This document provides an overview of IBM Bluemix, including that it offers Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities that can be delivered publicly, privately, or on-premises. Bluemix gives developers choice in how they build, deploy, and manage applications across public, private, and on-premises environments. It also includes services for developers to extend their applications, and provides tools to develop, deploy, and manage apps in Bluemix.

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2. Jake Peyser
Developer Advocate
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3. Customer Managed
Service Provider Managed
Cloud Foundry. Docker. OpenStack.
Capabilities in Bluemix span PaaS and IaaS and can be delivered as a
public, dedicated, or on-premises implementation.
Infrastructure as
a Service
Code
Data
Runtime
Middleware
OS
Virtualization
Servers
Storage
Networking
Code
Data
Runtime
Middleware
OS
Virtualization
Servers
Storage
Networking
Platform as
a Service Built on
technologies:

4. More openness and choice than ever before
Bluemix is anything but locked down. You choose how you build, deploy,
and manage your apps. Bluemix takes care of the rest.
Compute
Choose the level of
infrastructure
abstraction based
on your app’s
architectural needs.
Dev Tooling
From editors to source
code management to
continuous delivery, you
can use Bluemix’
powerful tooling or
easily bring your own.
Location
Deploy apps to Bluemix
Public (in a growing
number of geos), your
own dedicated cloud
Bluemix, or one that runs
within your data
center.
Services
Pick from a catalog of
IBM, third party, open
source, or your own
services to extend your
apps.
IBM
Third Party
Open Source
Yours

5. – Identify your geographic location in two ways
1. The subdomain of the URL
2. The region selection section in user settings
– Change your geo by selecting a new location in the Region Selection
section of the user settings
Regions
Each production instance of Bluemix Public is located in a different
geographic location.
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6. Company > Organizations > Spaces > Apps/Services
1. The currently selected org
2. Create a new space within the org
3. The currently selected space
– An individual can belong to one or more
organizations
– By default, a user belongs to an org
with the name of their registration email
– Users can view and change their
currently selected org
– Each org contains one to many
number of spaces
– User can only view the spaces in
their currently selected org
– Permissions can be fine tuned for an
organization or space by selecting
Manage Organizations in the user
settings dropdown
Orgs and Spaces
Environment isolation in Bluemix is achieved using Organization and
Spaces.

7. – View all apps and basic
corresponding information
– Create new apps or provision new
services from this section
– Drill down to a specific app or
service details page
Dashboard: Your Apps and Services
All your apps, infrastructure, and service instances for each space are contained
in a single, searchable location.

8. – View your app’s detailed
metrics, logs, and parameters
– Horizontally or vertically scale
your application
– Manage your app’s services
App Details
The app details page will display your app’s basic information and provide routes
to more in-depth information for your app.

9. – Faceted search on the left sidebar
narrows down options in catalog
– Boilerplates (prebuilt app with
several services) are available as a
starting codebase
– Selecting a service allows you to
create a new service instance and
bind it to your app
Catalog: Runtimes and Services
The catalog houses all the runtimes, container images, and services available in
the current region.

10. INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

17. The Bluemix Experience
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2. Complete challenges on the
platform to earn points
3. Redeem points for sweet prizes
4. First place on the leaderboard on
Sunday wins a GoPro

18. Additional Resources
Use the following resources to continue exploring Bluemix
• IBM Bluemix GitHub: https://github.com/ibm-bluemix
• Bluemix Blog: https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/blog/
• Watson Developer Cloud: https://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/developercloud/
• Q&A Travel Chat: https://watson-travel-qa.mybluemix.net/
• Concept Insights Demo: http://concept-insights-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Language Translation Demo: http://language-translation-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Alchemy API News Explorer: https://news-explorer.mybluemix.net/