Questions tagged [ibm-cloud]

IBM® Cloud platform (formerly Bluemix) combines platform as a service (PaaS) with infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to build, run, deploy, and manage applications on the cloud. Additionally, the IBM Cloud platform has a rich catalog of cloud services that can be easily integrated with your applications. Supported programming languages and runtimes include Java, Node.js, Swift, Go, PHP, Python, and Ruby, and other languages.

IBM Cloud platform is based on open source technology. In addition to using IBM Cloud platform to build Web applications for multiple frameworks - including iOS - you can create Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, or launch virtual server instances. IBM Cloud platform follows a Hybrid Cloud model meaning that the apps, containers, and VMs that you use with the platform are portable across public, dedicated, and on-premises clouds.

The IBM Cloud platform console provides application boilerplates to help you get started. The IBM Cloud platform console offers a growing catalog of over 100 services to build applications.

Service categories

  • Compute: Obtain access to bare metal and virtual servers
  • Storage: Store unstructured data in the cloud
  • Network: Secure VPN connections, orchestrate load balancing, and use other network services
  • Security: Configure firewalls and secure connections
  • Containers: Deploy Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters and use Docker-based containers
  • VMware: Integrate VMware solutions
  • Boilerplates: Use templates to help you get started with various services
  • APIs: Create, manage, enforce, and run APIs
  • Application Services: Deliver applications that include business rules, automation, an application server, and more
  • Blockchain: Integrate the IBM Blockchain technology in your environment
  • Cloud Foundry Apps: Choose from multiple runtimes including Liberty for Java, SDK for Node.js, and Swift
  • Data & Analytics: Select from a variety of database options, including Compose, and incorporate big data analytics
  • DevOps: Go from application development to deployment with continuous delivery, auto-scaling, globalization, and alert notifications
  • Finance: Manage your investments and finances
  • Functions: Execute serverless event-driven programming (IBM Cloud Functions)
  • Integrate: Access API management, product insights, secure gateway functionality
  • Internet of Things: Manage connected devices using IoT foundation and IoT for electronics
  • Mobile: Integrate push notifications, testing, tuning, and analytics for mobile applications
  • Watson: Add cognitive abilities to applications

When asking questions about the IBM Cloud platform, you should:

  • Ensure you are asking a technical question about using the IBM Cloud platform or services. (For questions about your account or IBM Cloud platform offerings, ask at IBM developerWorks Answers or open a support ticket.)
  • Search Stack Overflow to see if somebody else has already asked the same question.
  • Explain what you were trying to do when you encountered the problem. What software versions were you using? Is there anything else about your environment that could lead to the problem?
  • Provide code samples where possible. Isolate the problem and reproduce it with as little code as possible.
  • Include the tag, plus an additional tag to indicate the service or technology in question.

Getting support for the IBM Cloud platform

  • Ask technical questions on Stack Overflow about programming and deploying applications using the IBM Cloud platform and services. The IBM Cloud platform Development and Support teams monitor Stack Overflow closely.
  • Ask non-technical questions about the IBM Cloud platform offerings at IBM developerWorks Answers. It’s also the best place to ask questions about getting started with the platform.
  • Open a support ticket to get answers to your issue especially if you cannot find the answer in the forums. See Getting Customer Support for details on contacting Support and opening tickets.

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Third party npm package in openwhisk actions / IBM Cloud Functions

I am new to OpenWhisk / IBM Cloud Functions. I was trying to build a basic chat bot application using IBM Watson Assistant. So what I have is a cloud functions action which is being invoked from my Node.js server, the action has all the credentials…
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How to pass variables as context to IBM Cloud Watson Assistant with V2?

I am trying to use the new API version V2 for IBM Cloud Watson Assistant. Instead of sending a message for a workspace I need to send a message to an assistant. The context structure has global and skill-related sections now. How would my app pass…
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Exporting logs out of loganalaysis ibm cloud

Is there a way to export logs out of IBM Cloud? Mainly activity logs which come from Activity Tracker. Also, does anyone know where these logs are stored? I can only view them inside Kibana but dont see any storage associated with it. I tried…
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How to use the target command with IBM Cloud CLI

After the login to IBM Cloud using the CLI command ibmcloud login I got the following message: Use 'ibmcloud target --cf' to target Cloud Foundry org/space interactively, or use 'ibmcloud target --cf-api ENDPOINT -o ORG -s SPACE' to target the…
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Export user conversations data from IBM Watson Assistant (Conversation)?

Can we export conversation data which is shown in improve section of IBM Watson Assistant? It is basically conversation analytics. Downloading that data to any format will be fine
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Regex inside Entity (IBM-WATSON)

Is it possible to put an entity inside of a regex? for example, giving that the entity "@pizza-toppings" contains toppings: "topping": "" So, if @pizza-toppings matches "onion", then…
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How do I connect cc3200launchpad with IBM Watson IoT Platform with Wi-Fi connection?

I have developed an IoT project with Energia IDE that publish JSON messages to IBM cloudant database. It works well when my launchpad is connected internet with my mobile phone's personal hotspot. However, messages are not published when launchpad…
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How do I allow users to log in to my web app using their IBM ID

Should be a simple matter of registering the app in the IBM Cloud and providing callback URIs for authenticating the user and returning control just like login with google or login with Amazon. But I cannot seem to find the exact flow of steps…
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Compose for RabbitMq coonection issue from IBM cloud app

I have created a compose for RabbitMq instance in IBM cloud and I'm using it through service binding on my config server application. My application.yaml has the below properties defined to connect to the compose for rabbitmq server: spring: …
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IBM Cloud: Public IP ranges

are the public IP ranges being used by IBM Cloud documented anywhere? I have a customer who would want to look at whitelisting these IPs in their VPN firewall
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Automate Angular 6 builds on IBM Cloud

I'm developing an Angular 6 app that's hosted on IBM Cloud. Sometimes I forget to run the "ng build" command from Angular-cli and I have to re-deploy the app. Is there some way of automating the process in e.g. the delivery pipeline so IBM Cloud…
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Conversation connector / Watson Assistant: How to change account or workspace?

I am using the Conversation connector to implement a Slackbot with Watson Assistant. I want to move the chatbot over to another account and workspace. How can I do that without redeploying the Conversation connector and changing something in Slack?
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kill: invalid signal number or name: igterm

I have an application deployed on cloud foundry, And when hit my application in browser getting the following error 502 Bad Gateway: Registered endpoint failed to handle the request. And in the logs i found this error: [APP/PROC/WEB/0] ERR…
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Remove context variable in Node.js app before sending to IBM Watson Assistant

I have this code in Node.js. I need to change the value of my context property in the response to IBM Watson Assistant, but this is not working: if(response.context.email){ response.context.email=null; } What is the form to change the value…
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IBM Cloud Functions / OpenWhisk Slack package and message attachments

I am trying to use the Slack package available for IBM Cloud Functions and OpenWhisk. I created a Node.js action that produces a JSON object with text and attachments values. The object is passed along in a sequence that uses the post method of the…
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