premise Software for Applications on Bluemix

In this chapter, we will learn about the services on Bluemix that allow a hybrid cloud application development platform. We will learn, with an example, about how to use one of the integration services on Bluemix to connect to an application or enterprise software that is running locally on your desktop. In other words, these services are what allows for connectivity to enterprise on-premise software from the public cloud environment.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Creating an application on Bluemix

  • Adding Watson services to the application

  • Installing and configuring an on-premise database

  • Creating the Secure Gateway service

  • Configuring the Secure Gateway service:

    • Adding Gateway

    • Adding Destination

    • Installing the Secure Gateway client

  • Updating the application to use the on-premise database

  • Seeing it all working together