IBM Bluemix - Deploy your app the way you want

We recently upgraded our capability in the IBM public cloud. Before this new version you could build, test, and deploy apps on Bluemix by using open source Cloud Foundry technology. But now you have more choice bringing two new options as follows

1. IBM Containers Beta

Use IBM Containers to run apps and services in a hosted cloud environment. Port your existing applications to IBM Bluemix and make them publicly accessible and composable. Use a private registry to upload, store, and retrieve your trusted images.

2. Virtual Machines Beta

Get total control over your app's infrastructure by deploying virtual machines. Manage them from the Bluemix dashboard, or from anywhere with OpenStack APIs.

Try it out as follows

https://console.ng.bluemix.net/

Creating an IBM Bluemix Server Connection from Eclipse

The post below shows how to create an IBM Bluemix server connection into the USA public hosted PaaS using Eclipse. It assumes you already have an existing account setup with http://bluemix.net/

1. Ensure you have added "IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix" as shown in the marketplace installed items.

More info can be found here.

http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/ibm-eclipse-tools-bluemix

2. In the "Servers" tab click the link to create a new server and click on IBM Bluemix as shown below.

3. Click Next
4. Enter your account details, you can target the public cloud depending on the location, the default is USA based PUBLIC cloud instance

5. Click Next
6. Select the space to target for deployed applications

7. Click Finish

By clicking on the connection you can view connection attributes, plus deployed application, services, routes, memory settings plus more.

The following UTube video shows this in more detail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpkXgklzOlk

IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix

IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix

Spring Boot JPA Thymeleaf application deployed to IBM Bluemix

IBM Bluemix is an open-standards, cloud-based platform for building, managing, and running apps of all types, such as web, mobile, big data, and smart devices. Capabilities include Java, mobile back-end development, and application monitoring, as well as features from ecosystem partners and open source—all provided as-a-service in the cloud.

The example below shows how to deploy an spring boot JPA application to IBM Bluemix. The example is based on the code below.

https://github.com/papicella/BluemixSpringBootJPA

1. Target the IBM Bluemix

cf api https://api.ng.bluemix.net

2. Log in as follows

cf login -u pasapi@au1.ibm.com -p ******-o pasapi@au1.ibm.com -s dev

3. Create a MYSQL service as shown below.

pas.apicella@IBM-XD082415H ~/bluemix-apps/spring-data-jpa-thymeleaf/mysql
$ cf create-service mysql 100 dev-mysql
Creating service dev-mysql in org pasapi@au1.ibm.com / space dev as pasapi@au1.ibm.com...
OK

4.  At this point lets run the application using an embedded tomcat server as shown below.

pas.apicella@IBM-XD082415H ~/bluemix-apps/spring-data-jpa-thymeleaf/mysql
$ java -jar BluemixSpringBootJPA-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

  .   ____          _            __ _ _
 /\\ / ___'_ __ _ _(_)_ __  __ _ \ \ \ \
( ( )\___ | '_ | '_| | '_ \/ _` | \ \ \ \
 \\/  ___)| |_)| | | | | || (_| |  ) ) ) )
  '  |____| .__|_| |_|_| |_\__, | / / / /
 =========|_|==============|___/=/_/_/_/
 :: Spring Boot ::        (v1.2.0.RELEASE)

2015-02-16 20:12:18.289  INFO 15824 --- [           main] p.cloud.webapp.ApplesCfDemoApplication   : Starting ApplesCfDemoApplication on IBM-XD082415H with PID 15824 (C:\ibm\bluemix\apps\spring-data-jpa-thymeleaf\mysql\BluemixSpringBootJPA-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar started by pas.apicella in C:\ibm\bluemix\apps\spring-data-jpa-thymeleaf\mysql)
2015-02-16 20:12:18.356  INFO 15824 --- [           main] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext@6b51dbf6: startup date [Mon Feb 16 20:12:18 AEDT 2015]; root of context hierarchy
2015-02-16 20:12:20.679  INFO 15824 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.dao.PersistenceExceptionTranslationAutoConfiguration' of type [class org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.dao.PersistenceExceptionTranslationAutoConfiguration] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2015-02-16 20:12:20.779  INFO 15824 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.transaction.annotation.ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.annotation.ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$15fe846f] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2015-02-16 20:12:20.831  INFO 15824 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'transactionAttributeSource' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2015-02-16 20:12:20.853  INFO 15824 --- [           main] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'transactionInterceptor' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
.....

