Category Archives: IBM Cloud

QuickStart with DevOps on IBM SmartCloud Application Services

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In this blog, I will explain how you can quickly start with DevOps on IBM SmartCloud Application Services.

The IBM SmartCloud Application Services contains all software you need to run DevOps.

You have access to the ‘Collaborative LifeCycle Management Services’ (CLMS) which will provide the Rational suite (RTC/RRC/RQM). You can also enable the ‘Workload Service’ (WS) which will allows you to quickly deploy a pattern on the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise platform and to connect the dots, you can use the Rational Application Developer (RAD) image available in the IBM SmartCloud Enterprise public catalog. Continue reading →

DevOps at work with IBM SmartCloud Application Services, IBM’s platform as a service

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The DevOps methodology consists of a number of use-cases to manage application development. DevOps covers three areas: development, quality insurance and technology operation. All three are offered within IBM SmartCloud Application Services, IBM’s platform as a service (PaaS) offering. Adopting a DevOps methodology will provide a reduced change scope, will increase release coordination, and speed automation. Continue reading →

Pattern-type (Part 12): Call a service to insert parameters in the vm topology.

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The provided Java API has a number of interfaces, one of them is the PostProvisioner on which I already wrote a blog (Pattern-type (Part 11): Add a post processor to a deployment) another one is the ServiceProvisioner. With this interface you can insert parameter value in the vm topology. Continue reading →

Why choose IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Service instead of scripts?

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Through this blog, I would like to explain the extra benefits you can get from IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Service (SCAWS) versus creating your own scripts with the provided IBM SmartCloud Enterprise API to deploy a topology on IBM SmartCloud Enterprise. Continue Reading ->

Manage your WebApp virtual application pattern from Rational Application Developer

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Using the IBM Workload Deployer plugin provided with RAD, you can deploy a web application virtual application pattern directly from the RAD environment. Here I will explain the steps to install this plugin. Continue reading →

Navigate a shared services workload in PureApplication System

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Learn to build shared services, a workload that provides common capabilities for other workloads

James Kochuba, WebSphere Cloud Shared Services Architect, IBM

 

Summary:  IBM® PureApplication™ System and IBM Workload             Deployer provide capabilities to run many different workloads in the cloud             — one of those is shared services, a type of workload, that helps clients provide common capabilities for other workloads. These common capabilities and runtime services improve the cloud density while simplifying the usage of complex or advanced features. In this article, the authors explain some basic concepts of shared services, describe the sample shared service plug-ins in the Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) which provides a strong starting point to create new shared services. They also walk you through converting the sample shared service into a functional generic media shared service, a generic file storage repository where client deployments can obtain common files. Continue Reading ->

How to use the Elastic Load Balancer provided by the IBM SmartCloud Application Services

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The IBM SmartCloud Application Workload Service provides an ‘Elastic Load Balancer’ service or also called ‘ELB’. In this article, and thanks to the help provided by Thomas Mikalsen, I will explain how to setup it. Continue reading →