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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Watson Assistant - Error Occurred when Loading orgs from region selected

I'm getting an Error 'occured when loading orgs from the selected region' when I go into Watson Assistant on IBM Cloud as shown below. I have tried to submit a support ticket but it wont let me as the submitting a ticket page just displays a…
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API Connect max request size

Does anyone know how to set the max request size on API Connect (IBM Cloud)? I'm trying to call an operation of my api and I'm getting a 413 error. This is the response that I'm getting: 413 Request Entity Too Large 413 Request Entity Too Large…
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How to connetct (accessing) to IBM cloud object store swift from R?

How to connect to IBM cloud object swift with R? I've had that informations: auth_url = "https://dal05.objectstorage.softlayer.net/auth/v1.0", username = "my_user_name", password = "my_pass", container = "my_container", filename…
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IBM Watson Visual Recognition API, Node.js: Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials

I'm trying to use the code of an app from the IBM website that detects faces in images. I live in Australia and I keep getting this error Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials when I call node app.js This is my code: function…
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How can I get Watson Conversation to request username/passwords from a chat and then use that to login to another system

I'm planning to use a Watson Conversation to talk to users of my app. I want the Conversation to ask people to log in (to Salesforce) if they're not currently logged in - but I'm struggling to work out how to train Watson to look for usernames and…
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Pl/python and Pl/r extensions in compose-for-postgresql

Good time of the day, wanted to ask if someone knows what is the way to install PostgreSQL extensions (to be exact, pl/r and pl/python) on IBM Bluemix cloud? I am running compose-postgresql database there and when I issue postgresql query such as…
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How to extract variables into a text file from Watson Assistant?

I want to be able to store context variables into a text file. Im using this code: "context" : { "number_extract" : "" } to extract variables into and store in context variable. But now i want to be able to…
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How to use Python OpenID Connect module with IBM Cloud App ID?

I signed up for IBM Cloud App ID to protect access to my cloud application. There is a sample that shows that the service can be used with Python. However, I want to use one of the (standard) OpenID Connect modules. How can I configure, e.g.,…
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Watson Assistant best way to handle logic depending on entity values

I'm new to the Watson framework and I'm trying to make a bot that helps with cooking, the way I'm currently doing a dialog is saving every instance of ingredient the user types in an array like so: If user writes "What can I make with salt and…
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Uploading Angular webapp to IBM Cloud gives 403 error

I have tried several attempt to upload app to IBM Cloud using cf api "url" cf login -u "user_id" -o BLUEMIX-SANDBOX-SJ001 -s "sandboxName" cf push appName -b "https://github.com/cloudfoundry/staticfile-buildpack" it does successfully upload and…
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Does IBM Cloud Availability Monitoring work when IBM Cloud is down?

When IBM Cloud is down, does it also affect the Availability Monitoring service? I understand tests are run from locations around the world and it should not really fail when IBM Cloud is down. Also any information on high availability and failover…
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Deploying an angular 2+ app into cloud Foundry using Ng serve

I am attempting to deploy an angular app into IBM Cloud - Cloud Foundry using the CF CLI. It always seems to fail and doing some research it requires a node script for the start command in package.json. Therefore it is failing due to me having a Ng…
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Working with Watson Assistant / Watson Conversation from Python

I'm doing a simple chatbot with watson. I have a python script. Assume script is this for simplicity: x=5 x And in watson i want to return : result is 5 However, I'm not sure, how to interact with python. My research showed that it is something…
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If watson can return country code according to country name?

I have enabled watson assist sys-location entity, I want to get the country code when I enter country name, for example, after I entered Japan, then watson can recognize it and response JP to me, enter China then return CN, is that possible? thanks.
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How can I associate a service from another user's IBM Organization and Space?

In Watson Studio, I can navigate to the Project Settings and add an associated service: This appears to only let me add a service from the same IBM Cloud Organization and Space that the project belongs to. Is it possible to add a service from…
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