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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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Making an API call in Python with an API that requires a bearer token

Looking for some help with integrating a JSON API call into a Python program. I am looking to integrate the following API into a Python .py program to allow it to be called and the response to be printed. The API guidance states that a bearer token…
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Node js Error: Protocol "https:" not supported. Expected "http:"

I am using IBM Bluemix to make a web service for a school project. My project needs to request a JSON from an API, so I can use the data it provides. I use the http get method for a data set, and I am not sure if it is working properly. When I run…
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GYP ERR! build error. stack Error: 'make' failed with exit code 2

I am currently working on a nodejs web application I am having trouble pushing the application online with cloud foundry. I did some research on the errors and it seems that maybe some of the packages being installed have some conflicts. This is the…
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When does the Apache Kafka client throw a "Batch Expired" exception?

Using the Apache Kafka Java client (0.9), I'm trying to send a long series of records to the broker using the Kafka Producer class. The asynchronous send method returns immediately for a while, then starts blocking on each call for a short time…
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How to set API endpoint for the IBM Cloud / Bluemix

I have downloaded and installed the Cloud Foundry CLI tool "cf". However, I am not able to login because I could not set the API endpoint. What is the API endpoint that I should provide? Where can I find the related information?
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Why am I getting "Project facet Cloud Foundry Standalone Application version 1.0 is not supported"?

I'm trying to deploy the following project from IBM developerWorks to Bluemix: Building a Java EE app on IBM Bluemix Using Watson and Cloudant through the Bluemix plugin in Eclipse (Called: IBM Eclipse Tools for Bluemix). However I keep getting the…
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python buildpack - fatal error: sasl/sasl.h: No such file or directory

I get the following error installing sasl in my Bluemix app: Installing collected packages: sasl, thrift-sasl Running setup.py install for sasl: started Running setup.py install for sasl: finished with status 'error' …
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How can I bulk/batch transcribe wav files using python?

im trying to use my python app to transcribe multiple files in a folder and speed up the process. At present I am able to do it one file at a time - ####RUN THIS PART FIRST######### import json from os.path import join, dirname from ibm_watson…
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d3.js or rxjs error? this.svg.selectAll(...).data(...).enter is not a function

This is a weird one. It's also a bit long so apologies in advance. update - it ended up being 2 problems see my answer below. Here's my error: EXCEPTION: this.svg.selectAll(...).data(...).enter is not a function I have an angular-cli client and a…
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CSRF validation does not work on Django using HTTPS

I am developing an application which the frontend is an AngularJS API that makes requests to the backend API developed in Django Rest Framework. The frontend is on the domain: https://front.bluemix.net And my backend is on the domain:…
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Is there an npm module to modify a pdf file in node.js?

I'm building a node.js app on Bluemix that should take a pdf file as request and then grey out (blank) some part of the pdf file. And also here the pdf file is the same for all, and the area we need to blank out will be fixed. So can anybody suggest…
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How to measure the execution time of a query on Spark

I need to measure the execution time of query on Apache spark (Bluemix). What I tried: import time startTimeQuery = time.clock() df = sqlContext.sql(query) df.show() endTimeQuery = time.clock() runTimeQuery = endTimeQuery - startTimeQuery Is it a…
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How do I dump a joblib or pickle file in Bluemix Object Storage?

I am working with a Python app with Flask running on Bluemix. I know how to use Object Storage with the swiftclient module for creating a container and saving a file in it, but how do I dump a joblib or pickle file contained within it? And how do I…
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Cp: target is not a directory

I have a bash script with this line: cp -R /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/$GCC_VERSION/* /app/.apt/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/$GCC_VERSION Full script: https://github.com/virtualstaticvoid/heroku-buildpack-r/blob/cedar-14/bin/compile Unfortunately…
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What is .xproj file and how to open this project type in Visual Studio 2012?

I am working with with IBM Bluemix, so I created a basic ASP.net 5 web application, provided as a startup project in bluemix. There is a project file called dotnetstarter.xproj among different other files. I am able to open the solution file in…
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