class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2015-02-16 20:12:27.710  INFO 15824 --- [           main] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping  : Mapped URL path [/**/favicon.ico] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2015-02-16 20:12:28.385  INFO 15824 --- [           main] o.s.j.e.a.AnnotationMBeanExporter        : Registering beans for JMX exposure on startup
2015-02-16 20:12:28.510  INFO 15824 --- [           main] s.b.c.e.t.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainer : Tomcat started on port(s): 8080/http
2015-02-16 20:12:28.513  INFO 15824 --- [           main] p.cloud.webapp.ApplesCfDemoApplication   : Started ApplesCfDemoApplication in 10.626 seconds (JVM running for 11.481)

5. Now using a manifest.yml as follows deploy the application to bluemix as shown below.

manifest.yml

applications:
- name: pas-mj-albums
  memory: 512M
  instances: 1
  host: pas-albums
  domain: mybluemix.net
  path: ./BluemixSpringBootJPA-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
  buildpack: https://github.com/cloudfoundry/java-buildpack.git
  services:
    - dev-mysql

Deployment output

pas.apicella@IBM-XD082415H ~/bluemix-apps/spring-data-jpa-thymeleaf/mysql
$ cf push -f manifest.yml
Using manifest file manifest.yml

Creating app pas-mj-albums in org pasapi@au1.ibm.com / space dev as pasapi@au1.ibm.com...
OK

Creating route pas-mj-albums.mybluemix.net...
OK

Binding pas-mj-albums.mybluemix.net to pas-mj-albums...
OK

Uploading pas-mj-albums...
Uploading app files from: BluemixSpringBootJPA-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar
Uploading 837.2K, 135 files
Done uploading
OK
Binding service dev-mysql to app pas-mj-albums in org pasapi@au1.ibm.com / space dev as pasapi@au1.ibm.com...
OK

Starting app pas-mj-albums in org pasapi@au1.ibm.com / space dev as pasapi@au1.ibm.com...
-----> Java Buildpack Version: 303bda3 | https://github.com/cloudfoundry/java-buildpack.git#303bda3
-----> Uploading droplet (64M)

0 of 1 instances running, 1 starting
0 of 1 instances running, 1 starting
0 of 1 instances running, 1 starting
1 of 1 instances running

App started


OK

App pas-mj-albums was started using this command `SERVER_PORT=$PORT $PWD/.java-buildpack/open_jdk_jre/bin/java -cp $PWD/.:$PWD/.java-buildpack/spring_auto_reconfiguration/spring_auto_reconfiguration-1.7.0_RELEASE.jar -Djava.io.tmpdir=$TMPDIR -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError=$PWD/.java-buildpack/open_jdk_jre/bin/killjava.sh -Xmx382293K -Xms382293K -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=64M -XX:MetaspaceSize=64M -Xss995K org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher`

Showing health and status for app pas-mj-albums in org pasapi@au1.ibm.com / space dev as pasapi@au1.ibm.com...
OK

requested state: started
instances: ?/1
usage: 512M x 1 instances
urls: pas-mj-albums.mybluemix.net
last uploaded: Mon Feb 16 09:18:28 +0000 2015

     state     since                    cpu    memory           disk
#0   running   2015-02-16 08:20:04 PM   0.0%   393.4M of 512M   129.3M of 1G

6. Once deployed the Bluemix Console page shows it deployed as follows

7. Finally invoking the application using the unique route as follows

http://pas-mj-albums.mybluemix.net/albums

More Information

https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/#

Deploying Spring MVC application to Cloud Foundry from IntelliJ IDEA

I previously showed how to create a connection in IntelliJ IDEA to Cloud Foundry v2 in the post below.

http://theblasfrompas.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/intellij-idea-version-13-now-includes.html

With a Cloud Foundry CLOUD connection we can now PUSH our application directly from the IDE as shown below.

