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Learning IBM Bluemix

Last update: 04 Sep 2022

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Learning IBM Bluemix

Author: Sreelatha Sankaranarayanan

ISBN: 9781785887741

Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd.

Year: 2016


This book is a showcase, with working examples, of what we can do with IBM Bluemix cloud environment and its integrated IBM and third-party services.

The main focus is to show what can be done, not how it works. Most of the technical backgrounds are left to several links to external resources on the web.

The first step is how to create an application using Bluemix templates ("boilerplates").

The following chapters are on how to integrate the application to the available services like security, SQL and NoSQL databases and IBM Watson functions, how to use the Bluemix development environment (git repository, continuous integration and deployment, test..) and how to monitor and tune application performances.

Other chapters are devoted to hybrid (cloud and on-premise) solutions and mobile applications.

Most of the examples are based on Node.js or Java using IBM Liberty application server.

A couple of warnings:

  • Bluemix IaaS (Infrastructure as-a-service) features like Docker and Open Stack virtual machines support are mentioned but not described. The book's focus is on PaaS (Platform as-a-service) features, based on Pivotal's Cloud Foundry solution.
  • Bluexmix is a fast-evolving environment so book screenshots and features lists can be easily obsoleted after a few months