IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on cloud

Using V8.0.0, you can run instances of MobileFirst Server and MobileFirst Analytics in IBM® Containers on IBM Bluemix. Alternatively, you can also run instances of the MobileFirst Server on Cloud Foundry as Liberty for Java™ application on IBM Bluemix and connect them to MobileFirst Analytics instances deployed in IBM Containers on IBM Bluemix.

Supported operating systems include Linux and Mac OS X.

V8.0.0 package overview

The V8.0.0 package contains the artifacts to create a MobileFirst Server as a Cloud Foundry Liberty for Java application or as an instance in IBM Containers, a MobileFirst Analytics container, and the components necessary for configuring and deploying them to IBM Bluemix.
  • The MobileFirst Server offering contains the following product components:
    • IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Server
    • IBM MobileFirst Platform Operations Console

    These product components are deployed either as Liberty for Java application or are deployed in IBM Containers.

  • The MobileFirst Analytics contains the following product components:
    • IBM MobileFirst Analytics server
    • IBM MobileFirst Analytics console

    These product components can be deployed only in IBM Containers.

  • More components:
    • Liberty for Java runtime
    • Configuration files
    • Scripts to build and deploy
You customize your product components in the containers before they are built and deployed to the IBM Containers service on Bluemix®.

See also Package structure and contents

Note: The Reports database is deprecated and does not work with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on IBM Containers. Instead, use a MobileFirst Analytics container. Ensure that the project WAR files in your containers do not have any artifacts or configurations that are related to the deprecated Reports database.

Using the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on Liberty for Java Cloud Foundry application

Go through the following main steps for using V8.0.0.
  1. Customizing the product components included in the offering .zip.
  2. Uploading and deploying the Cloud Foundry application with your customization.
  3. Running the Cloud Foundry application on IBM Bluemix.

Using the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Containers

Go through the following main steps for using V8.0.0.
  1. Customizing the product components included in the container.
  2. Building the container image format with your customization.
  3. Deploying and running the built images on the IBM Containers service.

Prerequisites

The following elements are required.