1. Create a run configuration for your project as shown below. We also specify the memory and number of instances on this page as part of the push  / deployment process.

2. Select the created run configuration and deploy the application, output as follows

3. View the deployed application on AWS hosted instance of Cloud Foundry

IntelliJ IDEA version 13 now includes CloudFoundry Connection

Just installed IntelliJ IDEA version 13 and found that it now includes a CloudFoundry connection type. You define it under IDE settings as shown below.

Will test deploying to the publicly hosted AWS Cloud Foundry using this connection at some stage.

Taking Pivotal Cloud Foundry for a Test Drive

If you haven't hear about CloudFoundry and Pivotal PaaS a good place to start is here. https://www.cloudfoundry.com/ In the example below we deploy a simple WAR file which contains a  JSP and servlet using the public PaaS available for trail use.

1. Make sure you create an account which you can do for free at https://www.cloudfoundry.com/

2. You will need a version of ruby such as 1.9.x like I have below.


[Thu Aug 01 12:56:14 papicella@:~/vmware/vFabric/cloud-foundry/apps/java-demo ] $ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.3p286 (2012-10-12 revision 37165) [x86_64-darwin11.4.2]


3. Next you need to install the CouldFoundry command line tool known as "cf" as shown below.

> sudo gem install cf

4. At this point we can target the Pubic CF instance as shown below.


[Wed Jul 31 13:02:53 papicella@:~ ] $ cf target api.run.pivotal.io
Setting target to https://api.run.pivotal.io... OK

5. Now lets login using our login we created at #1 above as well as selecting a deployment stage as follows

[Wed Jul 31 13:10:28 papicella@:~/vmware/vFabric/cloud-foundry ] $ cf login

target: https://api.run.pivotal.io

Email> papicella@vmware.com

Password> ********

Authenticating... OK

1: development

2: production

3: staging

Space> 1

Switching to space development... OK

6. In this example we have our WAR file sitting ina  directory where we will push this to CloudFoundry

[Thu Aug 01 12:57:35 papicella@:~/vmware/vFabric/cloud-foundry/apps/java-demo ] $ d

total 32

-rw-r--r--   1 papicella  staff  12502  7 Oct  2011 hello.war

drwxr-xr-x   3 papicella  staff    102 31 Jul 20:00 ./

drwxr-xr-x  11 papicella  staff    374  1 Aug 11:49 ../

7. Now lets deploy our simple WAR file as shown below.

[Thu Aug 01 13:03:27 papicella@:~/vmware/vFabric/cloud-foundry/apps/java-demo ] $ cf push

Name> hellojava_pas

Instances> 1

1: 128M

2: 256M

3: 512M

4: 1G

Memory Limit> 512M

Creating hellojava_pas... OK

1: hellojava_pas

2: none

Subdomain> hellojava_pas

1: cfapps.io

2: none

Domain> cfapps.io

Binding hellojava_pas.cfapps.io to hellojava_pas... OK

Create services for application?> n

Bind other services to application?> n

Save configuration?> n

Uploading hellojava_pas... OK

Preparing to start hellojava_pas... OK

Checking status of app 'hellojava_pas'...

  0 of 1 instances running (1 starting)

  1 of 1 instances running (1 running)

Push successful! App 'hellojava_pas' available at http://hellojava_pas.cfapps.io

8. Finally access application from your browser

Finally if we connect to our CloudFoundry dashboard we can monitor / view all our deployment applications as per the screen shot below.