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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

Configuring a load test for your application


Before we learn about the scaling options on Bluemix, let us go ahead and create a load-test scenario for the application we just created. This is required to simulate the conditions for the application where the application would need to scale.

Creating the BlazeMeter service instance

We will use the BlazeMeter service to configure the load-test scenario:

  1. From the Bluemix catalog, select BlazeMeter from the DevOps category of services, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. Click BlazeMeter and review the details of the service and the service plan:

  3. Click Create. A BlazeMeter service instance is created:

Creating the load test

Using the next set of steps, we will create a load test using the BlazeMeter service:

  1. Click OPEN BLAZEMETER DASHBOARD to open the BlazeMeter dashboard. Click Skip wizard, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. From the BlazeMeter dashboard, click Create Test:

  3. Click URL Test to create HTTP requests to your application simulating...