Book Image

Learning IBM Bluemix

By : Sreelatha Sankaranarayanan
Book Image

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

Single Sign On security service


In this section, we will learn about another useful security service on Bluemix, called Single Sign On. We will learn to create the service instance, configure it, and integrate it with your web application on Bluemix.

Creating a Single Sign On service instance

Let's see how to create a Single Sign On service instance:

  1. Log in to your Bluemix account.

  2. Click the Security Category and from the Security Services dashboard, click Get started now!:

  3. From the list of security services, select Single Sign On, as shown in the following screenshot:

  4. Click Create after reviewing the information shown on the screen, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Once the service instance is created, you will see the screen shown in the following screenshot, where you will be prompted to enter a name for your service, which will be part of your service URL:

  6. Click Continue.

  7. You will see a screen where you can configure an identity provider that you can use to authenticate users to...