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